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Issue #7
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| In this issue we find excerpts of an article written many years ago by Sarah A Mabie. She traces the roots of our family name(s) and gives more information about the early ancestors. Please note that the research facts represented in this document have not been prepared or verified by The Maybee Newsletter but are presented here merely for our readers' enjoyment. |
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In an effort to trace the
family genealogy back as far as possible, considerable searching seems
to have been done in the records of this country (US) but there seems to
be no references to any search ever having been made in original records
of France and Holland etc. The first published work on the genealogy of
the family as a separate work, appeared in the New York Genealogical and
Biographical Record vol 52, page 251 year 1896. It was contributed by Miss
Sarah Adelaide Mabie and was compiled by Mr. Edward C. Marshall. The article
is short and designed to trace the lineage of Miss Mabie as far back as
possible. The story (with some additions and comments) is about as follows:-
Seigneur Pierre Mabille de Nevi The birthplace and ancestral estates of the Mabilles was in the section of France called the Province of Anjou, with the leading city called Angers. This section is recognized now as the Department of Maine and Loine (Loire?). The village where Pierre was born was spelled Nevy (or Neby) and is recognized on present maps as Newvy. It is a place of about 2000 inhabitants situated a few miles southwest of the city of Angers. Records of France mention Mabilles, their chateaux and accomplishments in public office, as missionaries, writers, etc. The Armorial General de France, register #1, page 507a, mentions Seigneur Pierre Mabille de Nevi and a Seigneur Claude Mabille. Pierre probably spent some of his time in Angers. His grandfather, George Rapelye was a Colonel in Coligny's Army and it is probable that Pierre held a high rank in the same army. Admiral Gaspard de Coligny was the leader of the Protestant Party of France. At this time religious antagonism was tearing the country apart. Naturally the Admiral became the centre of attack by Catholic conspirators. On the morning of St. Bartholomew's Day, August 24, 1572, the Admiral was assassinated in Paris. During the spread of this uprising over the country, many thousands of the "Reformed" or Protestant people of France were massacred. Sixty thousand are supposed to have been slaughtered for which solemn thanksgiving was rendered to God in Catholic Churches. A medallion commemorating the event was struck off by command of the Pope. Much as the city of Angers and surrounding territory suffered, Seigneur Pierre Mabille seems to have escaped. These refugees fled toward England and Holland where they would be safe from religious persecution. Seigneur Pierre seems to have reached Holland as the story continues. (Please
refer to the next issue of the Maybee Newsletter for the rest of this article.)
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