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Heybridge
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The
'Stebbens' family |
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If any
members of the Stebbens family find some of the information incorrect
or would like to add please contact me and I will amend. The
considerable amount of info here was collected over 40 years
ago with the help of some family members and elderly village
residents. |
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It is believed that the Stebbens
, Stubbings, Stubbins and Stebbins family names in the Maldon
area, all describe one and the same family. |
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Jimmy 'Chicky' Stebbens was
the first of the family to arrive in the Basin from Maldon, they
brought their belongings on the deck of a barge right in to the
lock where it was unloaded. |
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The Stebbens Family Tree
before the Basin |
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Kruger Stebbens and his
brother came from London and were living in Maldon. Kruger
lived in Church Road and was a Mud Huffler Pilot. His brother
lived in St Mary's Lane. |
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Kruger
Stebbens |
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Sam 'Pager'
---- Joe ----Jimmy 'Chicky'
---- Margaret |
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The
Stebbens Family Trees in the Basin |
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Jimmy
'Chicky' Stebbens (about
1890) |
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Jimmy
'Scarem' ----
Charley ----- Walter 'Salter'
----- Josia 'Sia' |
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Jimmy
'Scarem' Stebbens had no family |
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Charley Stebbens |
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Cecil (1) ---
Emma ---Beatrice
---David --- Ivy --- Jimmy
--- Mary |
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Cecil Stebbens (1) |
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Cecil (2) ----
Darby |
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Emma Stebbens (Woodcraft) |
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Dick |
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David |
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Graham ----
Gillian |
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Ivy Stebbens (Polden) |
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Elizabeth ---Tom
--- Tony --- Molly |
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Jimmy 'Bouncer' |
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David ---
Geoffrey --- Valery |
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Cecil Stebbens (2)
(Jill Butcher) |
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Clive --- Judy --- Anthony |
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'Darby' Stebbens
(Janet) |
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David --- Paula |
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Walter
'Salter' Stebbens (wife Bella) |
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Dorothy --- Ernest --- Anne
--- ? died young |
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Josia
'Sia' Stebbens |
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Jessie |
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Members of the Stebbens
family have featured in almost every kind of village occupation
from Trinity House Pilot to shopkeepers and Lock Keeper to boatyard
operators. In recent years 'Darby' Stebbens was prominent in
many local activities including the dismantling of old working
craft, laying moorings, and the laying up of ships at semi-permanent
anchor off Bradwell. |
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The marriage of
Cecil Stebbens (2) to wife Jill Butcher formed the Stebbens-Butcher
link which has carried on to this day with the operation of 'Stebbens
Boatyard', on the previous property of Arthur Butcher (May &
Butcher), and the occupation and ownership of the houses around
the lake near Millbeach Wharf, originally placed there by Mr
Blott for Arthur Butcher. |
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