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Margaret Mebi

Female Est 1685 - Yes, date unknown

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  • Name Margaret Mebi 
    Birth Est 1685  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    No Name 16 Jun 1697  Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Margaret Mebi appeared on the census of 16 Jun 1697 in the
      household of Jan Pieterse Mabee and Anna Borsboom Schenectady
      Township, Albany County, New York
    No Name 30 Apr 1707  First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Margaret Mebi were witnesses to the baptism of Lysbet
      Slingerlant 30 Apr 1707 First Reformed Dutch Church,
      Schenectady, Albany County, New York
    No Name 3 Sep 1721  First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Margaret Mebi were witnesses to the baptism of Annatien Brat 03
      Sep 1721 First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany
      County, New York
    No Name 11 Nov 1721  First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Margaret Mebi were witnesses to the baptism of Johannes Van
      Antwerpen 11 Nov 1721 First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady,
      Albany County, New York
    No Name 3 Apr 1725  [3] 
    • Margaret Mebi was mentioned in the will of Jan Pieterse Mabee
      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________"
    Name Grietje 
    Name Pootman  [4] 
    Name Putnam 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    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 I36919  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

    Father Jan Pieterse Mabee,   b. 30 Sep 1654   d. 8 Apr 1725, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Anna Borsboom,   b. 1662, Schenectady, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1725, Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1681  Albany, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 16 Jun 1697  Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Census says Mebbee, Jan Men:1, Women: 1, Children: 6
    Land 17 Sep 1697  Scoharie Creek, , Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 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.
    Family ID F551605287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Victor A. Pootman,   b. 1681, Schenectady, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1756 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 13 Dec 1706  Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 11 Jun 1720  Schenectady Township, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Cornelia Pootman   d. 13 Feb 1732
     2. Antje Pootman   d. 6 Mar 1733
     3. Johannes Pootman
     4. Pieter Pootman
     5. Mareite Pootman
     6. Jacob Pootman
     7. Arent Pootman   d. 22 May 1780
     8. Caherina Pootman
     9. Cornelius Pootman,   b. 17 Dec 1724   d. 19 Apr 1798 (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F551605390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1323] Schenectady 1697 census.

    2. [S1351] RDC - Schenectady.

    3. [S1373] Mabee Farm Documents, M-WILL-2 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1356] RDC - Albany.

    5. [S1325] Pearson, Professor Jonathan, Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, 1984, Original Date, 1873), PG 17 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1324] James Nohl Churchyard, Our Family Museum, BOOK 5, PAGE 230, OF THE ALBANY COUNTY DEEDS. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1355] List of the Freeholders of Schenectady.



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