Simon Mabee [29917]

   Another name for Simon was Rev. Rev..¹¹⁰⁶

  General Notes:

of Baptist Church

From the Maybee Society files.

Some have birth in Rombout Ridge, Dutchess County, New York

  Death Notes:

said to be aged 88 years

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: High Constable: Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ⁴¹¹⁷

• Occupation. ⁴¹¹⁶ Simon Mabee possessed a religious nature. He was emotional,
warm-hearted and sympathetic; and early in life gave himself up
to the work of preaching the gospel. Among the early pioneer
preachers who visited the little settlements throughout old
London District, no man was better known or more highly
respected than Simon Mabee

• Census, 10 Jul 1784, Belle Hill in Beaver Harbour, , Ontario, Canada. ⁴¹¹⁸ Simon Mabee appeared on the census of 10 Jul 1784 in the
household of Frederick Mabee and Lavinia Pelham Belle Hill in
Beaver Harbour, Ontario, Canada

• Emigration, 1792. ⁴¹¹⁶ The Mabee party, it is said, started for Upper Canada in the
fall of 1792, but they wintered in Quebec and did not reach
Turkey Point until some time in 1793. They drove twelve cows,
rode horses, and employed an Indian guide to pilot the way
through the wilderness
Some members of the family claim that the settlement was made
as early as 1791, while others say it was not made before 1794;
but Mrs. Mabee and her family were living there in a
comfortable log-house at the time of Governor Simcoe's visit in
1795. The grave of Frederick Mabee was there also, and a piece
of ground known as the "Indian fields" had been cleared of its
light growth of timber and cropped; all of which makes it
appear quite reasonable that the family may have settled there,
at least as early as 1793.
The Mabee party consisted of Frederick Mabee and wife; Oliver
Mabee, their eldest son, aged about nineteen; Simeon, the
second son, aged about seventeen; Pellum, the youngest son,
aged about twelve - at least, these were the ages of the sons
at the time of the Governor's visit; two single daughters -
Polly and Sally; and two married daughters - Nancy and Lydia,
with their respective husbands - John Stone and Peter Teeple.
It is said that Peter Secord, also, came with the Mabee family

• Emigration, 1793, Turkey Point, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ⁴¹¹⁹ Simon Mabee immigrated with Frederick Mabee and Lavinia Pelham
1793 Turkey Point, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

• Will, 1801, Charlotteville, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ⁴¹²⁰ Simon Mabee was mentioned when William Benjamin Hilton 's will
was probated 1801 Charlotteville, Norfolk County, Ontario,
Canada. "William Benjamin Hilton, husband of Levinah Mabee
Hilton, died intestate. Sureties included Oliver Mabee and
Simon Mabee, both of Charlottesville."

• Marriage Witness, 24 Feb 1805, London District, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ⁴¹²¹ Simon Mabee witnessed the marriage of Caleb Burdick and
Louvinia Teeple 24 Feb 1805 London District, Norfolk County,
Ontario, Canada

• Anecdote, 13 Sep 1806, Charlotteville, District of London, Ontario, Canada. ⁴¹²² Sept 13, 1806 at Charlotteville in the District of London;
Simon Mabee is a witness in the case of the King vs. Lot
Tisdale, Ephraim Tisdale, Alexander Hutchinson, Joseph Milller
and Henry Bostwick for assault.

• Anecdote, Jul 1808, Piper's Corners, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. ⁵⁰ Piper's Corners: Joel Piper, a United Empire Loyalist from
Massachusetts, came with Thomas Ingersoll's party of settlers
to Oxford upon the Thames in 1793. He settled on lot 12, Conc
2, one mile south of the Old Stage Road on the east side of the
North and South trail. The community which developed here was
named after him. On Tremaine's map of 1857, there are Pipers
on three of the four corners. The Mabee family occupied the
southwest corner, Lot 13, Con 2, as they had ever since Simon
Mabee, a fellow U.E.L. from Massachusetts, had arrived from
Norfolk County, in the early 1800's. Mr. Simon Mabee played a
vital role in the development of Piper's Corners. It was on the
north east section of his property that the First Baptist
Church in Oxford was established, and the Piper's School was
built. Towards the south end of his farm, he constructed a dam
and pond, and built a grist mill for the early farmers. The
impressive stone house that he erected with the date 1808
inscribed above the doorway is still standing, and is now
(late1970's) occupied by its present owners, Mr. and Mrs.
Murray Budd. The Piper's Corners Baptist Church was the First
Baptist church in Oxford County. In July 1808 Peter Teeple,
Simon Mabee, Zachariah Burtch, Deborah Sales, Abigail Burtch
and Elizabeth Scott met at the home of Peter Teeple to come
under each other's watch-care. In 1809 they organized the
Church. Meetings were held in the homes of the members. In
Februry 1841, Elder Mabee offered 1 € acres on the northeast
corner of his farm for a church and cemetery. It was located
just south of the school with the cemetery at the rear of the
church and school. This cemetery became neglected and a new
owner of the farm allowed his cattle to pasture there. The
markers, which were numerous, were broken and the farmer
gathered them up and put them in the fence corner near the
cemetery around 1890 to 1900. They remained there for some
years, then these tombstones were made into a nice smooth
marble walk from the house to the barn.
Simon Mabee built the Grist mill to serve the settlers. This
mill continued in operation for many years. Mr. Ernest Mabee a
great-grandson told Miss Hattie Mabee of Ingersoll, about its
operation.

In 1834 the first log school was erected a mile south of
Piper's Corners. The Second school was built in 1856 on land
was obtained from Walter Bishop Mabee, the son of the pioneer
Simon Mabee.

• Anecdote, Jul 1808, Piper's Corners, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. ⁵⁰ Piper's Corners: Joel Piper, a United Empire Loyalist from
Massachusetts, came with Thomas Ingersoll's party of settlers
to Oxford upon the Thames in 1793. He settled on lot 12, Conc
2, one mile south of the Old Stage Road on the east side of the
North and South trail. The community which developed here was
named after him. On Tremaine's map of 1857, there are Pipers on
three of the four corners. The Mabee family occupied the
southwest corner, Lot 13, Con 2, as they had ever since Simon
Mabee, a fellow U.E.L. from Massachusetts, had arrived from
Norfolk County, in the early 1800's. Mr. Simon Mabee played a
vital role in the development of Piper's Corners. It was on the
north east section of his property that the First Baptist
Church in Oxford was established, and the Piper's School was
built. Towards the south end of his farm, he constructed a dam
and pond, and built a grist mill for the early farmers. The
impressive stone house that he erected with the date 1808
inscribed above the doorway is still standing, and is now
(late1970's) occupied by its present owners, Mr. and Mrs.
Murray Budd. The Piper's Corners Baptist Church was the First
Baptist church in Oxford County. In July 1808 Peter Teeple,
Simon Mabee, Zachariah Burtch, Deborah Sales, Abigail Burtch
and Elizabeth Scott met at the home of Peter Teeple to come
under each other's watch-care. In 1809 they organized the
Church. Meetings were held in the homes of the members. In
Februry 1841, Elder Mabee offered 1 € acres on the northeast
corner of his farm for a church and cemetery. It was located
just south of the school with the cemetery at the rear of the
church and school. This cemetery became neglected and a new
owner of the farm allowed his cattle to pasture there. The
markers, which were numerous, were broken and the farmer
gathered them up and put them in the fence corner near the
cemetery around 1890 to 1900. They remained there for some
years, then these tombstones were made into a nice smooth
marble walk from the house to the barn.
Simon Mabee built the Grist mill to serve the settlers. This
mill continued in operation for many years. Mr. Ernest Mabee a
great-grandson told Miss Hattie Mabee of Ingersoll, about its
operation.

In 1834 the first log school was erected a mile south of
Piper's Corners. The Second school was built in 1856 on land
was obtained from Walter Bishop Mabee, the son of the pioneer
Simon Mabee.

• Religion: The Regular Baptist Church was organized March 30, 1824, under, 30 Mar 1824, Regular Baptist Church, Saint George, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. ⁴¹²³
the ministration of Rev. Simon Mabee. The original membership
was eleven in number. Elder Mabee remained pastor of the church
till 1828. The church worships in a neat stone meeting house in
the village of St. George. The main building is 40 feet by 60.
The vestry room is 24 feet by 30.
St. George is a post village in the Township of South Dumfries,
situated about a mile north of the line of the Great Western
Railway, the nearest station being Harrisburg. It is distant 8
miles from Brantford, the same distance from Galt and Paris.
There is considerable business done at St. George, situated as
it is in a fine agricultural section of the country it contains
three churches, viz: - the Canada Presbyterian, the Wesleyan
Methodist and Baptist.

• Officiated at Marriage, 25 Feb 1836, London District, Ontario, Canada. ⁴⁶² Simon Mabee officiated at the marriage of Oliver Dennis Mabee
and Samantha Barber 25 Feb 1836 London District, Ontario,
Canada

• Officiated at Marriage, 17 Jul 1836, London District, Ontario, Canada. ⁴⁶² Simon Mabee officiated at the marriage of Jacob McMichael and
Lavinia 17 Jul 1836 London District, Ontario, Canada

Simon married Abigail Gustin [29918] [MRIN: 13678], daughter of John Gustin [39748] and Abigail Smith [39747], in 1799 in Turkey Point, Charlotteville, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada ¹¹⁰⁶.^,4116 (Abigail Gustin [29918] was born in Dec 1784 in Sussex County, New Jersey, USA,¹¹⁰⁶ died on 17 Jun 1871 in Oxford West Township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada and was buried in Jun 1871 in Ingersoll Rural Cemetery, Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ¹¹⁰⁶.)