| Name |
Jan Pieterse Mabee |
| Residence |
Between 1653 and 1697 |
Corner of Broad and Marchvelt Streets, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland  |
| Birth |
30 Sep 1654 |
corner of Broad and Market streets, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland [1] |
| Baptism |
4 Oct 1654 |
Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York [2] |
- Witnesses: Hendrick Willemszen, Marritie Claes
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| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
Between 1684 and 1725 |
East side of Church Street, next to the Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York [3] |
- came to Schenectady in 1684
|
| Witness-Baptism |
21 Apr 1686 |
Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York [2] |
- Witnesses: Jacob Boelen, Jan Pieterszen, Tryntie Pieters
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| Witness-Baptism |
8 Apr 1688 |
Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York [2] |
- Witnesses: Assuerus Hendrickszen, Jan Pieterszen, Marritje Pieters
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| Residence |
Between 1695 and 1725 |
Church Street, Schenectady, Albany County, New York [4] |
- Jan's town lot was on the east side of Church Street, next to the Dutch Church
|
| Census |
16 Jun 1697 |
Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York [5] |
- Census says Mebbee, Jan Men:1, Women: 1, Children: 6
|
| Land |
17 Sep 1697 |
Schoharie Creek, Albany County, New York [6] |
- Know all men by these Presents that Rode, ye Indian, Called by Christians Dirk who by and with ye the Consent of the Rest of Christian Indian Castle in ye mohoggs Country doth give & grant unto Jan Pieterse mebee of Schinnachtady his heirs & assign a Certain peece of grounde scituate lying and being upon Tionnondorogoes Creek on both sides Commonly known by the name of kadarodae all which land the sade Rode doth Convey with the appurtenances thereunto belonging in Consideration of ye said Jan Pieters wife by reason that she is something Related to ye family of the Christian Castle. In wittnesse whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 17th day of Sept. 1697
Signed sealed & Delivered Rode Indian, by the
in the Presence of Christians called Dirk,
Dellius Pr. Schuyler his marke*
Recorded ye 10th of Sept. 1714 by Philip Livingstone
*The "marke" of Rode was a wolf, drawn upside down on the deed. Perhaps the paper was thrust toward the Indian across a table and he did not turn it around to face him right side up before he drew the symbol of his clan.
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| Land |
22 Apr 1703 |
Schoharie Creek, Albany County, New York [7] |
- had a patent for eighty acres of land near the mouth of Scoharie Creek - probably Kadarodae
|
| Witness-Baptism |
3 Oct 1703 |
First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York [8] |
- Witnesses: Jan Mebie and Anna Borsboom
|
| Residence |
Between 1706 and 1724 |
Mabee Farm, Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, New York [9] |
- The Jan Pieterse Mabee farm in Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, NY is recorded by State of New York historians as having been first occupied in 1670 at what was then at the western extreme of settlement in the Mohawk Valley. A national Historical Register Site, it has been in continual residential use ever since that date. It was originally owned by one Daniel Janse van Antwerpen, a Schenectady fur trader, farmer and land speculator- who sold the farm to Jan Mabee in 1706. The farm remained in the ownership of Mabee and his descendants for 287 years passing by will until January of 1992 when George E. Franchere of Dunedio, Florida, the last Mabee family heir, respecting the wishes of his mother and aunt, donated it to the Schenectady County Historical Society for public use, display, and preservation.
The ancient residential structures are three in number: a Stone House built in about 1680 and expanded in 1709; a wood frame Mabee Inn, operated as a hotel catering to river men from about the years 1730 to 1820; and a brick/half frame Slave Quarters, apparently constructed in about 1730 upon the stone foundations of the earliest structure built by about 1670. In about 1870 an enclosed porch was added tying the Inn to the Stone House.
The fur trading monopoly belonged to residents of Albany and the earliest structure was apparently a cellar hole house used as an illicit fur trading post. In the 1660's Van Antwerpen was charged with trading on at least two occasions and fined so it is possible the cellar hole structure predates the year 1670. The height of the stone foundations of the Slave Quarters cellar, the fireplace in that cellar, and the cellar windows extending originally about 20 inches below the present ground level and later partially filled with masonry, all suggest the original use of the foundations. That the cellar hole house was occupied during construction of the Stone House is shown by the original Stone House entrance door, later converted to a window, located close to the cellar house entryway.
Photographs taken in 1909 prior to the dredging of the Mohawk for the Barge canal show that the river periodically flooded the farm. for that reason, dirt removed from the cellar hole of the Stone House had not been carted away but had been used to raise the level of the ground. When the Inn and Slave Quarters were built in about 1730, the dirt removed from the cellar hole of the Inn had been similarly used. It was in about 1730 also that the Slave Quarters building was built as a two story structure on the foundations of the original structure, the cellar windows partially closed, and the land raised against flooding.
Documentation for the above is scanty. Court records and land patents; deeds of sale, wills, and inventories of estates; family letters and business records; local histories; records of other cellar holes houses; artifacts such as a sign for the Mabee Inn, all contribute to the above account. There are indications that at times family members occupied the Slave Quarters and the Inn. Much of the evidence is soft and dates are approximate. Archaeologic investigations and closer inspection of documents may harden up some information, but much is and will remain well-informed guesswork from what evidence is at hand.
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| Witness-Baptism |
21 Jun 1712 |
First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York [8] |
- witnesses: Jan Petters Mevi and Antie Pieters Bosboom
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| Witness-Baptism |
17 Dec 1715 |
First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York [8] |
- witnesses: Jan Petters Mevi and Antie Pieters Bosboom
|
| Witness-Baptism |
2 Jun 1718 |
First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York [8] |
- Jan Mebi and Annetien Mol
|
| Religion |
Mar 1719 |
First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York [10] |
| accepted as members of the |
| Census |
11 Jun 1720 |
Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York [11] |
| Will |
3 Apr 1725 |
Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York [12] |
- In the Name of God Amen the third day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred twenty and five I John Mabee of the Township of Schenectady in the County of Albany in the province of New York Yeoman being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore Calling to mind the Mortality of my body and knowing It is appointed for all men once to dye Do make and ordaine this my last will and Testament That is to Say principally and first of all I give and recomend my Soul into the hands of God that gaveth and for my body I recomend it to the Earth to be buryed in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors Nothing doubting but at my resurrection I shall receive the Same again by the mighty power of God and as touching Such worldly Estate wherewith It hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the Same in the following manner and form
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my oldest Son Peter Mabee all and Singular my lands and tenements lying and being on the North side of the Mohawks river between the Lands of Lawrence Van der Volgen of the Lands of Col Stevan Grossbeck with all the priviledges and ________________ to the Same belonging unto the said Peter Mabee and to his heirs forever paying the rent, and one hundred and fifty pounds current money of New York to be equally divided among his sisters and that at or before Seven years after my decease he to pay but 150 as oldest Son.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Second Son Jacob all and Singular my estate on the South side of the Mohawks river lying and being between Jacobus Peck's land and the land of Peter Vrooman together with houses barns barricks orchards gardens pastures swamps thereunto belonging or appertaining likewise all ploughs harrows hoes axes waggons sleys or other utensils for working on the said Farm except cattle unto the Said Jacob Mabee and to his heirs forever he or they paying or causing to be paid unto his Said Sisters the just Sum of two hundred and fifty pounds current money and that at or before Seven years after my decease and equally to be divided between his Seven Sisters my daughters and five Skiple of wheat unto his Brother Peter towards the rent of his land forever as accknowledgment being his oldest Brother Item I give to my youngest Son Abraham Mabee all and Singular that house and lott of ground where he now lives lying in the Town of Schenectady aforesaid between the lotts of Benjamin van Platt and the Ministers lott together with the pasture ground that lyes between the pasture ground of Harmanus Vedder and the pasture ground of Capt. Harmen van Slike likewise all the arable land lyeing between the land of Martin Van ________and the land of Aron Vedder on the south Side of the road way together with the Swamp or criplebush thereunto adjoyning unto my son Abraham and to his heirs forever he or they paying or causing to be paid unto his Sisters two hundred and fifty pounds current money of New York to be equally divided among them and that at or before Seven years after my decease and five Skiple of wheat unto his Brother Peter or to his heirs forever towards the paying the rent of his farm and accknowledgment of being his oldest Brother
Item I give to my daughter Margarett the half of all my lands where she now lives called Kadoritha during her natural life
Item the other half of the Said land called Kadoritha that Nicholas Hall hath hired for fifteen years the Said hire to be divided between my Son Peter and Jacob and at the death of my Daughter Margarett and the Expiration of the said fifteen years all my the Said lands and Tenements at Kadoritha to be equally divided between my Said Sons that my son Peter and Jacob and to them and their heirs and assigns forever
Item It is my further will that in Six months after my decease that all my movable Estate goods and Chattels except those things I have already given to my Son Jacob for the use of the farm be appraised and equally divided between all my children that is Sons and Daughters alike not the one more than the other Item That my three sons that is Peter Jacob and Abraham pay first all my debts and then enter into Articles for payment of their Sisters at the Expiration of Seven years as before mentioned at the Expiration of the Said Six Months in the presence of my Executors hereafter mentioned and I do likewise Constitute make and ordaine Jacobus Van Dyke and Caleb Beck Executors to this my last will and Testament and do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannull all and every other former Testaments Wills Bequests and Executors in me before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto ____________________this day and year first written
John J Mabee his mark
Signed Sealed published and declared by the Said John Mabee as his last will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers viz.
Jan Danielse Johannes Peck Harme________
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| Death |
8 Apr 1725 |
Schenectady, New York [13] |
| Probate |
13 Sep 1725 [14] |
- Jacob, acting as the executor of his father John's will, received receipts for bequests of £35-14-3 1/2
Arentdt and Tribtje Bradt on June 23, 1732;
Cornelius Van Dyke and his wife Maria Maby on 27 June 1732;
Peter Daniese and his wife Engerltje on July 7, 1732;
John Farely and Mattje Meebie on February 16, 1732/3; and
Cornelius Slingerandt and his wife Aghje on July 7, 1749
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| Reference Number |
2 |
| Reference Number |
4705 |
| Burial |
1879 |
Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York [15] |
- Anno 1725; Jan Meebie; den 8 April; obit
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| Person ID |
I4678 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
| Family |
Anna Borsboom, b. 1662, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. Abt 1716 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1681 |
Albany, Albany County, New York [16] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Aeche Mabie, b. 1685, Albany, New York d. 3 Sep 1753, Niskatha, New York (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Pieter Mabee, b. Abt 1685, Woestina (the wilderness greater than five miles west of Schenectady), Albany County, New York d. Aft 1768 (Age > 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Jacob Mabee, b. Between 1687 and 1689, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. 28 Apr 1755, New York (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 4. Margaret Mebi, b. 1688, New York d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 5. Catrina Mebi, b. Abt 1691, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. 1773 (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 6. Annetje Mebi, b. 1693, Woestina (the wilderness greater than five miles west of Schenectady), Albany County, New York d. 1736 (Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 7. Abraham Mabie, b. 23 Jun 1695, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. 8 Nov 1763, Rotterdam, New York (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 8. Engeltie Jans Mabie, c. 10 Nov 1697, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 9. Maria Mabie, b. 1700, Woestina (the wilderness greater than five miles west of Schenectady), Albany County, New York d. 12 Dec 1735, Schenectady County, New York (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 10. Metje Jans Meby, c. 7 Oct 1704, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F1308 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1654 - 1725 (70 years)
