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Simon Mabie (Caspar, Lÿsbeth) was born circa 1701 in Harlem TA10, MA4 or possibly New Rochelle MU5, and was baptized in the New Rochelle Trinity Church TA10. He was said to have been a grandson of
Pieter Casparzen TA10 (Pieter
Caspersen van Naarden) and he also was
said to have married Marie Landrine TA10, MA4.
Simon
Maby and Marie, his wife, were the parents of Elizabeth, who was born on
March 23, 1726 and was presented for her baptism on April 17, 1726 by Pierre
Secord and Catherne Secord, Jr. at the French Church in New Rochelle,
Westchester County, New York CO24. Simon
Mabie was likely the father of Symon Maybe, William Maybie, John
Maybie, Jacob Maybe, Fredrick Maybie, and Jeremiah Maybie,
who all appeared on a 1760 muster roll as privates in “His Majestyes fifth
Company of Melitia in the North Battalion In the
County of West Chester” in New York, under the command of Captain Anonyas
Rogers VE9. The Upper Battalion was commanded by Colonel William Willet,
Lieutenant Colonel James Verplanck, and Major Pierre Van Cortland VE9. They served alongside Daniel Secored, John Secord, Peter
Secord, Peter Montross, and David Montross VE9.
Five of these individuals, William Maybee, John Maybee, Jacob Maybee, Fredrick
Maybee, and Jeremiah Maybee, were among the names of the grantees who received
land in Mansfield, New Hampshire in 1763 BA51. The
town of Mansfield in the Province of New Hampshire was chartered on June 8,
1763; its 23,040 acres (six square miles) were divided equally among 71 shares BA51.
Symon Maybe was
a private in 1760 in the Fifth Company of Militia in the Northern
Battalion of Westchester County, New York muster roll VE9. Simon Mabie was accused of acting as a
spy for England and of enlisting men to the
British army, to which he pled not guilty, but he was sentenced to death by
hanging NE14. While inspecting the testimony provided by both Simon Mabie and Mary
Putnam, it seemed as though Simon (the accused) and Mary may have attempted to
fling the culpability onto a different Simon Mabie, but whether he was real or
fictitious is unknown. The proceedings of a general court martial on Simon
Mabee occurred on April 11, 1777 and was held by order of Brigadier General
McDougall NE14:
Simon Mabee was brought before the Court and Charged
with being Employed by the Enemy as a Spy & for Enlisting men into their
Service. The Prisoner on his Arraignment Plead Not Guilty.
Abraham Van Wert being sworn deposeth that he had
the Command of a Scout about the 1st April
that he went to the House of one John Hunt near the White Plains, that
suspecting some Tories were there they surrounded the House & the Evidence
went in with three Men to search, that they found a Man hid betwene a Feather
& a Straw Bed. The Evidence does not know the man but things his name was
Fredk Phillipse… They then searched farther & in a
back room found the Prisoner, brought him out searched him & found about
him a silver Dollar and some Paper money. The evidence
then sent Alex. Fagen and another man to search the room where they found the
Prisoner, that Fagen brought out Fifteen Dollars in Silver, a Warrent &
Certificate.
The Warrant & Certificate being produced in
Court are in the following words Viz.:
Whereas his Excellancy Sir William Howe Commander in Chief &c.
&c. &c. has issued orders to Augment his Corps of Guides and Axmen
under the Command of Major Holland Surveyor General of the Northern Destrict of
North America. This is therefore to certify that Simon Mabee is authorized and Empowered by me to engage Men for the said Service at the
allowance of one shilling sterling p Day and their Provision Gratis to be
discharged if desirous at the Expiration of the ensuing or next campaign.
New York, March 30th 1777.
Samuel Holland.
I do hereby Certify that Simon Mabie of the Malitia of the City of New
York has in my presence voluntarily taken an oath to bear Faith & true
allegiance to his Majesty King George the third and to defend to the utmost of
his Power his sacred Person, Crown & Government against all persons
whatsoever. Given under my hand at New York this 29th day of March in the seventeenth year of his
Majestys Reign Anno Don 1777.
D. Mathews,
Mayor of the City of New York.
Alex. Fagen being sworn says that he was ordered to
go into the House to search that he found the Prisoner in a back room where
they put their Meat, that he brought him out and gave him in Costody of the
Guard… The Evidence says he knew the Prisoner before & his name is Simon
Mabee… The Prisoner in his Defence absolutely denies knowing anything of the
Papers that were found & says that there is a Simon Mabee who lived in
Dutchess County and has been gone from home some time, that himself is a
Labouring Man, that he worked last summer on Long Island… and was then on his
way to his Fathers near Croton Bridge, that her has never taken up arms against
the Country, that the reason of his hiding in the back room was because he was
afraid of being taken up for having been on Long Island.
Mary Putnam being sworn says she is Sister to the
Prisoner that she has a Nephew named Simon Mabee who
has been missing near a year, she does not know where he is, that the Prisoner
has no wife or family.
The Court having Considered the Evidence for and
against the Prisoner, are of opinion That the Prisoner is Guilty of being
Employed by the Enemy for the purpose of Inlisting Men into their Service &
Consequently of being a Spy and therefore do sentence him to be hanged by the
Neck untill he is Dead.
William Maybie was a private in 1760 in the
Fifth Company of Militia in the Northern Battalion of Westchester County, New
York muster roll VE9.
William Maybee was amongst the original grantees of land in Mansfield in the
Province of New Hampshire in 1763 BA51.
Simon Maby and Marie were the parents of
Daniel, who was presented for his baptism by Simon Maby and Catherine
Secord on August 6, 1732 at the French Church in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, New York CO24.
John Maybee and Susannah Contant, his wife, were
the parents of Jacob, who was born on October 26, 1754 and was presented for his
baptism by Jacob Maybee and Sophie Secord, the child’s godparents, on November
10, 1754 at the French Church in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York CO24. John Maybie was a private in
1760 in the Fifth Company of Militia in the Northern Battalion of Westchester
County, New York muster roll VE9. John
Maybee was amongst the original grantees of land in Mansfield in the Province
of New Hampshire in 1763 BA51.
John Maybee or Mabee of New York enlisted as a private in the British Army in May
1780 and served in that capacity until the evacuation of New York; he was alive
on March 21, 1786 CO22.
Peter Maybe married Elinor and relocated to
Saratoga in Albany County, New York CO22. He
enlisted in the British Army in Canada in October 1776; he was a guide in
General John Burgoyne’s Army in 1777 and he died in March 1777 after a retreat
to Canada CO22.
Jacob Maybe was a private in 1760 in the
Fifth Company of Militia in the Northern Battalion of Westchester County, New
York muster roll VE9. Jacob
Maybee was amongst the original grantees of land in Mansfield in the Province
of New Hampshire in 1763 BA51.
Fredrick Maybie was a private in 1760 in the
Fifth Company of Militia in the Northern Battalion of Westchester County, New
York muster roll VE9.
Fredrick Maybee was amongst the original grantees of land in Mansfield in the
Province of New Hampshire in 1763 BA51. Fredrick
later settled on Beaver Harbor in New Brunswick. The names of Fred.k Maybee and Levina Maybee appeared on
list of individuals who settled in Belle Vue, Beaver Harbor, which was entitled
“Roll of Loyalist &.ce Settled at Belle Vieu in
Beaver Harbour. 10th
July 1784”, along with four children who were ten years or older (Lydia, Eliz.,
Ann, and Oliver Maybee) and another four children who were under ten years old
(Mary, Sarah, Simon, and Fred.k
Maybee) LI6.
Jeremiah Mabee was born about 1739, as he was said to
have been eighty-five when he died on April 13, 1824 in Kingston, Kings County,
New Brunswick PR19. Jeremiah
Maybie was a private in 1760 in the Fifth Company of Militia in the
Northern Battalion of Westchester County, New York muster roll VE9. Jeremiah Maybee was amongst the
original grantees of land in Mansfield in the Province of New Hampshire in 1763
BA51. Jeremiah
Francis Mabee, his wife, Judith Chedeayne Mabee, and their children, William,
Gilbert, Catherine, and Jeremiah Mabee, arrived in New Brunswick, Canada in
1783 DE26. On
February 23, 1786, Jeremiah Mabee of St. John, New Brunswick wrote to the commissioners
who were appointed by Parliament to inquire into the “Losses and Services of
all Such Persons who have Suffered in their Rights Properties and Professions
during the unhappy dissentions in America” UK1. These accounts were called memorials,
and in his memorial, Jeremiah stated that he had previously resided in
Westchester County in the Province of New York, but because he was loyal to the
king and the British government, he “was obliged to leave his Propperty and
Flee to the British Troops at New-York for Protection aboute the Middle of
September 1776 and ever used his utmost endevour in support of His Majestys
Government on all ocations” UK1. He
outlined his specific losses (which included 237 improved acres of land and a significant number of livestock and amounted to over
₤486) and requested compensation for his loss UK1. Jeremiah Mabee, Sr. of the Parish of
Kingston in Kings County, New Brunswick called himself a yeoman when he wrote
his will on March 16, 1824, which mentioned his children, Jeremiah Mabee,
William Mabee, and Catherine Drake (the wife of Jeremiah Drake), and his
granddaughter, Judith Drake (the daughter of Catherine and Jeremiah Drake) PR20. His will was witnessed by Sylvester Z.
Earle, Amos Perkins, and Thomas Rodgers, and was proved on July 8, 1824 PR20.
After the death of Marie, Simon was said to
have married an unidentified woman, with whom he fathered three additional
children TA10, MU5, Leah UP1, TA10, Margaret, and Silas MU5, MA4. Leah Mabie was the daughter of Simon Mabee, according to
the petition for land from Peter Montross dated May 23, 1798 UP1:
The
Petition of Peter montross of Charlotteville Humbly sheweth… his wife’s name is
Leah and is Daughter of the late Simon Mabee U.E. & sister of the late
Frederick Mabee, whose widow Lavinia Mabee now lives in the Settlement of Long
Point and that his wife had also a Brother called Simon a captain in a Corps of
American Loyalists, who was hung by the Rebels for his accachment [attachment]
and services to Government…
Margaret Mabie was said to have
been born in Yorktown, Dutchess County, New York in 1752 MU5. Margaret Mabee may have been born about
January 29, 1757, according to her age at the time of her death. A gravestone
for Margaret Mabee at Johnson Cemetery in Saint Williams, Norfolk County,
Ontario indicates that she was the wife of Anthony Manual and died at the age
of eighty-nine years, seven months, and seven days on September 5, 1846; a
photo of the headstone can be located on the Find a Grave website, but a
better photo by Elon Hoover has been uploaded to the Canada GenWeb Cemetery
Project website.
Silas Mabie was said to have
been born in Yorktown, Dutchess County, New York in 1758 MU5. He was probably the “Silash Mawby” who
relocated to St. Andrews. The names of “Silash Mawby” and Priscilla Mawby appeared
on list of individuals who settled in St. Andrews on Passmaquoddy Bay, New
Brunswick which was entitled “Roll of Men, Women and Children settled near the
Falls of Scoodiac River in the Town of St.
Andrews – Passamaquoddy, under the Direction of Capt. Nehemiah Mark,; _11 June
1784”, along with one child who was ten or older (Eliz. Mawby) and two children
who were under ten years old (Anne and Sarah Mawby) LI6. Silas Mabee, a yeoman of Woodhouse
Township in the District of London, wrote a petition to Francis Gore, the
Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada on April 24, 1810 which
stated that four years he prior he arrived in Woodhouse Township, having previously
lived in Nova Scotia UP1. He
stated and provided evidence that he had a certificate that he took the Oath of
Allegiance on April 25, 1810 and he stated that Anthony Manuel of
Charlotteville would be the surety for the rent due on the lease UP1. He requested a lease of lot number
three in the sixth concession of the Township of Woodhouse, which had been
formerly applied for by Samuel Wood but who then abandoned his application for
said lot UP1. A
notation elsewhere on this lease petition stated that this particular
lot had been reserved for clergy and that the leasing office was
required to consult the report of the surveyor general on the petition of
Samuel Wood from August 1801 UP1. A
letter signed by Peter Montross, Larrance Johnson, and Levinah Hilton to the
Francis Gore, the Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada, which
was dated March 20, 1810, stated that Silas Mabee was a British soldier from
1779 until the conclusion of the war under the command of Captain Giltotter in
a regiment commanded by Colonel Delansee [DeLancey], and was taken prisoner in
several instances and exchanged UP1. A
brief note dated October 12, 1810 seemed to indicate that the petition of Silas
Mabee was revoked; the note stated that it was discovered that a warrant had
paid for that lot and “The order Made in Council Oct 9th 1810 _ is therefore
canclled” UP1.
In 1724, as “Simon Mabe”, he
and almost thirty other men signed a deed which granted a parcel of land in New
Rochelle to Anthony Lespinard for the purpose of constructing a mill FO6. The Mabie family resided in New Rochelle,
Westchester County, New York MA1,
TA10 until approximately 1733, when they relocated
elsewhere in Westchester County, near Ossining TA10, but the records of New
Rochelle stated that on April 3, 1739, he and “Anthy Lispenard, Jun.” were
appointed to oversee the highways of New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York
FO3. Simon
Maybee’s land was mentioned in a deed dated May 20, 1736 between Daniel Secord,
Sr. and Daniel Secord, Jr.; this land was in New Rochelle, Westchester County,
located adjacent to Daniel Secord’s 14-acre parcel of land, and was near Jacob
Schurman’s land FO3. At some
point, perhaps after 1739 MU5, he moved to Rombout Precinct MU5, Dutchess County, New York TA10.
In approximately 1765, on the
occasion of the wedding of his son, Peter, Simon gave to him 150 acres
of land at Rombout, Dutchess County MU5. Simon wrote an advertisement which was published in The New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury
on March 22, 1773, in which offered a reward for the return of a fugitive
slave, named Ned; the advertisement has been reproduced below:
Run-away on Tuesday night the 5th of January: A negro man about 5 feet 7 inches high, a well set fellow,
not very black but something upon the yellow, aged about thirty-one years, his
name is Ned; had on when he went away, a blue duffles watch coat about half
worn and much faded, a wool hat half worn, with a pewter button, light coloured
vest of homespun, with pewter buttons, light coloured broad cloth breeches,
sheeps black stockings. Whoever takes up the said negro
and secures him, or brings him home, so that his master may have him again,
shall receive FIVE POUND reward, with all reasonable charges paid by the
subscriber at Cortlandt’s Manor, in the county of Westchester. SIMON MABEE.
The estates of several Mabie individuals,
including Cornelius, Jacob, Jeremiah, Lewis, Peter, Silas, and Simon, were
confiscated as a result of their allegiance to the
crown during the Revolutionary War NE15. Simon abandoned his New York home in 1783 for St. John (Parrtown), which
was then in Nova Scotia, and for a short time until
his death he lived with Jacob, his son MU5, at St. Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, on the St. Croix River MU5,
MA4.