Jabez Mapes1,2,3,4,5,6

M, b. circa 1664, d. 26 January 1732
FatherThomas Mapes b. b May 1628, d. 1687
MotherSarah Purrier b. c 1630, d. b 1698
     Jabez was born circa 1664 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Jabez married Mary Corwin, daughter of John Corwin I and Mary Glover, in 1685 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.7 1686, Jabez waslisted on the Southold Town Census. Enumerated in this household were Jabish Mapes [1200].8
Jabez's wife, Mary, died in 1690 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, leaving him a widower. Jabez married 2nd Elizabeth Roe circa 1691. 1698, Jabez and Elizabeth and his wife, [ROF:Southold Town] werelisted on the Southold Town Census. Enumerated in this household were Jabez Mapes, Eliza, Sarah, Eliza Junjr, Hannah, & Ealse.9,2 Jabez's wife, Elizabeth, died on 15 April 1717 in Mattituck in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, leaving him a widower.10 Jabez married 3rd Hannah (?) on 25 May 1717 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. [The marriage contract] Hannah was noted as a widow. He made his will 20 February 1729 at the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He mentioned his wife, Hannah; only son, Joseph Mapes; Daughters:      Sarah Beers. wife of John Beers, first daughter; Elizabeth Bayley, wife of Elias Bayley, second daughter; Mary Goldsmith, wife of Joseph Goldsmith; Abiah Mapes;      Bethiah Mape; grand children: Hannah & Ziba Osman.

Jabez departed this life on Saturday, 26 January 1732 in Mattituck in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
His will was probated on 14 March 1732.

Family 1

Mary Corwin b. 15 Dec 1659, d. 1690

Family 2

Elizabeth Roe d. 15 Apr 1717

Family 3

Hannah (?)

Citations

  1. [S76] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family of America, page 8 - JABEZ MAPES was born probably in 1664 and died in 1732. He first married Elizabeth Roe daughter of John. Roe of Brookhaven and later (the marriage contract is dated May 25, 1717) Hannah Case, widow. Their children wereaa; Sarah Mapes, b. about 1686; married John Beers; Elizabeth Mapes, b. about 1690; married Elias Bailey; Hannah Mapes, b. about 1693; d. before 1729; married Isaac Osman; Elce (Elsie) Mapes, b. before 1698 and d. before 1729; married Joseph Conkling; Jabez Mapes, b. after 1698; d. in 1716; Thomas Mapes, b. after 1698; d. in 1717; Joseph Mapes, b. Probably about 1705; d. 1783. On June 12, 1727 he married Kesiah Parshall, daughter of Capt. Israel Parshall, son of James Parshall and Elizabeth Gardiner, only daughter David Gardiner, second proprietor of Gardiner's Island; Mary Mapes married Joseph Goldsmith; Abiah Mapes unmarried in 1727; Bethia Mapes unmarried to 1727;.
  2. [S187] Indexed by Rosanne Conway Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York: Excerpted from the Documentary History of the State of New York, page 51 - Southold Town Census.
  3. [S428] Lester Dunbar Mapes, A Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line, page 9 - (4) JAPEZ2 Mapes, third son of Thomas1 Mapes and Sarah. Purrier, was born about 1664 and died Jan. 26, 1732/33, when 68 years old (REF. 12 and 13). He married three times and had at least three sons and several daughters, but two of the sons, Jabez3, Jr., and Thomas, died in 1716 and 1716//17 respectively (.REF. 12), leaving Joseph3, whom his father terms 'my only son" in his will.
    The first wife of Jabez2 was Mary Corwin, a daughter of John Corwin, Senior, of Southold. She was the mother of Jabez' oldest daughter Sarah. His second wife was Elizabeth Roe, daughter of John Roe of Brookhaven, whose will of Aug. 22, 1712,'probated July 27, 1714 (REF. 4, VOL. II, Page 25) names her "Elizabeth Mapes". She died Apr. 15, 1717.(REF. 12) and he married widow Hannah Case, apparently in May 1717 (REF. 11), following a marriage agreement with her dated May 25, 1717, which agreement Jabez mentioned in his will. The will was dated Feb. 20, 1729 at Southold and probated Mar. 14, 1732, and the following members of his family are mentioned therein: Wife - Hannah; Only son - Joseph3 Mapes; Daughters:      Sarah3 Beers. wife of John Beers, first daughter; Elizabeth Bayley, wife of Elias Bayley, second daughter; Mary Goldsmith, wife of Joseph Goldsmith; Abiah Mapes;      Bethiah Mapes; grand children: Hannah & Ziba Osman.
  4. [S342] Wayland Jefferson, Southold Town, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, page 33 - Jabez Mapes-2 m. 1st Eliza -, 2nd Hannah, widow of Theophilus Case, had issue: Joseph-3, Sarah-3, Mary-3, Eliza-3, Abiah-3 and Bethia-3.
  5. [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., page 11 - Jabez Mapes Jr. died 1 Nov. 1716; Jabez Mapes son Thomas died 11 Jan. 1717;.
  6. [S182] Reverand Charles E. Craven, A History of Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y., page 75 - These were the people who were in Mattictuck in the beginning of the 17th century ... Jabez & Eliza Mapes, Sarah, Eliza Jr., Ealse.
  7. [S428] Lester Dunbar Mapes, A Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line, page 9 - John Corwin, Senior, made a will Nov. 26, 1700 which was proven Oct.14, 1702; in it he speaks of "my grandchild Sarah, daughter of Jabez Mapes" (REF. 14, P. 253).
  8. [S428] Lester Dunbar Mapes, A Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line, page 7 - (The first column shows number of males in the family, the second females; the other two slaves).
  9. [S428] Lester Dunbar Mapes, A Tentative Correction of the Mapes Family Line, pages 7-8.
  10. [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., Jabez Mapes wife Elesa died 15 April 1717.