Jan Pieterse Mabee [37053]

   Other names for Jan were John and Mebie.

  General Notes:

From the Maybee Society files.

  Burial Notes:

but has since been removed to the Vale Cemetery.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 4 Oct 1654, Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York County, New York. ⁵⁴³ Witnesses: Hendrick Willemszen, Marritie Claes

• Residence, Bet 1684 and 1725, East side of Church Street, next to the Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York. ⁹⁹⁴¹ came to Schenectady in 1684

• No Name, 21 Apr 1686, Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York County, New York. ⁵⁴³ Jan Pieterse Mabee were witnesses to the baptism of Aefje Moll
21 Apr 1686 Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York

• No Name, 8 Apr 1688, Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York County, New York. ⁵⁴³ Jan Pieterse Mabee were witnesses to the baptism of Johannas
Jans Mol 08 Apr 1688 Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New
York

• Residence, Bet 1695 and 1725, Church Street, Schenectady, Albany County, New York. ¹⁰⁰¹⁹ Jan's town lot was on the east side of Church Street, next to
the Dutch Church

• No Name, 16 Jun 1697, Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York. ⁹⁹⁹⁶ Jan Pieterse Mabee and Anna Borsboom appeared on the census of
16 Jun 1697 Schenectady Township, Albany County, New YorkCensus
says Mebbee, Jan Men:1, Women: 1, Children: 6

• Land, 22 Apr 1703, Scoharie Creek, , Albany County, New York. ¹⁰²¹¹ had a patent for eighty acres of land near the mouth of
Scoharie Creek - probably Kadarodae

• No Name, 3 Oct 1703, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York. ⁶⁰⁹ Jan Pieterse Mabee were witnesses to the baptism of Anna
Slingerlant 03 Oct 1703 First Reformed Dutch Church,
Schenectady, Albany County, New York

• Residence, Bet 1706 and 1724, Mabee Farm, Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, New York. ¹⁰²¹² The Jan Pieterse Mabee farm in Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady
County, NY is recorded by State of New York historians as
having been first occupied in 1670 at what was then at the
western extreme of settlement in the Mohawk Valley. A national
Historical Register Site, it has been in continual residential
use ever since that date. It was originally owned by one
Daniel Janse van Antwerpen, a Schenectady fur trader, farmer
and land speculator- who sold the farm to Jan Mabee in 1706.
The farm remained in the ownership of Mabee and his
descendants for 287 years passing by will until January of
1992 when George E. Franchere of Dunedio, Florida, the last
Mabee family heir, respecting the wishes of his mother and
aunt, donated it to the Schenectady County Historical Society
for public use, display, and preservation.
The ancient residential structures are three in number: a
Stone House built in about 1680 and expanded in 1709; a wood
frame Mabee Inn, operated as a hotel catering to river men
from about the years 1730 to 1820; and a brick/half frame Slave
Quarters, apparently constructed in about 1730 upon the stone
foundations of the earliest structure built by about 1670. In
about 1870 an enclosed porch was added tying the Inn to the
Stone House.
The fur trading monopoly belonged to residents of Albany and
the earliest structure was apparently a cellar hole house used
as an illicit fur trading post. In the 1660's Van Antwerpen
was charged with trading on at least two occasions and fined so
it is possible the cellar hole structure predates the year
1670. The height of the stone foundations of the Slave
Quarters cellar, the fireplace in that cellar, and the cellar
windows extending originally about 20 inches below the present
ground level and later partially filled with masonry, all
suggest the original use of the foundations. That the cellar
hole house was occupied during construction of the Stone House
is shown by the original Stone House entrance door, later
converted to a window, located close to the cellar house
entryway.
Photographs taken in 1909 prior to the dredging of the Mohawk
for the Barge canal show that the river periodically flooded
the farm. for that reason, dirt removed from the cellar hole
of the Stone House had not been carted away but had been used
to raise the level of the ground. When the Inn and Slave
Quarters were built in about 1730, the dirt removed from the
cellar hole of the Inn had been similarly used. It was in about
1730 also that the Slave Quarters building was built as a two
story structure on the foundations of the original structure,
the cellar windows partially closed, and the land raised
against flooding.
Documentation for the above is scanty. Court records and land
patents; deeds of sale, wills, and inventories of estates;
family letters and business records; local histories; records
of other cellar holes houses; artifacts such as a sign for the
Mabee Inn, all contribute to the above account. There are
indications that at times family members occupied the Slave
Quarters and the Inn. Much of the evidence is soft and dates
are approximate. Archaeologic investigations and closer
inspection of documents may harden up some information, but
much is and will remain well-informed guesswork from what
evidence is at hand.

• No Name, 21 Jun 1712, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York. ⁶⁰⁹ Jan Pieterse Mabee were witnesses to the baptism of Caleb Beck
21 Jun 1712 First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany
County, New York

• No Name, 2 Jun 1718, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York. ⁶⁰⁹ Jan Pieterse Mabee were witnesses to the baptism of Johannes
Veder 02 Jun 1718 First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady,
Albany County, New York

• Religion: accepted as members of the, Mar 1719, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York. ¹⁰⁰¹⁴

• Census, 11 Jun 1720, Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York. ⁹⁸⁵¹

• No Name, 11 Jun 1720, Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York. ⁹⁸⁵¹ Jan Pieterse Mabee appeared on the census of 11 Jun 1720
Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York near

• No Name, 3 Apr 1725. ¹⁰⁰¹⁶ Jan Pieterse Mabee left a will 03 Apr 1725 . "In the Name of
God Amen the third day of April in the year of our Lord One
thousand Seven hundred twenty and five I John Mabee of the
Township of Schenectady in the County of Albany in the province
of New York Yeoman being very sick and weak in body but of
perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore
Calling to mind the Mortality of my body and knowing It is
appointed for all men once to dye Do make and ordaine this my
last will and Testament That is to Say principally and first of
all I give and recomend my Soul into the hands of God that
gaveth and for my body I recomend it to the Earth to be buryed
in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my
Executors Nothing doubting but at my resurrection I shall
receive the Same again by the mighty power of God and as
touching Such worldly Estate wherewith It hath pleased God to
bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the Same in
the following manner and form
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my oldest Son Peter Mabee all
and Singular my lands and tenements lying and being on the
North side of the Mohawks river between the Lands of Lawrence
Van der Volgen of the Lands of Col Stevan Grossbeck with all
the priviledges and ________________ to the Same belonging unto
the said Peter Mabee and to his heirs forever paying the rent,
and one hundred and fifty pounds current money of New York to
be equally divided among his sisters and that at or before
Seven years after my decease he to pay but 150 as oldest Son.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Second Son Jacob all and
Singular my estate on the South side of the Mohawks river lying
and being between Jacobus Peck's land and the land of Peter
Vrooman together with houses barns barricks orchards gardens
pastures swamps thereunto belonging or appertaining likewise
all ploughs harrows hoes axes waggons sleys or other utensils
for working on the said Farm except cattle unto the Said Jacob
Mabee and to his heirs forever he or they paying or causing to
be paid unto his Said Sisters the just Sum of two hundred and
fifty pounds current money and that at or before Seven years
after my decease and equally to be divided between his Seven
Sisters my daughters and five Skiple of wheat unto his Brother
Peter towards the rent of his land forever as accknowledgment
being his oldest Brother Item I give to my youngest Son Abraham
Mabee all and Singular that house and lott of ground where he
now lives lying in the Town of Schenectady aforesaid between
the lotts of Benjamin van Platt and the Ministers lott together
with the pasture ground that lyes between the pasture ground of
Harmanus Vedder and the pasture ground of Capt. Harmen van
Slike likewise all the arable land lyeing between the land of
Martin Van ________and the land of Aron Vedder on the south
Side of the road way together with the Swamp or criplebush
thereunto adjoyning unto my son Abraham and to his heirs
forever he or they paying or causing to be paid unto his
Sisters two hundred and fifty pounds current money of New York
to be equally divided among them and that at or before Seven
years after my decease and five Skiple of wheat unto his
Brother Peter or to his heirs forever towards the paying the
rent of his farm and accknowledgment of being his oldest
Brother
Item I give to my daughter Margarett the half of all my lands
where she now lives called Kadoritha during her natural life
Item the other half of the Said land called Kadoritha that
Nicholas Hall hath hired for fifteen years the Said hire to be
divided between my Son Peter and Jacob and at the death of my
Daughter Margarett and the Expiration of the said fifteen years
all my the Said lands and Tenements at Kadoritha to be equally
divided between my Said Sons that my son Peter and Jacob and to
them and their heirs and assigns forever
Item It is my further will that in Six months after my decease
that all my movable Estate goods and Chattels except those
things I have already given to my Son Jacob for the use of the
farm be appraised and equally divided between all my children
that is Sons and Daughters alike not the one more than the
other Item That my three sons that is Peter Jacob and Abraham
pay first all my debts and then enter into Articles for payment
of their Sisters at the Expiration of Seven years as before
mentioned at the Expiration of the Said Six Months in the
presence of my Executors hereafter mentioned and I do likewise
Constitute make and ordaine Jacobus Van Dyke and Caleb Beck
Executors to this my last will and Testament and do hereby
utterly disallow revoke and disannull all and every other
former Testaments Wills Bequests and Executors in me before
this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming
this & no other to be my last will and Testament In Witness
whereof I have hereunto ____________________this day and year
first written
John J Mabee his mark
Signed Sealed published and declared by the Said John Mabee as
his last will and Testament in the presence of us the
Subscribers viz.
Jan Danielse Johannes Peck Harme________"

• Will, 3 Apr 1725. ¹⁰⁰¹⁶ In the Name of God Amen the third day of April in the year of
our Lord One thousand Seven hundred twenty and five I John
Mabee of the Township of Schenectady in the County of Albany in
the province of New York Yeoman being very sick and weak in
body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God
therefore Calling to mind the Mortality of my body and knowing
It is appointed for all men once to dye Do make and ordaine
this my last will and Testament That is to Say principally and
first of all I give and recomend my Soul into the hands of God
that gaveth and for my body I recomend it to the Earth to be
buryed in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion
of my Executors Nothing doubting but at my resurrection I shall
receive the Same again by the mighty power of God and as
touching Such worldly Estate wherewith It hath pleased God to
bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the Same in
the following manner and form
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my oldest Son Peter Mabee all
and Singular my lands and tenements lying and being on the
North side of the Mohawks river between the Lands of Lawrence
Van der Volgen of the Lands of Col Stevan Grossbeck with all
the priviledges and ________________ to the Same belonging unto
the said Peter Mabee and to his heirs forever paying the rent,
and one hundred and fifty pounds current money of New York to
be equally divided among his sisters and that at or before
Seven years after my decease he to pay but 150 as oldest Son.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Second Son Jacob all and
Singular my estate on the South side of the Mohawks river lying
and being between Jacobus Peck's land and the land of Peter
Vrooman together with houses barns barricks orchards gardens
pastures swamps thereunto belonging or appertaining likewise
all ploughs harrows hoes axes waggons sleys or other utensils
for working on the said Farm except cattle unto the Said Jacob
Mabee and to his heirs forever he or they paying or causing to
be paid unto his Said Sisters the just Sum of two hundred and
fifty pounds current money and that at or before Seven years
after my decease and equally to be divided between his Seven
Sisters my daughters and five Skiple of wheat unto his Brother
Peter towards the rent of his land forever as accknowledgment
being his oldest Brother Item I give to my youngest Son Abraham
Mabee all and Singular that house and lott of ground where he
now lives lying in the Town of Schenectady aforesaid between
the lotts of Benjamin van Platt and the Ministers lott together
with the pasture ground that lyes between the pasture ground of
Harmanus Vedder and the pasture ground of Capt. Harmen van
Slike likewise all the arable land lyeing between the land of
Martin Van ________and the land of Aron Vedder on the south
Side of the road way together with the Swamp or criplebush
thereunto adjoyning unto my son Abraham and to his heirs
forever he or they paying or causing to be paid unto his
Sisters two hundred and fifty pounds current money of New York
to be equally divided among them and that at or before Seven
years after my decease and five Skiple of wheat unto his
Brother Peter or to his heirs forever towards the paying the
rent of his farm and accknowledgment of being his oldest
Brother
Item I give to my daughter Margarett the half of all my lands
where she now lives called Kadoritha during her natural life
Item the other half of the Said land called Kadoritha that
Nicholas Hall hath hired for fifteen years the Said hire to be
divided between my Son Peter and Jacob and at the death of my
Daughter Margarett and the Expiration of the said fifteen years
all my the Said lands and Tenements at Kadoritha to be equally
divided between my Said Sons that my son Peter and Jacob and to
them and their heirs and assigns forever
Item It is my further will that in Six months after my decease
that all my movable Estate goods and Chattels except those
things I have already given to my Son Jacob for the use of the
farm be appraised and equally divided between all my children
that is Sons and Daughters alike not the one more than the
other Item That my three sons that is Peter Jacob and Abraham
pay first all my debts and then enter into Articles for payment
of their Sisters at the Expiration of Seven years as before
mentioned at the Expiration of the Said Six Months in the
presence of my Executors hereafter mentioned and I do likewise
Constitute make and ordaine Jacobus Van Dyke and Caleb Beck
Executors to this my last will and Testament and do hereby
utterly disallow revoke and disannull all and every other
former Testaments Wills Bequests and Executors in me before
this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming
this & no other to be my last will and Testament In Witness
whereof I have hereunto ____________________this day and year
first written
John J Mabee his mark
Signed Sealed published and declared by the Said John Mabee as
his last will and Testament in the presence of us the
Subscribers viz.
Jan Danielse Johannes Peck Harme________

• No Name, 13 Sep 1825. ¹⁰⁰⁰⁰ His estate was probated 13 Sep 1825 . Jacob, acting as the
executor of his father John's will, received receipts for
bequests of £35-14-3 1/2
Arentdt and Tribtje Bradt on June 23, 1732;
Cornelius Van Dyke and his wife Maria Maby on 27 June 1732;
Peter Daniese and his wife Engerltje on July 7, 1732;
John Farely and Mattje Meebie on February 16, 1732/3; and
Cornelius Slingerandt and his wife Aghje on July 7, 1749

• Probate, 13 Sep 1825. ¹⁰⁰⁰⁰ Jacob, acting as the executor of his father John's will,
received receipts for bequests of £35-14-3 1/2
Arentdt and Tribtje Bradt on June 23, 1732;
Cornelius Van Dyke and his wife Maria Maby on 27 June 1732;
Peter Daniese and his wife Engerltje on July 7, 1732;
John Farely and Mattje Meebie on February 16, 1732/3; and
Cornelius Slingerandt and his wife Aghje on July 7, 1749

Jan married Anna Borsboom [36920] [MRIN: 551605287], daughter of Unknown and Unknown, about 1681 in Albany, Albany County, New York.¹⁰⁰¹⁸ (Anna Borsboom [36920] was born in 1662 in Schenectady, Albany County, New York ¹²² and died after 1725 in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York ⁶¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Census, 16 Jun 1697, Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York. ⁹⁹⁹⁶ Census says Mebbee, Jan Men:1, Women: 1, Children: 6

• Land, 17 Sep 1697, Scoharie Creek, , Albany County, New York. ¹⁰⁰²⁰ Know all men by these Presents that Rode, ye Indian, Called by
Christians Dirk who by and with ye the Consent of the Rest of
Christian Indian Castle in ye mohoggs Country doth give & grant
unto Jan Pieterse mebee of Schinnachtady his heirs & assign a
Certain peece of grounde scituate lying and being upon
Tionnondorogoes Creek on both sides Commonly known by the name
of kadarodae all which land the sade Rode doth Convey with the
appurtenances thereunto belonging in Consideration of ye said
Jan Pieters wife by reason that she is something Related to ye
family of the Christian Castle. In wittnesse whereof we have
hereunto set our hands and seals this 17th day of Sept. 1697

Signed sealed & Delivered Rode Indian,
by the
in the Presence of Christians
called Dirk,
Dellius Pr. Schuyler his
marke*
Recorded ye 10th of Sept. 1714 by Philip Livingstone

*The "marke" of Rode was a wolf, drawn upside down on the deed.
Perhaps the paper was thrust toward the Indian across a table
and he did not turn it around to face him right side up before
he drew the symbol of his clan.