CHAPTER SIX THE MABIE LINE
Branches: Mabie, Schuerman, Sicard,
Mabie Family
For a long time we were stumped on this line, with but one member, Bathsheba, of whom we were sure. We knew from a Couch file at the Field Library in Peekskill , NY that her father was Abraham of Yorktown, but could not determine which one this was of the many Abraham Mabies. In January, 2000, Steve Mabie of San Antonio, found a reference to a "lunatic" Abraham, of Yorktown, with a daughter Barsheba, which was what we needed. At first we thought he was probably the son of Jeremias Mabie, son of Casparus , but that Abraham seems to have lived in Mt. Pleasant, New York, not Yorktown. It is now thought that he might be a son,. legitimate or not, of Peter Mabie, son of the Abraham who was the brother of Jeremias. See below.
This line is not of English descent as are the other Banning lines; it is French and Dutch. Its early history is given by Mutrie, in "A Compendium of Mabie Research." (The numbers given for some of the family members are those of Mutrie.) Legend has it, but it has not been proved, that our Pieter1 was the son of a Sergeant Caspar (Gaspard) Mabille, a member of the crew of the Southberg, of the Dutch West India Company, which. in 1633 captured a Spanish caravel and brought it back to New Amsterdam.
1. PIETER CASPARSZEN (MABILLE) VAN NAERDEN, who rarely used the name Mabie, is on the records of the Dutch Reformed Church at New Amsterdam on 17 Feb. 1647. He was probably descended from a Pierre Mabille, a Hugenot who fled France for refuge in Holland after the massacre on St. Bartholew's day in 1572. Many legends are built about his origin, but I shall try to stick to the facts that can be proved. Baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch church show him as godfather in 1647 and 1650; in 1652 he is listed as father. He married in New Amsterdam about 1651, the widow AECHETE JANS VAN NORDEN, and died there between 1662 and 1665. He was appointed an excise commissioner in 1654, and a small burger "with 12 others of the principal citizens of New Amsterdam" as a witness to a purchase of land by Peter Styvesant from the Indians on 12 April 1657. His house stood on the west corner of Broad Street and Marketfield Street; it clearly shows (D-8) on a map of New Amsterdam in 1660 (http://www.teachout.org/vna/map.html. If you click your cursor on a location, a description of it will appear.). The first paving in New York was in 1660 over the canal running under Broad Street, for which Pieter was taxed. It was not an urban community by our standards; after Pieter's death, his widow Aechte appeared in court bringing suit against a neighbor to recover the value of a bear her son had shot in the woods above Ball Street; the wounded bear had escaped and later been killed by the neighbor who claimed the bear and its meat. The court ordered that the bear carcass be divided between the two families (This is supposedly in the records of the Burgomaster). Aechete was still living in 1689 when she was a sponsor at the baptism of her grandson, Pieter.
Children of Pieter and Aechete, all born in New Amsterdam :
i. MARRITJE PIETERSE MABIE, bap. 12 Sep 1652; m. JAN PIETERSE BRANDT a cooper; 8 children.ii. JAN PIETERSE MEBIE, bap. 4 Oct. 1654, m. (1) 1684 ANNA BORSBOOM and moved to Schenectady, NY; m (2) ELIZABETH VAN DE LIPSTRADT. With Anna he had ten children 7 girls and three boys. They founded a large Schenectady branch of the family.
iii. ENGELTIE PIETERSE MABIE, ba. 6 Sep. 1656, m. JAN JANSEN MOLL, a shipbuilder. 10 children.
iv. METJE PIETERSE MABIE, bap. 14 April 1658; m. JAN PEROT, a French Hugenot and shipwright; they moved to New Rochelle and had five children.
2. v. CASPARUS PIETERSZEN MABIE, bap. 15 Feb. 1660.
vi. TRYNTJE PIETERSE MABIE, bap. 17 Dec. 1662; m. HANS HENDRIKSE SPIER. 6 children.
2. CASPARUS2 PIETERSZEN (Pieter1) MABIE was baptized in New York, NY 15 February 1660 and died either in New Jersey or at New Rochelle, NY, about 1720. He married there 14 December 1687, LYSBETH HARMENSEN SCHUERMANS; the couple removed to Haarlem, NY by 1695 and Casparus was appointed constable there. In 1700 they removed to New Rochelle, NY, but did not stay there long; by 1708 he was in Bergen County, New Jersey, living near Hackensack. He anglicized his name to Caspar Petersen Mabie. There is no record of a will.
Children of Casparus and Lysbeth:i. PIETER MABIE3, bap. New York, NY 26 Dec. 1689; m. KATALYNTJE JANS BOGART. lived Orange County, NY, 13 children..
ii. CHRISTINA MABIE, bap. New York, NY 30 May 1692; m. JOOST ZABRISKIE, lived in Hackensack, NJ; 8 children.
iii. AFFIE MABIE. bap. New York, NY ca. 1693; m. JON MARTINE, lived at Hackensack, NJ and Tappen,NY; 6 children
iv. FREDERICK MABIE, bap. 1 Sep. 1695; died young.
v. FEYTIE MABIE, bap. Haarlem, NY ca. 1697; m. MATTHIAS CONKLIN; lived Orange Count, NY, 9 children.
vi. JEREMIAS MABIE, bap. New York, NY 24 June 1699. Married three times 1) HELENA CONKLIN, children: Ennetje, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Deliverance, Helena; 2) ANNATJE VAN AMBURG, children: Rachel, Abraham. Johannes, Henry, Pieter, Annetje and Agye (Eva); 3) MARIE PARSET. He is thought to be the father of the Abraham who appears in the 1790 census as of Mt. Pleasant, New York.
vii. SIMON MABIE, b. probably New Rochelle about 1701; m. MARIE LANDRIN. granddaughter of Ambroise Sicard; 14 children, some perhaps with a second wife. He was a Loyalist and went to Canada in 1783 with children.grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. His son Simon was hanged as a spy 15 April 1777.
viii. CATHERINE MABIE, bap. New Rochelle, NY 14 June 1703; married there DANIEL SICARD, grandson of Ambroise;10 children
3 ix. ABRAHAM MABIE, bap. New York City 18 Nov. 1705; m. SILVIA COQUILLET, another granddaughter of Ambroise Sicard; moved to Frederickstown, Putnam Co, New York; 5 children.
x. JOHANNES MABIE, bap. Hackensack, NJ 9 May 1708; m. SUSANNA BERTINE; 12 children.
xi. CASPARUS MABIE; m. ELIZABETH VERRICKS. No further information.
3. ABRAHAM (Casparus2, Pieter1) MABIE3 was baptized in New York City 118 November 1705. He married at New Rochelle, SILVIA COQUILLET, daughter of Francois Coquillet and Silvie Sicard, They moved to Frederickstown, Putnam County, New York about 1740, where he was still living in 1777. (#48)
Children of Abraham and Silvie: (baptized New Rochelle)i. ABRAMAM3 MABIE, bap. 17 Jan 1728 (#263);
4 ii. PIETER MABIE, bap. 10 Sept. 1731. (#264)
iii. ELIZABETH MABIE, bap. 13 Oct. 1733.
iv. PHOEBIE, bap. 19 Oct. 1735.
v. JOHN MABIE, bap. 7 Feb.1740.
4. PETER4 ( Abraham3, Casparus2, Pieter1) MABIE was born in Rochelle, NY on 8 September and baptized 10 September 1731. He married, at Lake Mahopac, Carmel, NY 9 March 1758, SUSANNA SUNDERLAND He was a Patriot soldier, serving in the 7th regiment of the New York Militia (Mutrie) . According to Mutrie, he was elected overser of highways at the first town meeting of Carmel in April 1795, and says he moved shortly thereafter to Rockford, Illinois. His children are listed in Mutrie as Daniel, Elias, Levi, Jeremiah, Tamer (F), Susanna and Lebbens. ). His property is listed as 105 acres on Lake Mahopac, and six acres in the Lake. It is possible that he had a son by another woman prior to his marriage in 1758. His will, dated 3 November 1808, names sons Daniel, Jeremiah. Elias and Levi, daughters Tamer and Susanna, grandson Lebbens, and his wife Susanna; he refers to "the farm" on which he was living, which he leaves to Levi. The will was proved in 1817, probably after the death of Susanna.
Land records show that Peter bought 102 acres in 1782 ; bought 68 acres in 1782 which he sold in 1786; bought 43 acres in 1786; bought 72 acres in 1786 , and sold 8 acres in 1786.
Children of Peter and Susanna, (from MacKensie, Families):i.. DANIEL5 MABIE, b. Carmel, NY 20 Sept 1759; m.RACHEL BOOTH; 13 children.;. He was a patriot Later moved to Delaware County,known as Elder Mabie.
ii. ELIAS MABIE, b. 1761; m.1) MARY HUNT; m.2) EUNICE OAKLEY; 7 children with each wife.
iii. JEREMIAH MABIE. m. SALLY STRANG; 3 children.
iv. LEVI MABIE, b. 26 Dec. 1775; m.SARAH ---.
v. TAMER MABIE, m. ---WRIGHT. She was a female.
5. ABRAHAM5 ( ?? Peter4, Abraham3. Casparus2, Pieter1) MABIE. NOTE WELL that the pedigree of this Abraham is hypothesis only. He was born before 1775, and married by 1776. That he was the father of Bathsheba is not questioned , because the liklihood of there being two Bathsheba Mabies of the same age in the same area is negligible. His early life is not known at the present time, but in 1793, the overseers of the P{oor of the Town of Yorktown ask that a Richard Smith be appointed to collect the debts of Abraham Maybee, a "lunatic" This drags on until February1798, at which time a "Phissission", Ebenezer White of Yorktown, certifies to the lunacy of Abraham Maybee, in March, Abraham Requa is appointed guardian, to care for him and pay his debts. His property is said to amoiunt to 72 and three-quarters acres in Phillipston, worth seventy pounds "as appears by the deed in which the land was conveyed to him", and 261 pounds (equal to $652.50) plus interest of about $109.50. His wife is said to be dead and his nearest heirs are his daughters "Charlotte about 21 years of age, Abigail, about 19 and Barsheba,about sixteen. all in good health and capable of earning.
The 72 acre lot in Phillipston may well be the "unaccounted for" 72 acres that belonged to Peter Mabie.
If Abraham was the father of Charlotte, born 1777; he must have married by 1776, been born about 1755, when Peter was 24, and well before he was married to Susanna.
Children of Abraham:i. CHARLOTTE6 MABIE, b. ca. 1777.
ii. ABIGAIL MABIE, b. ca. 1779.
6 iii. BATHSHEBA MABIE, b. ca. 1782; married JOHN LOCKWOOD.
6. BATHSHEBA6( Abraham5,
Pieter4,Abraham3, Casparsus3,
Pieter1) MABIE was born about1782 and died probably about
1866.
We
know she married JOHN LOCKWOOD, probably at Yorktown, New York and that they
lived in Shrub Oak, New York, having the children listed under John Lockwood.
She is listed in the 1850 New York in Cortlandt, Westchester
County as Bashuba Lockwood, 72 (b. 1778) with her daughter Sarah, 19, on
real estate worth $150, with a young Irish girl, probably a servant, and
a laborer, Frank Burass.. This lot was undoubtedly the one that
John Lockwood purchased in 1835, and that his children sold to Elijah in
1866. She is not found in the 1860 census. Other than that, we
have a daguerreotype of her, taken at an unknown place and time, labeled
"Bathsheba, aged 85." A note in a family Bible says she died aged 88. We
cannot find a death notice , and if choice must be made, her birth date is
most reliably established from the fact that she was 16 in 1798. If she stayed
on her property until her death, then the date her children sold it to Elijah,
would be shortly after her death; that would be about.1866, making
her 84, not 88, when she died. It was not unusual for people to exaggerate
old age in those days, and she was probably only 68 in 1850.
An interesting result of this dating is that she would have been 49 when Sarah was born, assuming Sarah's age was correct in the census. One theory is that Sarah, being born so late in her mother's life, was not quite normal, and thus had to stay with her mother.
Schuerman Family
1. HARMEN1 SCHUERMAN was in New Amsterdam in 1649, when he released all claim to a tract of land in Manhattan . This and the rest of the Schuerman account is taken from the article by Richard Wynkoop in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
2. FREDERICK2 HARMENSZEN ( Harmen1) SCHUERMAN is on a list "since 1649" of Church members at New Amsterdam. He married CHRISTINA JANS VAN WESTERHAUT about 1658, and she joined the church in 1671. In 1686, Frederick and his brother Nanning .in a group of twenty men,. set out from Albany on an expedition to trade with the Ottowa indians. They were captured, robbed and carried to Montreal and Quebec, where they were required to work for the farmers for their food. Four escaped, including Frederick and his brother, making their way to Albany by water. In 1710, age 80, he appeared in the list of town members of New Rochelle.
Children of Frederick and Christina:
i. GEESJE3 SCHUERMAN, bap. NY, Dec.25 1659; m. BRUYN HAGE.ii. MARGET SCHUERMAN, b. ca, 1760.
iii. JOHANES SCHUERMAN, bap. NY 9 April 1662.
3. iv. ELIZABETH SCHUERMAN, bap. NY, 22 Sept. 1665.
v. FREDERICK SCHUERMAN, b. 1667 (probably belongs here); m. ELIZABETH THORNE, daughter of John Thorne and Mary Pearsall.
other children probably JACOB, DINA, EPHRAIM, RACHEL.
3. ELIZABETH3 (Frederick2, Harmen1) SCHUERMAN was baptized 22 September 1665 and married 14 December 1687 CASPAR PIETERSEN NEBY(MABIE). She died after 1710.
Sicard Family
This family was intertwined with the Mabie for many years One of them, PETER SECORD was a famous Loyakist, a member of Butler's Rangers, foes of St.Ledger Cowley.
1.AMBROISE SICARD (SICOR), a Hugenot, was born in 1631 in Mormac, France. He lived in La Rochelle until the Edict of Nantes, which allowed Protestants to practice there, was abandoned and the religious persecution by the Catholics had made living there almost impossible. He made his way first to England in 1681 and then to America, where he founded the settlement of New Rochelle, New York. (NYG&BR 1937). He made his will in 1701, and was still with son Daniel in 1710.
Children of Ambroise:
i.. AMBROISE2 SICARD, b. 1666.
ii. JAQUES SICARD, b. 1675
iii. MARIE SECARD, b. 1677, m. Guillaume Landrin about 1695:.children, Silvie, Guillanume and Marie. Marie married
2. iv. SILVIE SECARD married FRANCIS COQUILLET. Children: Silvia.
2. SILVIE 2 (Ambroise1)SECARD married FRANCIS COQUILET in New Rochelle, New York.
Child of Silvie and Francis:
i. SILVIA COQUILLET married ABRAHAM MABIE..