| Name |
Pellum Mabee |
| Birth |
19 Jan 1787 |
New Brunswick, Canada  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Anecdote |
1792 [2] |
- The Mabee party, it is said, started for Upper Canada in the fall of 1792, but they wintered in Quebec and did not reach Turkey Point until some time in 1793. They drove twelve cows, rode horses, and employed an Indian guide to pilot the way through the wilderness
Some members of the family claim that the settlement was made as early as 1791, while others say it was not made before 1794; but Mrs. Mabee and her family were living there in a comfortable log-house at the time of Governor Simcoe's visit in 1795. The grave of Frederick Mabee was there also, and a piece of ground known as the "Indian fields" had been cleared of its light growth of timber and cropped; all of which makes it appear quite reasonable that the family may have settled there, at least as early as 1793.
The Mabee party consisted of Frederick Mabee and wife; Oliver Mabee, their eldest son, aged about nineteen; Simeon, the second son, aged about seventeen; Pellum, the youngest son, aged about twelve – at least, these were the ages of the sons at the time of the Governor's visit; two single daughters – Polly and Sally; and two married daughters – Nancy and Lydia, with their respective husbands – John Stone and Peter Teeple. It is said that Peter Secord, also, came with the Mabee family
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| Immigration |
1793 |
Turkey Point, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [3] |
- Frederick Mabee was a United Empire Loyalist, whose home had at the British evacuation of New York, been confiscated, and himself and family subjected to indignity by many of his former neighbours because he declined to swear allegiance to the "New Republic", holding as he no doubt conscientiously did, that the grievances of the colonists should be settled by constitutional means rather than by the sword. Having heard of the wonderful fertility and natural advantage of the Long Point (or as it was first called, the Turkey Point) country in Upper Canada from his cousin. Peter Secord, a U.E. Loyalist who had accompanied him to Saint John from New York and who, being an old hunter, had already penetrated the wilds of Upper Canada with one George Ramsay, and Englishman, on a hunting and exploring trip, he resolved to form a small colonization party to open a permanent party at Turkey Point. Gathering many of his relatives together, including his son-in-law, Capt. Teeple, the "Mabee Party" as they were afterwards called, set out in the fall of 1792, but they wintered at Quebec and did not reach Turkey Point until some time in 1793. They brought some household goods, drove several cows, rode horses and employed an Indian guide to pilot the way through the wilderness. The men drove the animals along the shore, the women came in boats, going ashore at night to camp. During the journey through the wilds they sustained themselves largely on cornmeal and milk from the cows.
The party consisted of Frederick Mabee and Lavinia (nee Pelham or Pellum), Oliver Mabee, their eldest son, aged about 19; Simon, the second son, aged 17; Pollum, the youngest son, aged about 5; three single daughters, Polly, Betsy and Sally, and two married daughters, Nancy, with her husband, John Stone and Lydia, with her husband, Capt. Peter Teeple, and their four children. His cousin, Peter Secord and Thomas Welch, also came with the Mabee party. Frederick Mabee at once erected the first log cabin ever built at the new settlement, at the foot of the hill overlooking Turkey Point. Their corn was pounded in the stump of a walnut tree, the beetle being attached to a "sweep" like the "Old Oaken Bucket".
One year after the arrival of the party he died of apoplexy, and was buried in a hollowed-out walnut log coffin. He was the first white man buried in the new settlement, and a large boulder marks his tomb near Turkey Point. His widow subsequently married Lieut. William B. Hilton, a New York Loyalist of the Kings American Dragoons, but he died three years after the marriage. Large numbers of other Loyalists poured into the settlement shortly after, but the "Mabee Party" came in advance of the rest and became "squatters" until the lands were apportioned by the Crown to all the Loyalists.
Polly and Sally Mabee, two daughters who came to Turkey Point, single, married respectively Capt. David Secord, of Butler's Rangers, and Silas Montross, both U.E. Loyalists. The former was a miller at Niagara, but later settled on Catfish creek, west of Orwell; the latter lived at Turkey Point. The Mabee, Teeple, Secord, Montross and Stone families became prominent factors in the early days of settlement, but now their descendants are very widely scattered.
More than a hundred years have come and gone since Frederick Mabee and his sons and sons-in-law made the acquaintance of the wild, painted and befeathered savages of the north shore of Lake Erie, and where they were surprised and startled by the bedlam of discordant sounds, which daily rent the air, from the throats of the myriads of wild turkeys, geese and duck, as these sturdy pioneers staked out their new homes at Turkey Point. Today their great grandsons are found in the ranks of busy men, scattered all over the American continent, and their great-great grandchildren occupy seats in nearly every school house in the land. In fact, these descendants have become so numerous, and so widely dispersed, that they meet as strangers, never dreaming that the old pioneer mother who pounded corn in the hollow of a walnut stump more than a hundred years ago, was their common maternal ancestor.
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| Anecdote |
1795 [4] |
- The Boy Who Waited on the Governor— Pellum Mabee.
When Governor Simcoe visited Turkey Point in 1795 he found Mrs. Frederick Mabee and her family living there as "squatters." They were living in a commodious log-house which stood at the foot of the hill, and they had cleared off the light growth of timber, and had cropped about thirty acres of land on Turkey Point, known as the "Indian Fields." The Governor remained two or three days, being engaged in laying out a town site, and planning for his future seat of government. He was very favorably impressed with the natural beauty of the place, and the Mabees spared no pains in making it as pleasant and comfortable for the gubernatorial party as they possibly could. Pellum Mabee, the widow's youngest son, was about twelve years old, and being a bright, active, pleasant little fellow, the Governor took an interest in him. The boy supplied His Excellency with cool sparkling water from a spring, run on little errands—not to the corner grocery for chewing tobacco, but in various other ways—and showed such a disposition to please and serve, and manifested with all such a remarkable spirit of native good humor, that the Governor became interested in him, and determined to make him a present. Accordingly, when the Viceregal party were about to leave, the Governor said to Mrs. Mabee : "Madam, I wish to make that little fellow a grant in his own name. I shall give him a patent for his father's improvement of thirty-three acres, and one acre at the foot of the hill including the home," and he ordered the entry to be made forthwith.
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| Military Service |
1812 |
Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [5] |
- Served in the War of 1812 for Canada, Pelham Mabee, 2nd Flank Company, 1st Regiment, Norfolk Militia
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| Will |
3 Apr 1823 |
Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
- Will of Levinah Hilton, of Charlottesville, dated 3/4/1823, mentions sons Pellum Mabee, Oliver Mabee, son-in-law John Stone, grandson William Stone, Gabriel Mabee, and other sons and daughters, but not identified.
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| Census |
1852 |
Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [7] |
- 10, Pelham Mabee, M, 65, M, New Brunswick, Methodist
11, Mary Mabee, F, 61, M, United States, Baptist
12, Drusilla Mabee, F, 32, S, Canada, nothing
13, Elizabeth Crocket, F, 19, M, Canada, Baptist, baby girl born and died at 2 days in 1851
14, Susan Mabee, F, 3, S, Canada, Baptist
15, Mary Ann Mabee, F, 6, S, Canada, Baptist
16, Jacob Barnhart, M, 53, W, Labourer, Canada, Christian, not family member
Resided in a one story frame house
19, Pelham Mabee , Range A, Lot 10, no land or crops described
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| Census |
1861 |
Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [8] |
- George Maybee, Farmer, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 43, Male, Single
Pel'm Maybee, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 33, Male, Married, died in 1860 of accident
Sarah Maybee,, born in USA, Baptist, 25, Female, Single
Josephine Maybee, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 7, Female, Single
Francis Maybee, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 5, Female, Single
Oscer Maybee,, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 3, Male, Single
Pel'm Maybee Sr, born in New Brunswick, Methodist 74, Male, Married
Mary Maybee, born in USA, Methodist70, Female, Married
Drusilla Maybee, born in Upper Canada, Methodist, 40, Female, Single
Fred'k Maybee, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 38, Male, Married
Marg't Maybee, born in Scotland, Baptist, 28, Female, Married
Isabella Maybee, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 6, Female, Single
Walter Maybee,, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 5, Male, Single
Peter Maybee,, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 3, Male, Single
Mary Maybee,, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 14, Female, Single
Susan Maybee,, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 12, Female, Single
Jas Maybee, born in Upper Canada, Baptist, 9, Male, Single
Agricultural Census
18, George Maybee , Con 1, Lot 9, total acreage 33, 33 under cultivation, 30 under crops in 1860 and 3 under orchards or garden. Farm valued at $1600, Farming equipment valued at $100
19, Pel'm Maybee Jr , Con 1, Lot 10, total acreage 75, 61 under cultivation, 50 under crops in 1860, 8 under pasture in 1860, 3 under orchards or garden, and 14 under woods or wild. Farm valued at $2500, Farming equipment valued at --
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| Reference Number |
1326 |
| Death |
7 Feb 1861 |
Turkey Point, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
| Person ID |
I1321 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
| Family |
Mary Layman, b. Abt 1790, United States of America d. 10 Apr 1868, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Ann Mabee, b. 1812, Ontario, Canada d. 1847, Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Lavinia Mabee, b. 22 Jul 1812, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 4 May 1896, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Esther Mabee, b. 1814, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Mar 1875, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 4. Landrine Mabee, b. 16 May 1816, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 18 Sep 1864, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 5. George Mabee, b. 19 Jan 1818, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Jul 1886, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Drusilla Mabee, b. Abt 1820, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 May 1886 (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 7. Frederick Mabee, b. 1822, Turkey Point, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Mar 1891, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 8. Simeon Mabee, b. Abt 1825, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Nov 1897, Antioch, Wexford County, Michigan (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 9. Pellum Mabee, b. 19 Jan 1828, Turkey Point, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Sep 1897, Nixon, Windham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 10. Elizabeth Ann Mabee, b. 12 Apr 1832, Port Rowan, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 31 May 1915, Port Rowan, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 11. Margaret Mabee, b. 1836, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Jan 1872, Port Rowan, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 36 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F178 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1787 - 1861 (74 years)
