| Name |
Sarah B Maybee |
| Birth |
4 Oct 1851 |
Brookville, Oyster Bay Township, Queens County, New York  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Census |
6 Jul 1860 |
Glen Cove PO, Oyster Bay Town, Queens County, New York [2] |
- Mary A. Maybee, 44, F, NY, —, $1300
Nicholas Maybee, 24, F, NY, —, $300
Mary E. Maybee, 22, F, NY
Margaretta Maybee, 18, F, School Teacher, NY
Jacob S. Maybee, 16, F, NY
Christiana Maybee, 13, F, NY
Sarah Maybee, 9, F, NY
Jas H Hegeman, 22, Farmer, NY, —, $1000
John Hegeman, 23, M, Farm Labor, Ireland
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| Census |
27 Jun 1870 |
Oswego, Oswego County, New York [3] |
- Sarah Maybee, 18, F, W, Attending Normal School, NY
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| Census |
1 Jun 1880 |
Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [4] |
- Sarah Maybee, White, Female, 27, Boarder, Single, School Teacher, born in New York, Father born in New York, Mother born in New York; boarding in the house of Esther Rogers.
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| Census |
9 Jun 1900 |
172 New Street, Huntington Township, Suffolk County, New York [5] |
- Sarah Maybee, Boarder (with Jacob A Smith family, F, W, 48, S, New York, New York, New York, School Teacher
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| Census |
Apr 1910 |
Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [6] |
- Sarah Maybee, Boarder, F, W, 51, S, New York, New York, New York, Teacher, Public School
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| Census |
Jan 1920 |
Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [7] |
- Sarah Maybee, Lodger, F, W, 67, S, New York, New York, New York, Teacher, Public School
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| Witness-Obituary |
13 Apr 1928 |
Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [8] |
- Miss Margaretta Mott Maybee passed away at the home of her niece, Mrs J. P. Van Huyck, of 11 Orchard Place, Ridgewood, N. J. She was a native of Brookville, being the daughter of the late Henry and Mary E. Mott Maybee. She leaves one brother, Jacob of Santa Barbara, Cal., and two sisters Miss Christina Maybee of East Norwich and Miss Sara Maybee, of this village. Funeral Services will be held this (Friday) evening at the Van Huyck home and interment will be in Brookville, tomorrow (Saturday)
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| Witness-Obituary |
20 Jul 1928 |
Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [9] |
- Miss Sarah Maybee, the oldest school teacher of the Huntington School system from point of service has received word from Santa Barbara, Cal. To the effect that her only remaining brother, Jacob Maybee, had died. This leaves only two surviving members of this old time Brookville family. They are Miss Maybee, of this village, and Miss Christiana Maybee of East Norwich. This is the second death this year, a sister, Margaretta, having died earlier this year. Many years ago the farm now owned by the Francke family at Brooksville was the birth place and for a long time the home of the Maybee family
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| Witness-Obituary |
5 Oct 1928 |
Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [10] |
- Miss Sarah Maybee was called Sunday last to attend the funeral services of her sister, Miss Christiana Warner Maybee, at the East Norwich M. E. Church. She died Friday of last week at the home of her niece, Mrs J. P. Van Huyck, Ridgewood, N. J. At the age of 81 years. Miss Sarah Maybee is now the sole survivor of the family, five older brother brothers and sisters having died in the order of their ages, and there having been three deaths in the past year
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| Census |
2 Apr 1930 |
24 New Street, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [11] |
- Sarah Maybee, Roomer, F, W, 78, S, New York, New York, New York, Retired Teacher
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| Census |
12 Apr 1940 |
51 Elem Street, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [12] |
- Sarah Maybee, Head, F, W, 88, S, completed 4 years college, born in New York
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| Obituary |
- Sarah Maybee, born 10/4/1851 - Brockville, Long Island, N. Y. died 1/8/1944 age 92. Daughter of Henry Maybee and Mary Mott Maybee. A native of Long Island, attending school at East Norwich, Long Island, she then graduated from Oswego Normal School. Her first teaching assignment in 1871 in the grade schools. Principal of Main Street Academy.
Attended Central Presbyterial Church, Huntington, N. Y.
Sarah Maybee taught over 3,000 pupils over a period of 57 years and her record says she missed exactly one day in all those years of teaching, and then her Doctor insisted she had "the fever".
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| Death |
8 Jan 1944 |
58 Sammis Avenue, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York [14, 15] |
| Obituary |
14 Jan 1944 |
Sayville, Suffolk County, New York [14] |
- Miss Sarah Maybee, who taught school in Huntington for 57 years with only one day's absence died in Huntington on Sunday at her home, 58 Sammis Avenue. She was 92 years old. Miss Maybee came to Huntington in 1871 as a substitute teacher in Huntington public schools she was soon made supervising principal of the Main Street Primary School, where she taught three generations of Huntington residents.
Miss Maybee had only scorn for "some of these old teachers" who were critical of modern methods of education. She thought the new schools were excellent and each new generation o f children better than the last.
On her ninetieth birthday, October 4th, 1941 hundreds of Huntington residents whom she had taught, including several elderly persons and their children and grandchildren, paid tribute to Miss Maybee at an open house reception in her home and showered her with gifts
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| Occupation |
School Teacher [13] |
| Probate |
Dec 1944 |
Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York [16] |
- In her long tenure as a school teacher in Huntington the late Sarah Maybee, who died on January 8th, 1944, saved up a total of $33,930.44, according to an appraisal made in her estate and filed in the Surrogate's Court in Riverhead. The net value of the estate is placed at $30,990.05. but the tax has not yet been adjusted. Her will gives Philip M. VanHuyck tie sum of $5,000 and Elmira B. VanHuyck, a niece, an .outright gift of $15,000 and the remainder of the estate for her life use. When she dies $10.000 of the residuary estate goes to Philip VanHuyck, and the remainder to J. Phillips VanHuyck, husband of the niece.
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| Reference Number |
15563 |
| Burial |
Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, Nassau County, New York |
| Person ID |
I15485 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1851 - 1944 (92 years)
