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From American Loyalist Claims: 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.

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".

1798 St. John's Island, P. E. I., Heads of Household Census, Lot 26, Peter Mabee: 4 Males under 16, 3 Males 16 - 60, 1 Female under 16, 2 Females 16 - 60, Total = 10

From: "The Gaspé 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 (PAC microfilm A206) as follows: "Just to the east of Percé 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 Indes. To the west of Percé, 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."

Sale of schooner "Swallow", built in 1813, by Capt. Daniel Mabe, Oct. 4, 1815

Adult: Philip Mabe, son of Peter Mabe & Ann, Husbandman of Malbay,
born Jan. 6, 1800, baptized Mar. 7, 1824

Adult: Edward Mabe, son of Peter Mabe & Ann, Husbandman of Malbay,
born Jan. 10, 1803, baptized Mar. 7, 1824

Child: Ann Francis, daughter of Philip Mabe & Jane, Farmer of Malbay,
born Oct. 12, 1823

From notes: Daniel Mabe, son of Peter, lost at sea, date uncertain

Married in St Helier, Jersey on 16/3/1824, Peter Mabe (resident in America-district Gaspé) and Anne Sutherland daughter of the late William, gent., and Lieutenant in the Veteran Corps.

1825 census of Percé and surroundings:
          Mabee, Peter Senior
               1 Married male 45-60, 1 Single male 45-60, 1 Single male 18-25, 1 Married fem 45-60
          Mabee, Peter Junior
               1 Married male 18-25, 1 Married male 25-45, 9 Single males 25-45, 3 Married fem 14-45
          Mabee, Philip
               2 Married males 25-45, 1 Married male 18-25, 1 Married fem 14-45, 1 fem < 14, 1 fem 14-18

Child: Peter, son of Philip Mabe & Jane Cass, Farmer of Barachois,
born Dec. 19, 1827 (Entered as MABÉE of Barashaw)

Child: Samuel, son of Philip Mabe & Jane Cass, Farmer of Corner of the Beach,
born Nov. 3, 1830

Child: Jonah, son of Philip Mabe & Jane Cass, Farmer of Mountain Vale, Malbay,
born Oct. 21, 1832 (should be Josiah?)

Child: John Francis, son of Philip Mabe & Jane Cass, Farmer of Malbay,
born Jan. 31, 1835

Child: Margaret Catherine, daughter of Philip Mabe & Jane Cass, Farmer of Barachoit (sic)
born June 3, 1837

Died: Peter Mabe of Corner of the Beach, died Feb. 3, 1839 at 76 yrs.

Child: Edward, son of Philip Mabe & Jane Cass, Planter of Corner of the Beach,
born Dec. 25, 1841

Child: Emma, daughter of Edward Mabe & Elizabeth Hogan, Planter of Corner of the Beach,
born Nov. 14, 1844

Died: Ann Johnson Mabe, Widow of Corner of the Beach, died July 19, 1846 at 84 years

Correction:
MABE Ann Schoorman Mabe, Widow who resided at Corner of the Beach near Percé, departed this life on the ninth day of July 1846 and in the 84th of her age, was buried at Mal Bay on the 11th day of the same month. By Me R. Short
In presence of Jacob Packwood, Philip Mabe

Child: Daniel, son of Edward Mabe & Elizabeth Hogan, Fisherman of Corner of the Beach,
born May 10, 1847

Child: Edward Henry, son of Edward Mabe & Elizabeth Hogan, Ship Builder of Corner of the Beach,
born May 4, 1849

MABE Catherine sister of Wm Peter MABE wife of ____MANSON, of Halifax b. c. 1795 d. 1849-08-15

Child: Marion, daughter of Edward Mabe & Elizabeth Hogan, Ship Builder of Corner of the Beach,
born Aug. 16, 1851

Child: Christopher, son of Edward Mabe & Elizabeth Hogan,
born 1854

Child: Elizabeth Jane, daughter of son of Samuel Mabe & Emily Deborah Cass,
born Dec. 24, 1859

Married: Josiah Mabe, Mariner of Corner of the Beach, and Mary Jane Suddard, youngest daughter of Thomas of Gaspé Basin, on Jan. 7, 1861

Died: Philip of Corner of The Beach, Farmer, died May 3, 1861 at 61 years.

Child: Theophilus James, son of son of Josiah Mabe & Mary Jane, Mariner of Corner of the Beach,
born Jan. 15, 1862

Married: Peter Mabe of Corner of the Beach, and Jane Vibert, of the same place, on Apr. 7, 1862

Child: Edward, son of Edward Mabe & Elizabeth of Corner of the Beach, died Oct. 8, 1862 at 1 year

Child: Simon Edward, son of Peter Mabe & Jane Vibert, Farmer of Corner of the Beach,
born Sept. 10, 1864

(NOTE: Elizabeth Maher)
Child: Angelina, daughter of Job Leggo & Elizabeth Mabe, Farmer,
born Sept. 11, 1864

Child: Harriet Victoria, daughter of Samuel Mabe & Emily Deborah Cass,
born Dec. 6 1864, baptized Jan. 8, 1865

Child: Havelock, son of Josiah Mabe & Mary, Corner of the Beach,
born June 22, 1865

Married: John Francis Mabe, bachelor & Farmer of Corner of the Beach, and Jane Cass, Spinster of Cape Cove on Feb. 6, 1866

Child: Alice Jane, daughter of Peter Mabe & Jane Vibert, Corner of the Beach,
born Apr. 22, 1867

Child: Edward Josiah, son of Josiah Mabe & Mary Suddard, Corner of the Beach,
born May 18, 1867

Married: Joseph Beck, Farmer & Widower of Cape Cove and Frances Ann Mabe, Spinster of Corner of the Beach, on Apr. 17, 1868

Child: Laura Ann, daughter of Peter Mabe & Jane Vibert,
born Sept. 10, 1868

Child: Edwin Thomas, son of Samuel Mabe & Emily Deborah Cass, Farmer of Corner of the Beach,
born Dec. 21, 1870

Child: George Albert, son of Job Leggo & Elizabeth Mabe, Farmer of Seal Cove,
born May 14, 1871

Child: Elizabeth Keboria (?), daughter of Job Leggo & Elizabeth Mabe, Farmer of Seal Cove,
born Apr. 28, 1868

Child: Lilly May, daughter of Josiah Mabe & Mary Jane Suddard, Sailing Master of Corner of the Beach,
born Sept. 17, 1871

Child: Peter Godfrey, son of Peter Mabe & Jane Vibert, Corner of the Beach,
born Feb. 7, 1872

Married: Henry Edward Enderby, Bachelor & Fisherman of Corner of the Beach & native of Shelding, Lincolnshire, Eng., and Emma Mabe, Spinster of Corner of the Beach, on July 1, 1872

Died: Peter, Planter of Corner of the Beach, died June 13, 1873 at 73 years

Died: Peter Godfrey Mabe, son of Peter Mabe & Jane of Corner of the Beach, died Nov. 23, 1874

Married: Daniel Mabe, Bachelor of Corner of the Beach, and
Hester Cass, Spinster of Corner of the Beach on Feb. 23, 1876

Child: Peter Godfrey, son of Peter Mabe & Jane Vibert, Fisherman of Corner of the Beach,
born Jan. 7, 1876

Child: William Ernest, son of Josiah Mabe & Mary Jane Suddard, Marriner of Corner of the Beach,
born Apr. 25, 1877

Child: Elias Percival, son of Daniel Mabe & Esther Cass of Corner of the Beach,
born June 2, 1877

Child: Edith Emily, daughter of Daniel Mabe & Esther Caroline Cass, mariner of Corner of the Beach,
born Jan. ?, 1879

Child: Elsie Amanda, daughter of Peter Mabe & Jane Vibert, Farmer of Corner of the Beach,
born Feb. 12, 1879

Died: Ann Sutherland, Widow of Peter Mabe, Ship Builder of Corner of the Beach, died Dec. 5, 1879

Married: Edward Mabe, Bachelor & Farmer of Corner of the Beach, and Eliza Ann Lenfesty, Spinster of Cape Cove, on Feb. 2, 1880

Married: Henry Mabe, Bachelor & Mariner of Corner of the Beach, and Eliza Vibert, Spinster of Corner of the Beach on Feb. 5, 1880

Child: Lydia Victoria, daughter of Daniel Mabe & Caroline Esther Cass,
born Nov. 10, 1880

Died: Jane Mabe, Widow of Philip Mabe, Planter of Corner of the Beach, died Nov. 11, 1880

Child: James Irvine, son of Edward Mabe & Eliza Ann Lenfesty, Corner of the Beach,
born Nov. 29, 1880

Died: Eunice Catherine, daughter of daughter of Joseph Beck of Cape Despair, died Jan. 1, 1881

Child: Clara Amelia, daughter of Henry Edward Mabe & Elizabeth Vibert,
born Jan. 6, 1881

Died: William Ernest Maybee, son of Josiah, Farmer of Douglas,
died Mar. 5, 1881 at 3 yrs. - of scarlet fever

Child: Teressa Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Mabe & Jane Vibert, Fisherman of Corner of the Beach,
born May 10, 1882

Child: Delia Jane, daughter of Henry Mabe & Elizabeth Vibert, Mariner of Corner of the Beach,
born Sept. 29, 1882

Child: Eva Seureman, daughter of Daniel Mabe & Hester Cass, Master Mariner,
born Nov. 11, 1882

Married: James Lenfesty, Widower & Farmer of Cape Cove, and Catherine Mabe, Spinster of Corner of the Beach, on Jan. 9, 1884

Died: Mrs. Joseph Beck of the Cape died Aug. 21, 1884

Child: William Henry, son of Henry Mabe & Elizabeth Vibert, Mariner of Corner of the Beach,
born Aug. 27, 1884

Child: Albert George, son of Peter Mabe & Jane Vibert, Planter of Corner of the Beach,
born Sept. 23, 1884

Married: William John Jean, Bachelor & Fisherman of Corner of the Beach, and Mary Ann Mabe, Spinster of Corner of the Beach, on Feb. 25, 1884

Child: William Augustus, illegitimate son of Elizabeth Jane Mabe, Spinster of Corner of the Beach,
born Apr. 4, 1884

Certificate of Discharge by Ann Sutherland, widow of Peter Mabe, to Josiah Mabe

Last Revision Date: 04/21/2002
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