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THE MABIE FAMILY
Originally published in 1900 |
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THE FIRST OF THE MABIES in America wrote the surname Meebji.
He was Casparus (Jasper) Mabie, and of French origin, though from what
particular part of France he hailed does not appear. He was a Huguenot,
and either he or his ancestor had fled from France to Amsterdam, in Holland, from which city he emigrated to America about 1691 with his wife,
Elizabeth Schuerman, and three children: Christina, Sophia, and Peter.
The family went to New Harlem, where Casper bought lands of Daniel
Tournure, and where he became a considerable landholder. On September
29, 1696, he was elected Constable of Harlem, the duties of which office he
discharged for one year. In 1700 he sold part of his farm and in 1709 the
balance, and removed to Bergen County, N. J., where in 1710 he purchased
of Captain Lancaster Symes a large tract on the west bank of the Hudson, extending westward to Closter. Here he settled, and here he died about
1120. His children were Christina (married Joost Albert Zabriskie), Sophia
(married Matthew Conklin), and Peter, all born in Holland, and Jeremia,
Abraham, Frederick. and John, baptized at Harlem. Of these Peter married Catelyntie Johns Bogert and had issue at least thirteen children, all
baptized at Tappan. Peter located at Old Tappan. The descendants of
his children spread over Bergen County, and many of them are still
residents.
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