John Mabee

1728 - 1796  (68 years)

• Name	John Mabee
  Birth	10 Jan 1728	Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [1]
  Baptism	19 Jan 1728	First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [2]
  	Witnesses: Cornelis Van Dyke and wife Maritie Meby
  Gender	Male
  Land	5 Nov 1750	Albany County, New York   [3]
  	purchased land from Claas Van Der Volgen on 11/5/1750. On 1/15/1799 his widow and sons sold the land to to David Lawyer of the Town of Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY.
  Witness-Baptism	4 Jan 1756	First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [2]
  	witnesses: Johannes Mebie and Alida Mebie
  Witness-Baptism	3 Oct 1762	First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [2, 4]
  	witnesses: John Mebie and Alida Mebies
  Memo	1763	Albany County, New York   [5]
  	A list of Freeholders of the City and County of Albany, dated 1763, includes the following names: Normans Kill, Abraham Meebe; Mohawk, John Clement, Lewes Clement, John Maybee, Peter Maybee (those 4 in succession); Schenectady, Abraham Mabie, John Mabie, John Mabb.
  Military Service	29 Apr 1767  [6]
  	in Captain Andries Truax's Company of the Tryon County Militia
  Witness-Baptism	28 Aug 1774	First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [2]
  	witnesses: Johannes Mebie and Alida Mebie
  Military Service	Between 1776 and 1782  [6]
  	in Captain John Van Patten's Third Company of Colonel Wemple s Second (Schenectady) Regiment of the Albany County Militia || . John was a Corporal
  Witness-Baptism	2 Mar 1777	Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Caughnawaga, Tryon County, New York   [7, 8]
  	Witnesses: John Mebie, Alida Mabie
  Memo	31 Dec 1779	Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York   [9]
  	included as land owner on the Tax List
  Witness-Baptism	15 Oct 1780	First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [2]
  Witness-Probate	17 Jul 1787	Albany, Albany County, New York   [10]
  	Will of Petrus Mebie, of the town of Caughnewaga, Tryon County, and residing in Schenectady, dated 12/28/1781, proved 7/17/1787(in Albany), mentions wife Alida, sons Harmanus (eldest) and Peter, daughters Susanna and Sarah, brother John and brother-in-law John H. Peek (executors). Petrus also mentioned the fact that his wife was pregnant at the time the will was written, and made alternate provisions if the unborn child was a male or a female.
  Will	8 Jul 1789  [11]
  	Will of John Mabie, of Schenectady, dated 7/8/1789, proved 2/14/1810 (John died in 1796) mentions wife (Alida) and "my four children" Peter (eldest son), Simon, Susanna and Hessy (unmarried when will was written).
  Census	1790	Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York   [12]
  	Enumerated as John Maby two males over 16, no males under 16, two females, no free non-whites, and seven slaves
  Witness-Baptism	27 Feb 1793	Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Caughnawaga, Montgomery County, New York   [13]
  	witnesses: John Maby & wife
  Witness-Baptism	12 Jul 1793	Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Caughnawaga, Montgomery County, New York   [13]
  	witnesses: John Mabee & Alida Mabee
  Death	24 Nov 1796	Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [14, 15]
  Anecdote	1970  [16]
  	The gravestone bearing the inscription "In memory of John Mabee who departed this life Novr. 24th, 1796 aged 67 years 10 months and 14 days" was unearthed in 1970 on Route 5 when the state was widening the highway. It was kept by the Glenville town historian, Don Keefer until 1995, when ggggggreat nephew, Gary Mabee brought it to the Mabee Farm Historic Site Cemetery and reset it across the Mohawk River (south side) from where he was originally interred in the Mabee/van Antwerp Cemetery.
  Reference Number	4987
  Burial	1995	Mabee Farm Cemetery, Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, New York   [5]
  	In memory of John Mabee who departed this life Novr. 24th, 1796 aged 67 years 10 months and 14 days
  Person ID	I4960	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	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)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susanna Vedder,   b. 1701, Woestina (the wilderness greater than five miles west of Schenectady), Albany County, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Nov 1721	First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [2, 8]
  	Pieter Mebi, j.m. en Susanna Vedders beyde en de Woestine
  Family ID	F1312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alida Toll,   b. 3 Jan 1735, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. 16 Aug 1812 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1755	First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [2, 15]
  Children	+ 1. Susanna Mabee,   c. 29 May 1757, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. 12 Apr 1828, Vedder Farm 2.5 miles south of Fonda, New York (Age ~ 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Simon Mabee,   c. 8 Feb 1761, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. Bef 1769 (Age ~ 7 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Dr. Peter Mabee,   b. 12 Jul 1764   d. 30 Aug 1824, Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Hester Mabee,   c. 11 Sep 1766, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. 14 Feb 1840, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York (Age ~ 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Simon Mabee,   b. 21 Jul 1769, Woestina (the wilderness greater than five miles west of Schenectady), Albany County, New York d. 15 Jul 1842, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Pearson, Professor Jonathan, Genealogies of the First Settlers of Schenectady; Original Date: 1873, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, 1984;), Pg 119. [S65] Records from the First Reformed Church, Schenectady, NY; Film: 0534207. [S23] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Chronology of Records for the Descendants of Jan Pieterse Mebie ; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/JanPieterse/JanPieterseMebie.htm, Albany County Deeds, book 17, page 312. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Transcribed Records from Selected States, 1660-1926. [S23] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Chronology of Records for the Descendants of Jan Pieterse Mebie ; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/JanPieterse/JanPieterseMebie.htm. [S85] Berthold Fernow, New York in the Revolution; Original Date: 1887, (Name: Polyanthus, Cottonport, Louisiana, 1972;), Genealogy Room. [S66] Steve Mabie, MS 257 - Steve Mabie; Number: 257, Fonda Church records. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989. [S23] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Chronology of Records for the Descendants of Jan Pieterse Mebie ; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/JanPieterse/JanPieterseMebie.htm, 31 Dec 1779 Tax List for the Schenectady District. [S23] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Chronology of Records for the Descendants of Jan Pieterse Mebie ; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/JanPieterse/JanPieterseMebie.htm, page 22. [S23] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Chronology of Records for the Descendants of Jan Pieterse Mebie ; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/JanPieterse/JanPieterseMebie.htm, 2000 rev, pg 25. [S61] Government Printing Office, Heads of Families of the First Censusof the United States Taken in the Year 1790 - New York; Original Date: 1908, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, Baltimore, 1976;), Page 42. [S23] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Chronology of Records for the Descendants of Jan Pieterse Mebie ; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/JanPieterse/JanPieterseMebie.htm, pg 27, from Caughnawaga Reformed Church. [S23] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Chronology of Records for the Descendants of Jan Pieterse Mebie ; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/JanPieterse/JanPieterseMebie.htm, pg 28 from tombstone. [S210] Schenectady County: Its History; Volume: S, pg 144. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorial# 26644357.