Jesse Dibley No 1

Jesse Dibley was born in Wadhurst, Sussex, England on 10 November 1804 to Thomas Dibley and Sarah Meason.

Jesse Dibley was a convict on board Norfolk which departed England on 15 April 1825 and arrived in New South Wales on 18 August 1825. He was convicted at the Sussex Assizes and received a life sentence however in Sydney in 1842 he received a Conditional Pardon.

• Convict details ~ 1823 ~ Jesse was tried at the Essex, England, he was sentenced to life transportation.

• Convict details ~ 1825 ~ Jesse was transported from Portsmouth, Hampshire, England aboard the "Norfolk".

• Convict details ~ 18 August 1825 ~ Jesse was transported to Port Jackson, Colony of N.S.W. aboard the "Norfolk".

• Convict details ~ 1 July 1841 ~ Jesse was granted a Conditional Pardon.

CONDITIONAL PARDONS

Principal Superintendent of Convicts' Office, Sydney, 12th October 1842.      

The Conditional Pardons granted to the undermentioned Prisoners, are now lying at this Office, and will be delivered to the respective parties, on payment of the fees due thereon to the public: —

Dibley Jesse, Norfolk, 1825

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While still a convict, Jesse married Sarah Dean on 27 December 1841 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Scots Church, Sydney, Colony of New South Wales. They had 9 children.

Sarah DEAN, daughter of William DEAN and Elizabeth HOLLINGSWORTH, was born on 1 March 1810 in the Colony of New South Wales and died on 24 August 1890 in Sunny Corner (R.D.), Colony of New South Wales at age 80.

Their children included:

• Thomas - born 1843
• Jesse - born 1845
• Sarah Ann D - born 1847
• Harriett Mason - born 1849
• Susanna - born 1852
• James Hezekiah - born 1854
• Joseph Edward Dean - born 1856
• Martha Jane - born 1858
• Matilda - born 1860
• Emma - born 1863

Jesse died on 13 Oct 1879 in Diamond Swamp, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. He is buried in Meadow Flat cemetery.

Sources:

• New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1824-1867 about Jesse Dibley, Name: Jesse Dibley, Birth Year: 1803, Origin: Woodhurst, Ticket Date: 30 Mar 1841, Immigration Year: 1825, Vessel: Norfolk.
• Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Jesse Dibley, Name: Jesse Dibley, Spouse Name: Sarah Dean, Marriage Date: 1841, Marriage Place: New South Wales, Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Registration Year: 1841, Volume Number: V A.
• Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Jesse Dibley, Name: Jesse Dibley, Death Date: 1879, Death Place: New South Wales, Father's Name: Thomas, Mother's Name: Sarah, Registration Year: 1879, Registration Place: Bathurst, New South Wales, Registration number: 4324.