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Willet Johnson Mabee

Male 1835 - 1880  (~ 45 years)

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  • Name Willet Johnson Mabee  [1
    Birth Feb 1835  Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1851  Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 36. Willet Maybee, Student, 16
      Residing in the household of Jacob Bonter (Uncle)
    Land
    • land near Allisonville and included a Cheese Factory
    No Name Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • His estate was probated Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
      Letters of Administration for Elizabeth Selicia Mabee, widow,
      Hallowell, of Willet Mabee died 17 April 1880. The deceased
      died leaving six infant children: Josephine Mabee, aged 19
      years, Joseph Hurbert Mabee, aged 15 years, William Robert
      Mabee, 11 years, Theresa Mabee, aged 8 years, Luetta Mabee,
      aged 3 years and Annie May Mabee, aged 1 year.
    No Name 1861  Con 3, Lot 16, Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Willet Johnson Mabee and Elizabeth Selicia Haight appeared on
      the census of 1861 Con 3, Lot 16, Murray Township,
      Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada25, Willet Maybee, M, 26,
      M, Canada, W Meth, Farmer
      26, Elizabeth Maybee, F, 22, M, W Meth
      27, George Maybee, M, 28, S, W Meth, Farmer
      28, Eliza Jane Maybee, F, 22, W Meth, Non Family
      29, Wellington Maybee, M, 19, W, Canada, W Meth, Tailor
      30, Rachel Anne Maybee, F, 13, S, Canada, W Meth, Student, Non
      Family
      Resides Lot 16, Concession C; 39 acres; 1 story log house
    No Name 1871  Con 3, Lot 16, Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Willet Johnson Mabee and Elizabeth Selicia Haight appeared on
      the census of 1871 Con 3, Lot 16, Murray Township,
      Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada12, Willet J. Maybee, M,
      35, M, Ontario, E Discipline, Farmer
      13, Elizabeth Maybee, F, 30, M, Ontario
      14, Josephine Maybee, F, 10, S, Ontario
      15, Joseph H. Maybee, M,, 7, S, Ontario
      16, William R. Maybee, M,, 2, S, Ontario
      Residing Lot 16, Concession C, 78 acres; 1 house, 1 barn, 2
      carriages, 2 wagons, 1 plough, 2 horses, 1 colt, 3 cows, 2
      other horned cattle, 5 sheep, 1 swine, 1 hive
    Residence Between 1871 and 1875  West of Green Point, Hallowell Township, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1876  NW 1/4 Lot 5 Con 1, Brighton Township, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • 50 Acres
    No Name 13 Sep 1878  Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Willet Johnson Mabee was mentioned in the will of Anson G.
      Maybee 13 Sep 1878 Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario,
      Canada. "I Anson G Maybee of the Township of Ameliasburgh in
      the County of Prince Edward and the Province of Ontario being
      of sound and disposing mind and memory (praised be Almighty God
      for the same) do make and publish this my last Will and
      Testament hereby Revoking all former Wills by me at any time
      heretofore made.
      First - I hereby Constitute and appoint my wife Hannah Mariah
      Maybee Executrix My Nephew Willet Maybee of the Township of
      HiIliear [sic] in the aforesaid County yeoman and my good
      frined Wm Anderson Esq. of the aforesaid township of
      Ameliasburgh to be Executors of this my last Will and
      Testament, directing my Executrix and Executors to pay all my
      just debts, funeral expenses, the Legacies hereinafter
      mentioned and to place a suitable monument at my grave within
      one year after my Decease.
      Second - I give devise and bequeath to my son Wilbert Stanley
      Maybee all of my Real estate in lot number sixty in the second
      Concession of the aforesaid Township of Ameliasburgh subject
      however to any and all charges and legacies hereinafter
      mentioned.
      Third - I give and bequeath to my said wife Hannah Mariah
      Maybee,
      Wilbert Stanley Maybee and William Henry Maybee my two sons the
      whole of my personal estate of whatsoever character or
      description it may be - to be equally divided between them
      share and share alike, but my said wife shall have the full
      control of the said personal estate and the management of the
      same for the support and education of my children and her own
      support till my said son Wilbert Stanley Maybe shall attain to
      the age of twenty four years at which time the said property
      that is the personal estate shall be divided as aforesaid.
      Fourth - I give to my said wife the full control of my real
      estate
      aforesaid for her own support and the support of my said sons
      while she shall remain unmarried and my widow.
      Fifth - I give and bequeath to my son William Henry Maybee one
      hundred dollars a year during his natural life and I make the
      same a charge on the lands and tenements hereinbefore willed to
      my son Wilbert Stanley Maybee and I hereby authorize my
      Executrix and Executors if necessary to secure the payment of
      the said legacy to sell and convey to a purchaser or purchasers
      so much of the said Real estate as will secure such yearly
      payments to him but I make this special provision that while my
      said wife and my son Wilbert Stanley Maybee or either of them
      shall afford and provide my said son William Henry Maybee a
      comfortable home and a comfortable living on the said Real
      estate or homestead farm the said legacy of a hundred dollars a
      year shall not run against the said Real estate or be payable
      to him but the said comfortable home and living shall be in
      lieu of the said legacy.
      My Estate Real and personal shall be liable for my debts
      funeral
      expenses and cost of monument. My real estate is willed to my
      son
      Wilbert Stanley his heirs and assigns forever - but in all
      Cases subject to all the aforesaid provisions.
      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
      thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one
      thousand eight hundred and seventy eight.
      [Signed Anson G Mabee; witnesses Wm Anderson and James A
      Rutter]"
    No Name 12 Jan 1879  Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Willet Johnson Mabee was mentioned in the will of Anson G.
      Maybee 12 Jan 1879 Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario,
      Canada. "This is a codicil to the last Will and Testament of me
      Anson G Mabee of the Township of Ameliasburgh in the County of
      Prince Edward and Province of Ontario yeoman bearing date the
      thirteenth day of September 1878.
      I do hereby revoke the appointment of ny Nephew Willet Maybee
      yeoman of the Township of HIlliar [sic] to be an Executor to my
      last Will and Testament. And I do hereby Constitute and appoint
      My Brother in Law John Calnan of the Township of Hilliar [sic]
      in the County of Prince Edward yeoman to be an Executor to my
      last Will and Testament and I do declare that the Word
      "Suitable Monument" in the 1st Section of my said Will shall
      mean nothing more than such a Tomb Stone as my Executors may
      see fit to erect. In all other respects I do confirm my last
      Will in ? whereof [ink blot] to set my hand and seal this 12th
      day of January AD 1879.
      his
      Anson G X Mabee
      mark
      [He must have become infirm since he signed the earlier will
      and was only able to make his mark here]
      [witnesses Wm Anderson and James A Rutter]"
    Probate Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Letters of Administration for Elizabeth Selicia Mabee, widow,
      Hallowell, of Willet Mabee died 17 April 1880. The deceased
      died leaving six infant children: Josephine Mabee, aged 19
      years, Joseph Hurbert Mabee, aged 15 years, William Robert
      Mabee, 11 years, Theresa Mabee, aged 8 years, Luetta Mabee,
      aged 3 years and Annie May Mabee, aged 1 year.
    Death 1 Apr 1880  Hallowell, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.
    Person ID I34089  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

    Father William Smith Mabee,   b. 7 Jan 1807   d. Bef 1861 (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Bonter,   b. 14 Jan 1813, Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1850, Tyendinaga Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jan 1833  Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9
    • William S. Maybee and Mary Ann Bonter, both of Ameliasburgh,
      Prince Edward District. Witnesses: Jacob Bonter and Margaret
      Maybee. By Rev. Jones.
    Family ID F551606816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Selicia Haight,   b. 1839, Hallowell Township, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1907 (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage Y  [4
    Census 1861  Con 3, Lot 16, Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • 25, Willet Maybee, M, 26, M, Canada, W Meth, Farmer
      26, Elizabeth Maybee, F, 22, M, W Meth
      27, George Maybee, M, 28, S, W Meth, Farmer
      28, Eliza Jane Maybee, F, 22, W Meth, Non Family
      29, Wellington Maybee, M, 19, W, Canada, W Meth, Tailor
      30, Rachel Anne Maybee, F, 13, S, Canada, W Meth, Student, Non
      Family
      Resides Lot 16, Concession C; 39 acres; 1 story log house
    Census 1871  Con 3, Lot 16, Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • 12, Willet J. Maybee, M, 35, M, Ontario, E Discipline, Farmer
      13, Elizabeth Maybee, F, 30, M, Ontario
      14, Josephine Maybee, F, 10, S, Ontario
      15, Joseph H. Maybee, M,, 7, S, Ontario
      16, William R. Maybee, M,, 2, S, Ontario
      Residing Lot 16, Concession C, 78 acres; 1 house, 1 barn, 2
      carriages, 2 wagons, 1 plough, 2 horses, 1 colt, 3 cows, 2
      other horned cattle, 5 sheep, 1 swine, 1 hive
    Children 
     1. Josephine Mabee,   b. 15 Mar 1861, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1930 (Age 68 years)
     2. Joseph Hubert Mabee,   b. 21 Aug 1864, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1953, Calgary, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     3. William Robert Mabee,   b. 6 Sep 1869, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1952 (Age 82 years)
     4. Theressa Mabee,   b. Between 29 Dec 1871 and 18 Dec 1872, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Luella Mabee,   b. 15 Jul 1877, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1946 (Age 69 years)
     6. Annie Maud Mabee,   b. 12 Aug 1877, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F4178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1248] Royal A. Mabee Royal's information was principally based on interviews with descendants. There is a significant chance for error in his dates for early generations The original of Royal's notebook is at the New York Genealogical and Biographical Soc, Royal A Mabee's notebook.

    2. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, HISTORY OF THRULOW TWP., BY MARG G. PLUMPTON - ONTARIO (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1271] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's Canadian census, 1851/1852 PERSONAL CENSUS CANADA WEST, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, AMELIASBURGH TWP, PAGE 39 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1244] Douglas Cameron Mabee, MS 177 - Douglas Cameron Mabee, (dmab@allstream.net).

    5. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, PROBATE - G.S. ONT. 1-934 PRINCE EDWARD CO.; #432-WILLET MABEE (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1271] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's Canadian census, 1861 CENSUS UPPER CANADA, ONTARIO COUNTY, MURRAY TOWNSHIP DISTRICT 1; REFERENCE: FILM C 1055, PAGE 17 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1271] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's Canadian census, 1871 CENSUS UPPER CANADA, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, MURRAY TOWNSHIP, DISTRICT 1; REFERENCE: FILM C 9985, PAGE 13 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar.

    9. [S1268] Steve Mabie, Chronology of Ontario Canada, DISTRICT MARRIAGE REGISTERS OF UPPER CANADA, NEWCASTLE DISTRICT (Reliability: 3).