Martha McArthur

Abt 1794 - 1882  (88 years)

• Name	Martha McArthur
  Birth	Abt 1794	Oswegatchie, St Lawrence County, New York   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1833	Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Census	1861	Sampson Ward, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	20, John W Maybee, M, 81, M, USA, Western Methodist, Mason 21, Martha Maybee, F, 71, M, Canada West, Western Methodist 22, Amelia Edmonds, F, 20, S, Canada West, Western Methodist, Tayloress Resides in a one and a half story stone house
  Memo	1869	Colborne, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Application for administration of husbands estate
  Witness-Probate	15 Mar 1870	Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	A) Petition of Albert Lewis Smith (Belleville) In the Surrogate Court of the County of Hastings "…is a creditor of the said deceased …. John Way Maybee " dated Feb 1, 1870 [actual petition is too faint to read but content is clear from the material below - Doug Mabee] B) In the Surrogate Court of the County of Hastings In the Goods of John Way Maybee deceased I, Thomas Ward of the Town of Sarnia in the County of Lambton, Sherriff's Bailiff, make oath and say; 1) That I did on the twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, personally served Elizabeth Mowbray with a true copy of the hereunto annexed citation by delivering and leaving the said copy with the said Elizabeth Mowbray at her residence in the Township of Sombra. 2) That I necessarily traveled nineteen miles to make such service. Thomas Ward Sworn before me at Sarnia in the County of Lambton this 28th day of March AD 1870 Thomas W Johnson; Commissioner C) John Taylor, Belleville served the following notice of citation Martha Maybee on Tuesday, March 1, 1870 Julianne Coleman on Wednesday, Feb 23, 1870 Allen T Maybee on Friday, Feb 25, 1870 Alfred Maybee was served notice February 25, 1870 by Albert D Hoskins D) Citation In the Surrogate Court of the County of Hastings In the Goods of John Way Maybee deceased Ontario Victoria, by the Grace of God of the County of Hastings United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith To Wit To Martha Maybee, widow and Julianne Coleman, wife of Abel Coleman, both of the village of Colborne, Allen T Maybee of the Town of Belleville, and Alfred Maybee of the Village of Warkworth, John W Maybee of South Haven, in the State of Michigan in the United States of America and Elizabeth Mowbray of the Township of Sombra in the County of Lambton and all or any of the next of kin of said John Way Maybee deceased. Whereas Albert Lewis Smith of the Town of Belleville in the County of Hastings Esquire, a creditor of said deceased by petition to said Court set forth that the said deceased died at Belleville in said County Intestate, that he is a creditor of said deceased by virtue of a certain judgement resolved in her Majesty's Court of Queens Bench at Toronto wherein one John O'Hare now deceased was plaintiff and one Alfred Maybee and the said deceased were defendants for the sum of one hundred and twelve pounds eleven shillings and six pence damages and costs, and said petitioner is desirous of obtaining limited administration of the personal estate and effects of said deceased that he may be able to realize the amount of the said judgement out of the real estate of the said deceased. You are hereby cited to come before the Surrogate Court of the County of Hastings and administer to the personal estate and effects of said deceased, or that you appear before the Honorable George Sherwood, Judge of said Court at his chambers n the Court House in Belleville on Monday the twenty fifth day of April AD1870 at ten o'clock in the fore noon to see and examine the proceedings and show cause if any you have why the administration of the personal estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased should not be granted to the said Albert Lewis Smith. Witness the Honorable George Sherwood, Judge of said Surrogate at Belleville this fifteenth day of March AD 1870.
  Census	1871	Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	2, Martha Maybee, F, 80, W, Ontario, W Methodist, Scotch Residing ¾ acre, own, 1 house, 1 barn, 1 town lot, Widow of John Way Maybee.
  Anecdote	Charles McAthur, a native of Scotland, came to America before the rebellion, and settled upon the Mohawk River. Took part in the war, in Burgoyne's army. Lived for some time at Oswegotchie [New York], when he removed to head of the bay. There were living then west of the Trent River only the following families: Peter Huffman, Donald McDonell, John Bleeker, and John McArthur. A daughter of Charles McArthur still lives at Bellevillle, having been born at Oswegotchie, now aged 78, Mrs. Maybee
  Reference Number	6207
  Death	28 Mar 1882	Colborne, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I6175	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	John Way Maybee,   b. Oct 1780, New York d. 7 Feb 1869, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1807	Sophiasburg, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [4, 8, 9]
  	When Mrs. John Maybe was married in Sophiasburgh in 1807, she had a woolen drugget, made from coarse, flet-like wool, once considered only good enough for pettiocats. She thought most elegant.
  Children	+ 1. Julie Ann Maybee,   b. 12 Feb 1809, Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Dec 1891, Colborne, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John W Maybee,   b. Abt 1810, Thurlow, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Allan Taylor Maybee,   b. 24 Feb 1812, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 31 May 1886, Marmora, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Alfred Maybee,   b. Jan 1817, Thurlow, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Mar 1877, Warkworth Village, Percy Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. James Russell Maybee,   b. Abt 1818, Thurlow, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 1861 (Age < 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, History of the province of Ontario, (Upper Canada.): Containing a sketch of ... By William Canniff published 1872, pg. 112. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, 1833, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, "Not far to the west of George Bleecker's house is a single-storey stone building (109 Dundas Street East). It was the home of John Way Maybee and his wife, Martha McArthur. In his preparatory notes for "A History of the Early Settlement of Upper Canada", Dr. Canniff related that "J. W. Maybee of Belleville came to Canada with his father in 1793, when he was about 14 years old. His grandfather was a German, grandmother Dutch; his mother was English, by name Way. His father was an American Revolutionary soldier. They settled near Picton." W.J. Maybee purchased his property in 1833 and built his house shortly thereafter." from "Homesteads: Early buildings and families from Kingston to Toronto" by Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, 1979, pg. 1052. [S412] 1861 Canadian Census; Url: ancestry.com, Sampson Ward, Town of Belleville, Hastings, Upper Canada, ED 1, Page 26. [S19] Steve Mabie, Chronology of records for the Descendants of Caspar Pieterse Mebie; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/caspar/caspar.htm, From the records of the Rev. Robert McDowall, Baptisms in Thurlow Township, Upper Canada of children July Ann and Allen. [S8] Douglas Cameron Mabee, MS 177 - Douglas Cameron Mabee; Number: 177, Surrogate Court Records re: no will - debts; GS1 Reel 1181 # 231 at Ontario Archives. (Transcribed by Doug Mabee; July 2, 2002). [S414] 1871 Canadian Census; Url: ancestry.com and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smabie/canada/1871canadacensus.htm, Belleville Town, Hastings County, Canada, ED 3, Page 72, Family 236. [S8] Douglas Cameron Mabee, MS 177 - Douglas Cameron Mabee; Number: 177. [S8] Douglas Cameron Mabee, MS 177 - Douglas Cameron Mabee; Number: 177, Mutrie says the marriage was on 11 Nov 1815, but children's baptisms disprove this. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, "The County:the first hundred years in Loyalist Prince Edward" by Lunn, William Richard, Lunn, Janet.