Name |
Peter Mabé |
Birth |
1762 |
New York [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Military Service |
16 Apr 1781 [2] |
- Peter Mabe, Westchester Co., served in Capt. Samuel Kipps' Dragoons in Westchester Corps starting on April 16, 1781. Promoted to Sgt. May 1782. Memorial 4/5/1786, Cumberland. Was too young to enlist earlier. Left NewYork on Jume 5, 1783.
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Anecdote |
15 Oct 1784 |
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada [1] |
- From Westchester Loyalists October 15, 1784 Return, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia: Mayby, Peter, unaccompanied, "South side of the Cobequid Road from Fort Cumberland to Fort Belcher".
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Census |
1798 |
Lot 26, Saint John's Island, Prince Edward Island, Canada [3] |
- Peter Mabee, 4 Males under 16, 3 Males 16 – 60, 1 Female under 16, 2 Females 16 – 60, Total = 10
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Immigration |
1802 |
Corner of the Beach, Gaspé County, Quebec, Canada [4] |
- from Prince Edward Island
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Census |
1825 |
Gaspé County, Quebec, Canada [5] |
- Mabee, Peter Senior - 1 Married male 45-60, 1 Single male 45-60, 1 Single male 18-25, 1 Married fem 45-60
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Anecdote |
1828 [6] |
- 1828. The Gaspe mariners, Peter Mabe and John Baker, owners of the 84 ton Brigantine, "Francis" charter the vessel to Jean Pierre Aubin of Anse au Beaufils for a trading voyage to the "Caribee" or Windward Islands, England, Ireland, France, and return.
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Census |
1831 |
Malbay, Gaspé County, Quebec, Canada [7] |
- Mabe, Peter Senior, Farmer, 1 Married male 30-60, 1 Single male 18-21, 1 Married fem 45-60, 1 Single fem 14-45
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Anecdote |
- Who is Peter Mabé
There are two sources relating to claims made by Loyalists to the British Government after the war. The first source chronologically is found in Loyalists to Canada: "A Peter Mabee, in a petition to Sir Guy Carleton on July 7, 1783, described himself as a refugee: lately under the command of Colonel James Delaney at West Chester. That he carried off Jonathan Odell's mare in retaliation for loss of a very valuable horse. That he delivered up the mare, and begs his discharge, his passage being taken for Nova Scotia."
Then, from the book American Loyalist Claims, we have the following: Peter Mabe, of Westchester Co., served in Capt. Samuel Kipps'Dragoons in Westchester Corps starting on April 16, 1781. Promoted to Sgt. May 1782. Memorial 4/5/1786, Cumberland. Was too young to enlist earlier. Left New York on June 5, 1783.
So, the two claims are relatively consistent. Note that the first statement was made on July 7, 1783 and the second almost 3 years later on April 5, 1786. It seems reasonable to conclude that he was from Westchester County, NY and that he was born circa 1760, perhaps as late as 1763, but certainly no later.
From multiple sources we know that Peter Mabee arrived in Cumberland, Nova Scotia on the ship Nicholas and Jane and that a John Mabee was also on the same ship. Both were from Westchester County, but John was accompanied by a wife and two underage males, while Peter was unaccompanied. Consistent with these family sizes, John was granted 500 acres of land while Peter received a grant of 250 acres.
We do not know exactly when Peter left Nova Scotia. His name is not found in any census of inhabitants in the early 1790s, while the name of John Mabee is. The 1798 census of Prince Edward Island is the next mention of Peter Mabee, showing him as a head of a large household. Peter is mentioned in the article"The Gaspé Loyalists", by David J McDougall Ph.D Concordia as found in Loyalist Gazette, volume XXI, no. 2. In this article McDougall is quoting from a letter from Rev E Cusak (date Oct 27, 1840) to Bishop George Mountain (PAC microfilm A206) as follows: "Just to the east of Perce at Corner of the Beach (Coin du Banc on modern maps), Peter Mabe became a permanent settler about 1802, having previously lived in Prince Edward Island."
Peter was married to Ann Schureman and they had four sons: Daniel, Philip, Edward and Peter Jr. The latter three are well documented in both church and civil records. Daniel is documented in only one record, that being for the sale of the schooner Swallow, built in 1813, by Capt. Daniel Mabe on October 4, 1815. Daniel is believed to have been lost at sea shortly afterward.
It would appear that Peter Mabee is clearly a grandson of either Simon Mabee or Jeremiah Mabee, both of whom resided in Westchester County in the 1760s. Is the fact that he was initially traveling with John Mabee, who settled in Nova Scotia, a clue? Another Nova Scotia resident was Phoebe Mabie Huestis. Another clue?
Our last clue might be found in the names of his children, since it was the custom to name sons after a grandfather. Could the fact that his eldest son was named Daniel be such a clue?
Perhaps it is significant that the only male child of Simon for whom a baptism record has been found was named Daniel (on August 6, 1732 in New Rochelle).
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Anecdote |
- From: "The Gaspe Loyalists'; by David J McDougall Ph.D Concordia as found in Loyalist Gazette vol XXI no 2 -in this article McDougall is quoting from a letter from Rev E Cusak (date Oct 27, 1840) to Bishop George Mountain as follows: "Just to the east of Perce at Corner of the Beach (Coin du Banc on modern maps), Peter Mabe became a permanent settler about 1802, having previously lived in Prince Edward Island. An Anglican missionary noted that he (Peter) had been 'a trooper in a Volunteer Corps of Royalists belonging to New Jersey. The Mabe sons were particularly noted as shipbuilders, but were also ship owners and masters and one was killed by pirates in the West Indies. To the west of Perce, members of the Cass family who had come to New Carlisle in 1784 (Paspebiac in Cox Tp), settled at Cape Cove and Lance a Beaufils."
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Note |
- Daniel Mabee, bap 6 Aug 1732, son of Simon Mabee and Marie Landrin, may be Peter's father
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Reference Number |
12094 |
Will |
6 Apr 1835 |
Corner of the Beach, Gaspé County, Quebec, Canada [9] |
- Memorial to be registered of the original last will and Testament of Peter Mabe Senior late of the place called Corner of the Beach in the County of Gaspe in the Province of Lower Canada Farmer, bearing date the sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, by which will the said Testator in the presence of Joseph E. Tuzo, Peter Vibert and Hugh Francis, witnesses to the due execution thereof did order first that all his debts be paid. Second he gave and bequeathed to his Dear and loving wife, for the term of Her life, all that (?Mcpuage) or Mansion house which be then occupied with all the furniture and land tenements that lie about it and all the monies that might be found after his death. Third After the death of his wife, the Said (?McPuage) or Mansion House and the lands and houses and all the oppurtenances thereto belonging is thereby to devolve to his son Edward his heirs, exectors, administrators and assigns for ever. Fourth And he also gave and bequeathed to his son Edward the Grist Mill with all its appurterrances thereto belonging, Situate at a place called Coin de Roche, and lot of land Number 9 situate on the long beach~ and the said Testator, by the Said will, did make and Constitute his wife Executrix, his son Peter Mabe Junior, John Packwood and John LeBoutillier to be Executors of his said will which he declared to be his last will and Testament thereby revoking all former and other wills which said will was executed in the presence of the Said Jos. E. Tuzo, Peter Vibert and Hugh Francis. And the Said last will and Testament is hereby required to be registered by Edward Mabe of Malbay in the County and District of Gaspe in the Province of Canada Ship Carpenter Son of the said Testator and one of the devises therein named as witness his hand this fourth day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three…Signed in the presence of John Gemmel Thomas Moriarty and Ed Mabe
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Death |
4 Feb 1839 |
Corner of the Beach, Gaspé County, Quebec, Canada [1] |
- Peter Mabe of the Corner of the beach, Malbay, aged seventy six years, died on Sunday the fourth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine and was buried by me on the tenth day of February in Penance. /s/ Edward Carson, Missionary
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Burial |
10 Feb 1839 |
Trinity United Church of Canada, Gaspé, Gaspé County, Quebec, Canada [10] |
- Peter Mabe, second husband of M. Ann Schurman; c.1763; 1839-02-04
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Person ID |
I12030 |
Maybee Society |
Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |