Tebbutt Family

JOHN 1787-1853

William's son John was born in Titchmarch but moved to Benefield, Northamptonshire, where he married Elizabeth Allen and became a gamekeeper and gentleman's servant at nearby Biggin Hall.

(Above) Biggin Hall as it is today. In John's time the house was probably a much smaller brick-built house - at some point it was greatly enlarged with the addition of a large stone portico and two Palladian wings.




(Left) The interior of the church at Lower Benefield. John is buried in the grounds but unfortunately there is now no trace of his grave.

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CHARLES 1820-1876

Charles was born in Benefield, but moved to Polebrook, Northamptonshire, where he married Rebecca Leigh. He was a stonemason by trade and a strict Methodist. He became a Weslyan preacher and built Polebrook's Methodist Chapel in 1863.


Charles' brother Samuel's family moved north to work in the mines and now form a large family group based in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.


Pictured (right) Charles and Rebecca Tebbutt

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SILAS 1845-1932

Like his father, Silas Tebbutt was a stonemason and Methodist Preacher who built Polebrook's Reading Room and Sunday school. He had 11 children (see picture on home page), 3 of whom emigrated to Canada in 1912. His youngest son Wilfred was killed in WW1 and is remembered on the War Memorial.


Pictured is Silas with his wife Emma. The Gallery section has many more photographs and documents relating to the Tebbutt family in Polebrook.