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Pieter Casparszen Mabie, van Naerden

Male Abt 1610 - Bef 1665  (~ 54 years)

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  • Name Pieter Casparszen Mabie  [1
    Suffix van Naerden 
    Birth Abt 1610  Naarden, , Noord Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Memo 17 Feb 1647  Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, , now New York, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • was a witness to the baptism of Hendrick, son of Abraham Ryke.
    Baptism 10 Apr 1650  Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, , now New York, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Pieter Casparszen - van Naerden were witnesses to the baptism
      of Abraham Abramzen Tietsoort 10 Apr 1650 Reformed Dutch
      Church, New Amsterdam, now New York, New Netherland
    Anecdote
    • All we really know about the parentage of Pieter
      Casparszen van Naerden is that his father was named Caspar, and
      that he was born in a place that was either called or sounded
      like Naerden. There are no records of Pieter Casparszen ever
      using any surname. In fact, the first use of the Mabie surname
      in any form by proven members of his family occurred in New
      York in 1687. A search of the records for the Dutch Reformed
      Church in Naarden, Noord Holland, has proved fruitless. It has
      long been speculated that Pieter was of French extraction (a
      Huguenot), with the name Mabie having been derived from the
      French name Mabille. This story originated in an unpublished
      work by E. C. Marshall in the 1890s. In his paper, Marshall
      merely speculated that this was a possibility, and never made a
      claim of any factual support. However, almost every succeeding
      published genealogy has claimed this as a fact. While it is
      possibly true, it is wholly without any substantiation. The one
      location in Europe that did have people with the Mabie surname
      prior to 1650, as demonstrated in various records, was
      Scotland. The Mabie surname appears to have surfaced in
      Scotland shortly after the Norman invasion. So, perhaps the
      name is originally from France after all. However, there may
      have been a few detours en route to New Amsterdam
      The name of Pieter Casparszen van Naerden appears in a
      few records that have survived the years. He is listed in a
      1660 census of New Amsterdam. In 1657, he was listed as a
      "Small Burgher", a status which conveyed certain rights to the
      individual. In 1653, he was named as one "of the most
      influential citizens and inhabitants of this city" in the
      council minutes. Also, in 1653, he was a corporal in the
      Burgher Corps of New Amsterdam. In 1652, he was sued by a Jacob
      Stoffelsen, although the details of the suit have not survived.
      In 1656, he was a witness to a secret land transaction in which
      the West India Company purchased land from the Native Americans
      on the west bank of the "South River" (now the Delaware). This
      land had already been settled by the Swedes, and this
      transaction was used to justify an attack on their settlements.
      From the baptismal records of the New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch
      Church, we know that Pieter was in New Amsterdam by February
      1647, and that he was still alive in December 1662. A census of
      New Amsterdam conducted in June 1665 lists Aechtje Jans, the
      widow of Pieter Casparszen van Naerden, so we know he was
      deceased by that time.
      The first time that Pieter Casparszen van Naerden“name
      appears in any New Amsterdam records is in 1647. On February
      17th of that year, he was a witness at the baptism of Hendrick,
      a son of Abraham Ryck. In passing, it is also known that a
      Pierre Gaspar signed the so-called Leyden Petition in 1621, a
      copy of which can be found on line at:
      http://www.primenet.com/~langford/places/va621001.htm#Wal
      loons[:UND] In this documet certain Walloons and French
      petitioned, in 1621, the "Lord Ambassador of the Most Serene
      King of Great Britain" to allow them to settle in Virginia. The
      answer was to approve such a settlement in Virginia, providing
      that the settlers would take an oath of allegiance to the
      English king. However, if this is the same person as Pieter
      Casparszen van Naerden, then the questions arise as to why he
      apparently waited approximately 25 years to go, and why he did
      not go to an English colony as planned. Once again, there is no
      substantive evidence that Pieter Casparszen van Naerden and
      this Pierre Gaspar are the same person.
    Memo 1653  New Amsterdam, , now New York, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • was named as one "of the most influential citizens and
      inhabitants of this city" in the council minutes.
    Occupation May 1654  [4
    Excise commissioner 
    Memo 1657  New Amsterdam, , now New York, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • was included in the List of Burghers
    Name Mabie 
    Death Bef 1665  New Amsterdam, , now New York, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • From the Maybee Society files.
    Person ID I36929  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2015 

    Family ID F551603927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Aechtje Jans van Norden,   b. 17 Aug 1629, Norden, Din Hooren, East Friesland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 21 Aug 1697 and 1 Feb 1698, New York, New York County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage Between 1650 and 1651  New Amsterdam, , now New York, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marritien Mabie   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. 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)
     3. Engeltje Mabie,   b. 14 Apr 1656, New Amsterdam, , now New York, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1708, New York, New York County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     4. Metje Meby   d. Between Jun 1719 and Aug 1719
     5. Casper Pieterszen Mabie   d. Aft 1720, Closter, Bergen County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Tryntje Mebie   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F551603973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2013 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1352] Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, MARRITEN'S BAPTISM FOR CASPARSZEN, OTHER CHILDREN'S BAPTISMS' FOR VAN NAERDEN (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1427] teve Mabie, A Chronology of Mabie Records for the First Three Generations.

    3. [S1352] Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam.

    4. [S1259] Lori Jean DUBOIS, MS 287 - Lori DuBois, (2 April 2001).