Sabeers Sebbeus Maine Sr. (1757 - 1809)

Born 23 Mar 1757 in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Cole) Main — married 1780 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1809 at age 52 in Washington County, Virginia, United States

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Sabeers Maine Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-240818
Rank: Private

Biography

Sabeers Main Sr. was born 23 Mar 1757, in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. He married Hannah Cole (1765–1826) 1780, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York. Sabeers Main Sr. passed away 10 Nov 1809, in Washington County, Virginia, having lived a long life of 86 years. He's buried in the Saint Clair Bottom Primitive Baptist Cemetery, in Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia,^[1][2][3][4]

Name

The correct spelling of his given name is inconsistent throughout his life. His birth record from North Stonington via The Barbour Collection spell it as "S-A-B-E-A-R-S". On his wife's headstone it is spelled "S-A-B-E-E-R-S". One SAR application spells it "S-I-B-I-U-S' as does Brown while in the 1800 census it is spelled "S-E-B-B-I-U-S".

His double-first cousin is also named Sebbeus Main (born c. 1753) and was the son of Joshua Main and Rachel Peckham.

Birth

Sabears Main was born on March 23, 1757 in North Stonington, Connecticut as the eldest son of Jonas Main (1736-1804) and only child of Patience (Peckham) Main (-abt.1862), his half-siblings being the children of Jonas's second wife, Content Bromley.

Military

Served in the Connecticut Militia and, according to a SAR application was a spy for Gen. Putnam. In 1775 he participated in a local signing of The Association, passed by the Continental Congress in 1774 as a response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament. After the Revolution he was probably the recipient of a land bounty in Washington County in western Virginia, though documentation is needed.

Family

Married to Hannah Cole in 1780 in Dutchess County, New York.

• From the HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, pub. 1880, by William Henry Perrin, pp. 527-528.

Sabeers Main was born in the State of Connecticut before the Revolutionary war, and although never a resident of Troy Township, or even of Ohio, yet he was represented with numerous descendants there, in the early settlement, and deserves a passing notice by way of introducing this numerous family. He was a little under age when the war for freedom commenced, but determined to enlist, which he did, and was assigned to the army under Gen. Greene. After being with Greene for some time, the regiment he was with was placed under Gen. Putnam. He served in the capacity of a spy, often penetrating the British lines for the purpose of gaining information for his commanding officer. After the close of the war, be married Hannah Cole, a native of New York, and moved to Virginia, where he died. He left a widow and ten children, all of seven sons were early settlers in Troy Township, Ohio. The names of his sons who came to Delaware County are as follows Timothy, Sabeers, Eleazar, John, Jonas, Thomas and Lyman, the latter being the only one now living. Eleazar Main was the first of the family that came to Ohio. He was induced to leave leave his home in Virginia by Joseph Cole, his Brother-In-Law, who had returned in purpose of moving his brother in-law, John Duncan to this county. It was in the early part of the year 1813 that he reached the then little village of Delaware, and on learning that Gen. Harrison's army was besieged at Fort Meigs, he enlisted, and accompanied the detachment which went to its relief. He returned and lived for a time with the Cole family, and marrying Margaret, the eldest daughter, soon after moved to the farm where his widow still lives. In 1824, he built a brick house, the second one of the kind put up in the township. The brick for the same were burnt from clay taken from the bank on the farm of Joseph Cole. For over half a century this old brick house has defied wind and weather, but it shows signs of decay, and erelong another old landmark will be numbered with the past. Eleazar Main gave freely to the support of the Marlborough Baptist Church, and when he died in 1871 was buried in the graveyard adjoining that church. Sabeers and Timothy Main were the next of the family that came to this settlement. They arrived August 10, 1815. The former remained one year at Cole's, afterward removed to the farm now occupied by his son Jonas Main, and, putting up a cabin, began to clear the land. He died March 14, 1869. His wife was Sarah Wright, who moved into Virginia from North Carolina, and who died in 1859. Timothy and his family settled on the farm now occupied by Mr. Simpson. His demise took place a number of years ago, and his sons have moved from this locality.

Lyman and Thomas Main came to this locality about 1815 or 1816, with their mother and sisters. When they arrived they were compelled to live for a short time in the cabin home of a relative, probably Peres Main who arrived in 1809, until they could rear one of their own. Their cabin was put up on the land now occupied by Mrs. Williams. Thomas was quite young when he arrived, and lived with his mother until he attained his majority. He then married Hannah Russell, and moved to the farm upon which his son Ezra now resides, and which he had purchased from a man by the name of Wilson. He built a cabin and lived there for some time, and then built a frame house nearly opposite to where his cabin was located. He moved into it, where he died in 1867. Lyman in 1823, was married to Hannah Martin. The ceremony look place in the cabin of his mother, and was performed by his brother Timothy, who was a Justice of the Peace. At this time, a great deal of sickness prevailed in the neighborhood and of the guests who attended no less than seven were stricken down with the chills. Immediately after his marriage, he left his old home, and cut his way through the woods to the farm he at present occupies. Here he built himself a cabin. He deserted this in 1835, and moved into a frame house that had been once used as a school house, and which he had bought, and moved to a short distance above the old log structure. A few years later, this home accidentally caught fire and burned to the ground. His present residence was its immediate successor. In his earlier days, he was a a great hunter, and among many other stories the following is related of him: One day, just as the sun was setting, he was attracted by the cry of his favorite hound, and from its tone knew it must be in trouble. Without stopping for his rifle, he hastened toward the spot from which the sound came, and found the dog in the embrace of a huge bear. Not thinking of danger, he grasped his hunting-knife and closed with the hear. Bruin with a stroke of his huge paw knocked the knife out of his hand, which compelled Lyman to seek safety in a rapid retreat to his cabin. Having gained that refuge, he took down his rifle, and the bear, which had now almost reached the door, was shot dead. Jonas Main and John Main seem to have been the last of the family that came to Ohio. Jonas soon after his arrival, married Polly Cole, and settled near the a Horse Shoe," and has been dead a number of years. John settled just north of where Lyman Main lived, and the brick house now occupied by his son marks the site of his old log cabin.

Sources

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2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LM1H-RK2
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/174026458/person/182260804293/facts
4. ↑ https://gw.geneanet.org/danniebrownd?lang=en&pz=jaedin+faye&nz=brown&p=sebbeus&n=main

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SAR Membership Number: 92833.

SAR Membership Number: 74992.

• Brown, Cyrus H. 1909 Genealogical record of Nathaniel Babcock, Simeon Main, Issac Miner, Ezekiel Main. The Everett Press, Inc. Boston; p. 73, no. 475

• Wikipedia entry for the Continental Association

• "The Descendants of Ezekiel Maine of Stonington, Conn.", Aspinwall, Algernon Aikin, Washington, 1905, p.28, #133

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• Wheeler, Richard. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut (Day Publishing, Co., New London, Conn., 1900) Page 450.

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• *https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225650913/sabeers-sebbeus-main