Jesse Dean

Brief Life History of Jesse

When Jesse Dean was born on 19 August 1804, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jesse Dean, was 43 and his mother, Hannah Hambleton, was 32. He married Lydia Fell on 13 February 1831. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Buckingham, Buckingham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Buckingham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. He died on 12 September 1860, at the age of 56.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Dean
1804–1860
Lydia Fell
1811–
Marriage: 13 February 1831
Cynthia S Dean
1831–1840
Joseph C Dean
1834–1849
Hiel G Dean
1838–1838
Henry C Dean
1841–
Jonas F Dean
1845–1910

Sources (7)

  • Jesse Dean, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Jesse Dean, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775-1991"
  • Jessy Dean, "Delaware, Death Records, 1855-1961"

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World Events (6)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean or Dene from this word.

English: nickname or occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official, the head of a chapter of canons or a church official with jurisdiction over a sub-division of an archdeaconry. Though no doubt some deans had illegitimate children, they were officially celibate, and in the main the surname is probably a nickname in origin, similar to Bishop , Prior , Priest , and Monk . The Middle English word deen, dien, dein, is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, doien from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon .

English: from the Middle English personal name Deyne (or Dene) a rhyming pet form of Reynald (see Reginald ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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