| Administrative History | According to Daniel and Samuel Lysons' Magna Britannia, Walton Lodge Estate was acquired by the Jebb family in 1768. It stayed in the family until 1882, after which date it had a number of different owners. The Jebb family also acquired other property in Walton.
Joshua Jebb of Tapton House was an Alderman of Chesterfield in the mid-eighteenth century. It was his son Samuel (1720-1786) who acquired Walton Lodge. In 1752, Samuel married Anne Harriott (c1732-1811), the daughter of William Harriott of St Elizabeth Jamaica. The Harriott family were plantation owners and enslavers and in his will, Samuel Jebb bequeathed his own Jamaican estates to his son, Joshua. It is unknown whether Samuel purchased estates in Jamaica himself, or whether they were acquired through his marriage.
At the time of his death, Samuel had a son, Joshua (1769-1845), and daughters Ann and Elizabeth. On Samuel's death the estate passed to Joshua who spent some time in the Colonies (probably in Jamaica), but the name Jebb does not appear in the Legacies of British Slavery database, so he appears to have divested himself of his Jamaican estates before 1833.
Joshua married Dorothy Gladwin of Stubbing Court in 1792. Their children were: Joshua (b.1793), Samuel Henry (b.1796), John Berridge (b.1808), Charles William (b.1814), Frances Harriott (d.1877) and Marianne. On Joshua's death in 1845, the estate passed to his eldest son Major (later Sir) Joshua Jebb who became Surveyor-General of convict prisons. He sold Walton Lodge to his brother Revd John Berridge Jebb, incumbent of St Thomas, Brampton, who lived there until his death in 1862. His widow continued to live there until 1882. |
| Custodial History | The records were donated by a private individual in September 1999. |