| Name |
Oliver Mabee |
| Birth |
10 Jan 1774 |
Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
10 Jul 1784 |
Belle Hill in Beaver Harbour, Ontario, Canada [2] |
- Roll of Loyalists Settled at Belle Hill in Beaver Harbour has an entry: Frederick Maybee, wife Levina, children above 10: Lydia, Elizabeth, Oliver, children under 10: Mary, Sarah, Simon, Frederick.
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| Anecdote |
1792 [3] |
- 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 [4] |
- 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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| Witness-Probate |
1801 |
Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [5] |
- William Benjamin Hilton, husband of Levinah Mabee Hilton, died intestate. Sureties included Oliver Mabee and Simon Mabee, both of Charlottesville.
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| Occupation |
1 Jun 1805 |
District of London, Ontario, Canada [6] |
| served one year as High Constable |
| Military Service |
1812 [6] |
- Oliver was captain of a company of militia and took part in the battle of Lundy's Lane
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| Military Service |
1812 |
Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [7] |
- During the War of 1812, Henry was recorded as a private on an 1814 muster roll of Captain Oliver Mabee's Company of the Norfolk Militia
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| Will |
3 Apr 1823 |
Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [5] |
- 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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| Anecdote |
1825 |
Vittoria, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [6] |
- Oliver drove to Niagara [from Vittoria] on one occasion with a load of truck, consisting of pork, veal, butter, eggs and various other things. At this time Niagara was a larger town than York (Toronto), and Hamilton did not exist. When Mr. Mabee arrived with his produce the "powers that were" in old Niagara would not permit him to sell roll-butter inside the town limits. In order to dispose of it he carried it outside, where he employed a woman to work it all up in pound patties. This was in 1825, a time noted for scarcity of money in the settlement.
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| Census |
1851 |
Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [8] |
- 9, Oliver P. Mabee, M, 30, M,, Farmer Canada, Baptist
10, Mary Mabee, F, 29, M, Canada, Quaker
11, George H. Mabee, M, 6, S, Canada, Quaker, attended school
12, Peter L. Mabee, M, 4, S, Canada, Quaker
13, Sarah E. Mabee, F, 1, S, Canada, Quaker
14, Peter Mabee, M, 22, S, Laborer, Canada, Baptist
15, William Mabee, M, 20, S, Laborer, Canada, Baptist
16, Eliza Mabee, F, 18, S, Canada, Baptist
17, Frederick Mabee, M, 16, S, Laborer, Canada, Baptist
18, John Moore, M, 31, M, Miller, Canada, Quaker, resident of Maldhide, not member of family
19, Catherine Moore,, F, 26, M, Canada, Quaker, resident of Maldhide, not member of family
20, Oliver Mabee Sr., M, 79, M, United States-Province of New York, Baptist
21, Rachel Mabee, F, 68, M, United States, Baptist
22, Siforra Wilson, F, 35, W, Canada, Baptist, not member of family
23, Abigal Mabee, F, 49, W, Canada, Baptist
24, Samuel Mabee, M, 13, S, Canada, Baptist, attended school
25, Albert Mabee, M, 10, S, Canada, Baptist, attended school
26, George Mabee, M, 8, S, Canada, Baptist, attended school
27, Rhoda Mabee, F, 6, S, Canada, Baptist
Three families resided in a one and a half story frame house
17, Oliver P Mabee , Con 5, Lot 17, total family acreage 200, 155 under cultivation in 1851, 94 under crops , 58 under pasture, 3 under gardens or orchards, an 45 under woods or wild
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| Note |
- Scanned picture available from the Maybee Society courtesy of Dr Joseph de Beauchamp, MS 363
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| Reference Number |
1331 |
| Religion |
Became a Baptist "Deacon" |
| Death |
2 Jul 1854 |
Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [1] |
| Burial |
1855 |
Baptist Cemetery, Vittoria, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
| Person ID |
I1326 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
| Family 1 |
Mary Decker Smith, b. 30 Jul 1774, Goshen, Orange County, New York d. 5 Feb 1844, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Jun 1795 |
Turkey Point, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada [9] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Lydia Elizabeth Mabee, b. 22 Jan 1797, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Dec 1880, Malahide, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Peter Mabee, b. 11 Nov 1798, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 14 May 1848, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Miriam Mabee, b. 14 Sep 1800, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Mar 1839, Canada (Age 38 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 4. Gabriel Mabee, b. 1 May 1802, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Mar 1875, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Naomi Mabee, b. 29 Apr 1804, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Nov 1830, Vittoria, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 26 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 6. Rachel Mabee, b. 7 Oct 1808, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 7. Julia Mabee, b. 24 Jul 1809, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 May 1841, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 31 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. Rhoda Mabee, b. 3 Sep 1810, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 9. Abigail Mabee, b. 26 Apr 1814, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 May 1888, Gananoque, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 10. Oliver Mabee, b. 5 Jun 1816, Canada d. 26 Apr 1898, Vittoria, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F181 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1774 - 1854 (80 years)
