Jeremiah Ebbon (bef. 1803 - abt. 1883)

Born before 10 Apr 1803 in Horringer, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Liles) Ebbon — married 16 Oct 1827 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died about 1883 after about age 79 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Jeremiah was baptised at St Leonard's Horringer on the 10th of April 1803. He was the son of William Ebbon and Temperance Ellis. ^[1][2][3]

He married Mary Liles at St Mary's, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk on the 16th of October 1827.^[4]

They were apparently still residents of Bury St Edmunds when his daughter Eliza was born/baptised there in December 1827. Their address at the time of son Robert's baptism (1829) was 48 Long Brackland.^[5][6]

By the time of his next son's baptism (also named Robert) in 1831, the family had relocated to Horringer. (The first Robert was buried in St Leonard's churchyard, Horringer in October 1830, which may indicate they had moved there by that time but he may simply have been buried in his father's 'hometown'.)

In the 1841 census, Jeremiah and his family were recorded in the Epping Forest, adjacent to the Wake Arms. Later that month (June), their son William would be baptised at Loughton near Waltham Abbey. Their residence was given as Waltham Abbey.^[7]

By the time of the 1851 census, the family were at Birchanger, Essex. Jeremiah was publican of the 'Old Bell'. (Recorded as in the village of Birchanger, maps show it was closer to Stansted Mountfitchet.) His son Robert was an apprentice shoemaker; and William was an apprentice butcher.^[8]

It seems the family weren't at the Old Bell for long. In December 1854, William was found guilty of stealing suet from his employer, Mr Thomas Ellwood (butcher). Jeremiah was also charged with 'receiving' the beef.

At the Cambridgeshire Borough Sessions, "Dr. LEAPINGWELL remarked that he considered this case the very worst in the calendar, inasmuch as the prisoner was the father of the boy who stole the meat, and ought to have acted as a pattern to his son, and checked all tendency to plunder; instead of which the prisoner received the stolen meat from his son -The prisoner pleaded guilty, and begged for mercy." ^[9]

Father and son both pleaded guilty. William was sentenced to 21 days imprisonment and one 'private' whipping; and Jeremiah to 6 months hard labour. The articles did not mention the 'Old Bell' and referred to Jeremiah as a labourer who had been at work cutting chaff at the time of the crime.

By the 1861 census, Jeremiah had moved to Cambridge. The family (minus Robert) are recorded at 5 Adam & Eve Row in Cambridge. Jeremiah is working as a groom; Mary and Sarah as dressmakers; and William as a 'Billiard Marker'.^[10]

Jeremiah, Mary and Sarah stayed at this address for at least 20 years.^[11][12]

Jeremiah died in 1883.^[13]

Research Notes

• The Wake Arms - info at PubWiki; named on OS map c1895 at NLS maps
• Dr George Leapingwell, Esq., L.L.D., Deputy Recorder.
• birth place given as Diss, Norfolk on the 1861 and 1871 censuses; Bury, Suffolk on the 1881 census
• grandson Ernest W. Ebbon (William's son) with them on 1881 census

Newspaper Appearances

CAMBRIDGE POLICE COURT.
...
TUESDAY.
(Before A. G. Brimley, J. Wentworth, C. Orridge, and W. Warren, Esqs., and Dr. Leapingwell.)
STEALING SUET - William Ebon, a lad about 13 years of age, in the employ of Mr. Ellwood, butcher, Market Hill, was charged with stealing about one pound and a half of beef suet, the property of his master on the 11th inst. Jeremiah Ebon, father to the prisoner, was charged with receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen.-p.c.-Thompson found the suet in a basket belonging to the elder prisoner, in a hay loft at the slaughterhouse, Hobson Street, where the prisoner was at work cutting chaff. - They were both committed to the sessions. -Mr. GRAIN appeared for the prosecution. Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 16 December 1854, p8, c4

CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH SESSIONS.
MONDAY, JAN. 1, 1855.
(Before George Leapingwell, Esq., L.L.D., Deputy Recorder.)
...
STEALING BEEF.- William Ebon, (13,) indicted for having on the 11th day of December last, stolen one and a half pound of beef, the property of Thomas Ellwood, his master, pleaded guilty -Twenty-one days imprisonment, and to be once privately whipped -Jeremiah Ebon, (46), labourer, father to the above, was indicted for having received the beef, well knowing it to have been stolen. -Dr. LEAPINGWELL remarked that he considered this case the very worst in the calendar, inasmuch as the prisoner was the father of the boy who stole the meat, and ought to have acted as a pattern to his son, and checked all tendency to plunder; instead of which the prisoner received the stolen meat from his son -The prisoner pleaded guilty, and begged for mercy.- Six calendar months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Mr. Orrridge [sic] for the prosecution. Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 06 January 1855, p7, c6

STEALING SUET.- Wm. Ebon (13), was charged with stealing 1½ lb. of beef suet, the property of his master, Thomas Ellwood, on the 11th of December last; and Jeremiah Ebon, the boy's father, was charged with receiving it, knowing it to be stolen. Both pleaded "Guilty," and the younger boy was sentenced to 21 days' and his father six months' hard labour. -Mr ORRIDGE for the prosecution. Cambridge Independent Press, 06 January 1855, p7 c1

Sources

1. ↑ Horringer Parish Registers (George Booth, Woodbridge, 1900); page 73
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5G4-M2D : 19 March 2020), Jeremiah Ebbon, 1803.
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVPC-X2V : 21 March 2020), Jerimiah Ebbon, 1803.
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N213-YPV : 12 March 2020), Jeremiah Ebbon, 1827.
5. ↑ "Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911" FindMyPast Robert Ebbin; 6 Apr 1829; Bury St Edmunds, St James; Father: Jeremiah; Mother: Mary; Father's occ.: Labourer; Notes: "Born 28 Mar. Late Byles. 48 Long Brackland" (accessed 29 Dec 2020); citing Suffolk Baptism Index (Part 3); Entry number: 13670
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKSF-6WG : 20 March 2020), Jeremiah Ebbins in entry for Robert Ebbins, 1829.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2C-Z3X : 21 May 2019), Jeremiah Ebbon, Waltham Holy Cross, Essex, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGPF-6MH : 12 September 2019), Jeremiah Ebbon, Birchanger, Hertfordshire, England; citing Birchanger, Hertfordshire, England, p. 4, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 06 January 1855, p7, c6 via FindMyPast
10. ↑ 1861 England Census [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. (accessed 29 Dec 2020); citing Class: RG 9; Piece: 1023; Folio: 92; Page: 11; GSU roll: 542739
11. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFFZ-B6K : 16 November 2020), Jeremiah Ebbon, 1871.
12. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27C-K871 : 11 December 2017), Jeremiah Ebbon, Cambridge St Andrew The Less, Cambridgeshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 27, Piece/Folio 1664/109, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,499.
13. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JDB-2ZG : 31 December 2014), Jeremiah Ebbon, 1883; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.