Cobus Maybee

1731 - 1793  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Cobus Maybee  [1]
  Military Service	Between 1 and 31 Aug 1755	Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [2]
  	Jacobus Maybee was paid one shilling, thrupence for his month's service as a private soldier in the Albany County Militia
  Military Service	Between 24 and 28 Jul 1763	Burnelsfield - German Flatts, Albany County, New York   [3, 4]
  	as members of Captain Jacob Klock's Company of Tryon County Militia in the Indian alarm
  Baptism	30 May 1731	First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [5, 6]
  	Witnesses: Jacobus Peek Sen. en Elisabeth Peek E: L: (his great grand parents)
  Gender	Male
  Milit-Beg	24 Jun 1755	Schenectady, Albany County, New York   [2]
  	enrolled in Captain William McGinnes' Company of the Albany County Militia
  Anecdote	Between 17 Feb 1761 and 5 Apr 1767  [7, 8]
  	At the end of an entry in the Journal of Indian Affairs, Sir William Johnson wrote on 17 February 1761 "-- an old Mulatto Woman named Eve Pickerd waited on Sir William with a Deed of gift (for a parcel of low, and woodland containing about 1100 acres) which she had which was dated last September [1760], and which Sir William discovered had been executed only two days ago, by three Indians whom she called to her house, & whom she, and her Grandson (who sells liquor) had made drunk, & then prevailed on them to sign the Deed, without having a License from the Governour, or President, with which unjust proceed proceedings Sir William made some of the Chiefs of that Castle acquainted, to whom the Land belonged, which threw them into a violent passion, and made them Exclaim against the deceitfulness, and unbrotherlike behaviour of the white people towards them, who they sayed, dryly took all advantages of their ignorance, and seemed to aim at their entire extirpation -- which they added, was a most cruel, and unchristianlike return for their adherence to the English, and charitable conduct towards their Neighbours, when they were unable to assist themselves" So began the Indian agent, Sir William's battle to evict Eve Pickert her grandchildren, Jacob and Joseph Maybee, and their families from the land they worked and claimed as their own. Although Sir William claimed to his superiors that there were no legal deeds, he wrote to John Kempe on 7 September 1765 and desired an opinion on the matter saying "a certain Cobus Maybe lived for many years in their [Conajoharee Indians] flat Land, by virtue only of an Indian Deed. Some time ago as these Indians begin to plant more than formerly they warned him to remove which he refused to do..." Sir William wrote many letters to his superiors asking permission to evict the family, but was not successful. In a letter to Lieutenant Governor Cadwaller Colden on 11 December 1764 he says "I am heartily sorry to find that any difficulty Should arise with regard to Maybes being removed. A Man who lives on the Indian planting lands without a Just claim & Consequently in contempt of his Majestys late Proclamation [of 7 October 1763]. The Indians are constantly with me about it, and imagine after hearing what was said by His Majestys Proclamation that we trifle with them." By January 1765, Sir William wrote Colden "P.S. Nonwithstanding Maybe was ordered by you & ye Council to lay before me his Affair, He has not done it & the Indians continue vastly uneasy" After Colden had left office, Sir William appears to finally be victorious in his campaign. On 14 Mar 1767 he wrote in the Journal of Indian Affairs, "John Butler & Hendrick Fry Esq. [ two Justices of the Peace] arrived here and reported to Sir Wm that they had last Thursday [April 5th] warned Jacobus Maybee and his grandmother Eve Pickard to remove in 18 days time off the Indian lands agreeable to the Governour's Orders, and that they the said Maybee and Eve Pickard promised to comply with said Order, on which the Indians made a long Speech to the Justices returning the Govt., Sir Wm and them many thanks for the Justice done to them in this affair.
  Occupation	17 Feb 1761	the Flatts of Canajoharie, New York   [9]
  	selling liquor
  Memo	1766	Canajoharie, Albany County, New York   [10]
  	paid a tax of £4
  Witness-Baptism	2 Jan 1787	Reformed Dutch Church, German Flatts Township, Montgomery County, New York   [11]
  	Witnesses: Cobus Mabee and Christina
  Memo	1788	Canajoharie Town, Montgomery County, New York   [12]
  	was included on the tax list
  Immigration	1791	Ontario County, New York   [13]
  	In 1791 he (Caleb) started from Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont, for western New York in company with General Jonathan Fassett, and on reaching the Mohawk valley they were joined by Jacobus Mabee. They settled in the wilderness of what was Ontario county. General Fassett caused a plot to be surveyed for a village nearly opposite Tryonstown on Irondequoit creek but the village never materialized and, becoming disappointed and discouraged, he returned to Vermont, leaving Colonel Hopkins in charge of his extensive land purchase.
  Death	Between 1791 and 1793	Ontario County, New York   [5, 14]
  Anecdote	24 Oct 1793	Ontario County, New York   [15]
  	Bond on estate of James Maybee (?Jacob) of Ontario Co., NY made by Christian Maybee on 24 October 1793 [OntCW Unrec Adm].
  Witness-Obituary	Colonel Caleb Hopkins, whose life history forms an integral factor in the annals of Monroe county, was connected with many events which shaped the policy and molded the destiny of this part of the state. He was born in 1770 and died January 14, 1818, at the age of forty-seven years, three years before the county of Monroe was organized. He was a son of James Hopkins and a grandson of Ebenezer Hopkins who removed from Connecticut to Pittsford, Vermont. Both the father and grandfather were farmers. James Hopkins had two sons, Caleb and James, and two daughters: Rhoda, the wife of Elisha Hopkins, Jr., and Susanna, the wife of Elijah Kirkham. Colonel Hopkins of this review was married, probably in 1795, to Dorothy Mabee, a daughter of Jacobus Mabee, who came to western New York about 1791. Her death occurred August 20, 1847, when she had reached the advanced age of seventy-nine years. Both she and her husband lie buried in the cemetery a mile south of the village of Pittsford and beside them are the remains of three children: Clarissa, James and Marvin. The life history of Colonel Hopkins, covering a period of forty-seven years, was in many respects a notable one. In 1791 he started from Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont, for western New York in company with General Jonathan Fassett, and on reaching the Mohawk valley they were joined by Jacobus Mabee. They settled in the wilderness of what was Ontario county. General Fassett caused a plot to be surveyed for a village nearly opposite Tryonstown on Irondequoit creek but the village never materialized and, becoming disappointed and discouraged, he returned to Vermont, leaving Colonel Hopkins in charge of his extensive land purchase.
  Reference Number	4772
  Reference Number	JP-3
  Residence	Indian Flats, Canajoharie Castle, Albany County, New York   [16]
  	During this period Sir William Johnson was at odds with Eghye, and was trying to take her land. He was successful in 1767 when he received the governor's permission to evict her
  Person ID	I4745	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jan Pieter Mabie,   c. 9 Oct 1708, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Dorothea Pikket,   c. 28 Jul 1703, First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Y  [5]
  Family ID	F1247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christina Van de Eewaerde,   b. Between 1746 and 1747   d. Abt Mar 1821, Pittsford, Monroe County, New York (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1761	Stone Arabia, Albany County, New York   [17, 18]
  	by Dominus (Rev) Johan Casparus Lappius. Inscription in family bible: "In hel Irer Confes Hec ren 1763 den 5 den Dag van December be__ch Jacobus Meebie getroribt mit myn Echte Vrouwe Christiana Van de Eewaerde Dom Johan Casparius Lappius"
  Children	+ 1. Maria Mabie,   b. 3 Sep 1764, Albany (later Montgomery) County, New York d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Mabee,   b. 19 Dec 1765, Albany (later Montgomery) County, New York d. Mar 1778, Fairfield Village, Tryon County, New York (Age 12 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Dorothea Mabee,   b. 6 Apr 1768, Albany (later Montgomery) County, New York d. 20 Aug 1847 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Bartholomew Mabee,   b. 19 Nov 1770, Albany County, New York d. Between 11 Sep 1812 and 30 Sep 1814, Greenup County, Kentucky (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Elizabeth Maybee,   b. 7 Nov 1772, Tryon County, New York d. 11 Jan 1814, Brighton, Monroe County, New York (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Sylvanus Mabee,   b. 18 Sep 1774, Tryon County, New York d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Anna Mabee,   b. 8 Jan 1777, Tryon County, New York d. 4 May 1820, Warren, Herkimer County, New York (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 8. Alida Mabee,   b. 25 Jul 1779, Tryon County, New York d. 11 Dec 1866, Bennington, Wyoming County, New York (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 9. Colonel John Mabee,   b. 18 Dec 1781, Little Falls, Tryon (now Montgomery) County, New York d. 1 Sep 1849, Royalton Township, Niagara County, New York (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 10. Catharine Mabie,   b. 27 Apr 1784, New York d. 14 Sep 1854, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 11. James Mabee,   b. 1 Feb 1787, New York d. 21 Jul 1847, Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

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