Ludovicus (Mabie) Mabee UEL (1739 - 1823)

Born 1739 in Schenectady, Albany, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Powell) Mabie — married 20 Dec 1767 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York Colony

Died 12 Oct 1823 at about age 84 in Upper Canada

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Biography

Lewis (Mabie) Mabee UEL was a New Yorker.

Sgt. Lewis (Mabie) Mabee UEL served with United Empire Loyalists during the American Revolution.

Lewis Mabee was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Undetermined
Date: Undated

Lewis (Mabie) Mabee UEL lived in Canada.

Ludovicus Mabie is the son of Jacob Meby and Catharina Vroman. He was born about 1739 in the Mohawk Valley region of Schenectady, New York Colony. At some point in his life, he started to call himself "Lewis".

At about age 28, Lewis Mabie^[1] married Nancy Powell^[2] on 20 Dec 1767 at the Schenectady Reformed Dutch Church, NY colony.^[3] Lewis Clement (uncle of Nancy) gifted the new couple 50 acres of land.^[4]

During the Revolutionary War, Mabie volunteered for military duty and was promoted to Sergeant in Butler's Rangers.^[5] While he was away from home fighting for the Tories, his wife was told to leave the family's 50-acre estate^[6] in the Mohawk Valley by the American Revolutionary soldiers. She fled north with their children.^[7]

Mrs. Mabie requested to be compensated for damages by the American Army's actions against her and her family regardless of the property seizure. Later, the NY state Commissioners considered the estate forfeited because of Lewis's UEL position and activities and so out of retribution for his anti -American efforts, his estate was sold.^[8]

The family now relocated on the Canadian side of Niagra waited to be issued land to re-settle upon as loyalists. In order to distribute rations, the "1783 Niagara return of persons under the description of Loyalists" document accounts for the number, ages, and sexes of each family member in Lt. Col. Butler's Company in the Corps of Rangers at Niagara on 30 November 1783. On that day, these were the members of the Lewis Mabee family:

A581 Serjt Lewis Mabee age 44

A582 Mrs Mabee age 43

A583 John Mabee age 14

A584 Elisabeth Mabee age 12

A585 Dorathy Mabee age 10

A586 Catherine Mabee age 8

A587 Mary Mabee age 6

^[9][10]

He and his wife and 5 children were issued land in H District upon P.L.N. 1786 ^[11][12]

On 18 Dec 1806, in Bertie (later Willoughby) Township, Welland County, Upper Canada, Lewis was granted 500 acres of land for his UEL participation during the Revolutionary War. Lewis' grant included Lot 16, Con 8, and Lot 16, Con 9; from the Niagara River.^[13]

Lewis died on 12 Oct 1823 in Upper Canada. He was buried at McAffee Cemetery, Fort Erie, Bertie Township, Lincoln County, Upper Canada.^[14][15]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maybee Society.org,"(https://maybeesociety.org/MaySoc/g0/p172.htm#i5149 : accessed 29 October 2022), #i5149.
2. ↑ "Maybee Society.org," (https://maybeesociety.org/MaySoc/g0/p172.htm#i5150 : accessed 29 October 2022), #i5150.
3. ↑ "New York Marriages, 1686-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9MWG-S85D : 21 January 2020), Entry for Louis Mebie, 1767.
4. ↑ Book: Clement Family History - Descendants of Lewis Cobes Clement, U.E. (1725-1781) and Catharine Eliza Poutman (1726-1807) By Lenore Joan Harris · 2002 ; page 22."
5. ↑ "ROSTER OF BUTLER'S RANGERS - Sandy Cline.com,"(http://www.sandycline.com/history/rangers.html : accessed 29 October 2022)
6. ↑ Book: Clement Family History: descendants of Lewis Cobes Clement, UE (1725-1781)... (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/240214/?offset=#page=134&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= : 20 July 2022); page 22, footnote 34.
7. ↑ Book: "New York in the Revolution as Colony and State Volume 2;,"(https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_York_in_the_Revolution_as_Colony_and/RKk2AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lewis+Mabie&pg=PA256&printsec=frontcover : accessed 29 October 2022); Page 256.
8. ↑ Book: "New York in the Revolution as a Colony and State Volume 2,"(https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_York_in_the_Revolution_as_Colony_and/RKk2AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lewis+Mabie&pg=PA269&printsec=frontcover : accessed 29 October 2022); page 269.
9. ↑ 1783 Niagara Return, Ancestry.com; (Behind a Paywall $$)
10. ↑ The Loyalists in Ontario, Ancestry.com; (Behind a Paywall $$)
11. ↑ "Canadiana by CRKN|par RCDR, "(https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.02561/219 ; accessed 29 October 2022) Online image of the book: The centennial of the settlement of Upper Canada by the United Empire Loyalists, 1784-1884, Published by: Toronto : Rose, 1885.; 350 images, 344 with full-text search.
12. ↑ Audit Office: AO13.Claims, American Loyalists - Series II: selections: C-9821 Canadiana Heritage (https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c9821/168 : 18 July 2022); image 168, M, Mabie, Lewis, N.Y., v28,32; v109,222/1578.
13. ↑ Book: 6,000 New York Ancestors, by R. Robert Mutrie, (1986). Out of Print.
14. ↑ Lowis Mebie, Headstone transcription "Lewis Mabee, died Oct.12, 1823, aged 85.
15. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243634882/ludovicus-mabee: accessed 18 September 2022), memorial page for Ludovicus “Lewis” Mabee (1738–12 Oct 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 243634882, citing McAffee Cemetery, Fort Erie, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Judi S (contributor 47538308).

See Also:

• United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada

• The Niagra Settlers

• Cook Family Ancestry

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Mabie-38 was created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012, by Vicki Norman.