Rachel Mabie [37573]

   Another name for Rachel was Straet.

  General Notes:

From the Maybee Society files.

http://www.newhempstead.org/history.html

Village of new Hempstead
Incorporated 1983 from Town of Ramapo
Schools East Ramapo
Population: 4,767 (2000 Census)
Township: Ramapo
County: Rockland
State: New York


History of The Village, and Village Hall

The Village of New Hempstead, in the Town of Ramapo, County of Rockland, State of New York was formed in 1983 to enhance uniformity in the setting and application of land use zoning regulations. Since its inception, the Village's value to its citizens has grown through attention to numerous other matters, important to life in this small community, which tended to receive less priority in the practice of a larger governing body.
The choice of the name New Hempstead stems from the history of the Village's location. It resides in a place given the name "New Hempstead" by early settlers in the County. Understanding who these settlers were, why they came here, and the society they established provides insight into the choice.
In 1640 the First Presbyterian Society was formed on Long Island at Southhold with others soon to follow in Southampton, Mespat, and Hempstead. During Dutch rule this sect was left undisturbed but, on the surrender of New York to the English, a determined effort was made by the Governors, especially Lord Cornbury, to crush out Presbyterianism, and make the Church of England dominant. In this attempt, which continued until 1716, the Presbyterian Society in Hempstead, amongst others, received its full share of annoyance, and great bitterness was the result.
Fresh from the conflict of Church Doctrines, and filled with anger at the injustice of the English Rulers, the colonists of Kakiat, emigrants from Hempstead, Long Island arrived in our County. Soon after they arrived they erected a house of worship, a Presbyterian Church which quickly became known as the English Church, since, contrary to local culture, it was now the only church in the County to conduct its services in English. There was no dispute or controversy with the Dutch Church; it was all a matter of language preference. Both were based on the same Calvinistic Doctrine and Presbyterian form of government, one stemming from Scotland and one from Holland.
Little record of the early days of this church is to be found. The Church is believed to have been founded in 1734 on a site just 25 feet north of the present structure, on a parcel of land donated by Samuel Coe. The current structure is believed to have been built in 1742. A deed dated December 12, 1754 "between Samuel Coe of New Hempstead, of the precinct of Harvuerstraw in the County of Orange and Province of New York, yoemen of the one part, and Jacob Hallstead, Jonah Hallstead, Guysbert Cuyper, Samuel Coe, John Coe, …, Elders and Decons in the Presbyterian Church and Congregation of said New Hempstead on the other part, for and in consideration of 26 pounds, 2 shillings and six pence, currant lawfull money of New York," sets aside a portion of land to this church society for a parsonage farm, and speaks of "40 and 8 square rods whereon the meeting house stands, which is my free gift to the Presbyterian Church and Congregation for their use and benefit forever"
One source reports that a company from Queens County originally purchased the north moiety of the Kakiat Patent in 1711. This account says the first settler was Abraham Denton, who was followed by Jonathan and Joseph Seaman, and then Charles Mott, William and John Osborne and John and Joseph Wood. The settlers to arrive later were of English and Scottish origin, but the proportion of each is not clear; Most were not familiar with the language used by the Dutch and the Huguenots already here.
They were not the first to settle in Ramapo, but they were the first in the town to group cohesively, and their coming made the English Church area in Ramapo eventually the equivalent historically, and politically of Tappan in Orangetown.
Perhaps no other area in the county has brought about so much confusion with its names or changed them more often. The territory, of which the English Church was the hub, was Kakiat to the Indians and the Dutch. The arrivals called it New Hempstead (It was frequently spelled Hampstead and it is suspected that was the intended spelling), and the legislature confirmed this as the name of a township extracted from Haverstraw in 1791. In 1797 the legislature passed an Act changing it to Hempstead, "That the town of New Hempstead, in Orange County, shall hereafter be called and distinguished by the name of Hempstead, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary not withstanding." Although it was called Hempstead, older residents continued to refer to it as Kakiat.
In 1828 there was a stormy meeting at Cassady's Corners about changing the town's name, spurred mainly by the confusion of names and places. Was it Hempstead, New Hempstead, Hampstead? Was it in the Kakiat Patent, or Clarkstown (the Reformed Dutch Church in what is now West Nyack was also briefly referred to as being in New Hempstead). Some present wanted the town called Columbus, others were in favor of Denton or Seamantown. Ramapo and New Antrim were suggested. The citizens petitioned the legislature to call it Mechanicstown. But, the legislature made the final decision to call it Ramapo, in deference, at the insistence of the Hon J. H. Pierson, to the name bestowed upon it by the native peoples who referred to it as Ramapaugh, Ramapo, Ramapuck and Romapuck.. Whatever the spelling, it translated to "sweet water" or "clear water" as existed in the peaceful river that ran through it's western territory.
The English Church neighborhood has considerable history connected with it. It was the alternate headquarters of county government when Rockland was still part of Orange County. Rather than require the supervisors from "north of the mountains" go all the way to Tappan for a meeting, the legislature by special act in 1769 made Coe's Village Store and Tavern (in the immediate vicinity of the English Church) an official meeting place (although not the official County Seat).
Coe's was the northern equivalent of Tappan's Yoast Mabie's Tavern (currently the 1776 House Restaurant) The road passing Coe's Tavern and the English Church led to Kings Ferry, an important link between New England and the Southern Colonies. In 1779 General William Woodford's troops were stationed there, and Lord Stirling with a division of Continental troops had camped there for several days. Late that same year General Israel Putnam's troops camped near the English Church after crossing at Kings Ferry and marching 12 miles in a snow and sleet storm.
British prisoners were confined in a barn near Coe's Tavern the night after the Battle of Stony Point, and two were shot when it was thought they were trying to escape. They are buried behind the church and it is said their ghosts still linger. Major John Andre dined under guard at Coe's Tavern while enroute to his trial in Tappan. From a location "near the Kakiat Meeting House" Lafayette drafted several official letters. The original wooden structure, much smaller than the present Church building is said to have be used as a stable at one time during the Revolution.
The Orange County government seat moved from Tappan, after the courthouse and jail burned in 1773, to "the New City" which may have been founded by those who also founded the English Church. The New City later became the official County Seat of Rockland when it split from Orange.
Sources:
"How Things Began in Rockland County and Places Nearby", Wilfred Blanch Talman, The Historical Society of Rockland County, 1977.
"The History of Rockland County", Frank Bertangue Green, MD, The Historical Society of Rockland County, 1989
"Puritanism in New York", Magazine of American History, Vol. XIII, Page 39
"Summary of the History of Spring Valley and Its Immediate Vicinity", Leland B. Meyers, 1959
Articles from the Orangetown Telegram, 1931-1967, and The Rockland County Leader, 1962

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptism, 23 Aug 1752, Reformed Church, Tappan, Orange (now Rockland) County, New York. ¹¹⁹ witnesses: Johannis Blauvelt & wife Rachel

• Baptism, 23 Aug 1752, Reformed Church, Tappan, Orange (now Rockland) County, New York. ¹¹⁹ Rachel Mabie was baptized 23 Aug 1752 the Reformed Church,
Tappan, Orange (now Rockland) County, New York

• Will, 3 Jul 1780, Orange Town, Orange (now Rockland) County, New York. ¹⁰⁵⁰⁹ Rachel Mabie was mentioned in the will of Jeremias Mabie 03 Jul
1780 Orange Town, Orange (now Rockland) County, New York. "Will
of Jeremiah Mabie, late of Orange, written 7/3/1780, probated
5/12/1790, names wife Sarah, daughters Rachel, Catline,
Elizabeth and Sarah. Not mentioned: Maria"

Rachel married Jan Straet [37516] [MRIN: 1633] on 9 Nov 1771 in Irregular Church, Tappan, Orange (now Rockland) County, New York.¹⁰⁴⁷² (Jan Straet [37516] was born on 18 Oct 1740 ¹²² and died on 2 Jul 1823 ¹²².)

  Marriage Notes:

Jan Straet, widower of Grietje de baen, and Rachel Mebie, jd,
both of Tappan