Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Mabbett, John J. September 8, 1838 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 February 7, 2009, 12:08 pm Author: Hardin & Willard Mabbett, John J., Herkimer, was born in Oneida county, September 8, 1838. He was educated in the schools of this vicinitv and Winfield Academy. After this he went to New York city and established a commission business on Forty-fourth street and Eighth avenue. After conducting this for nine years he moved to Mohawk, N. Y., and purchased the Mohawk House, which he conducted for twenty- three years. In 1884 he purchased the brick yards of Edward Hale, which he still conducts, giving employment to twenty men and several teams. Mr. Mabbett's ancestry located at Mabbettsville, Dutchess county, early in the seventeenth century, which locality received its name from his grandfather, who was chief justice of the Supreme Court of New York State. Mr. Mabbett's father was a prominent merchant of this county. J. J. Mabbett married Miss Elizabeth McChesney, by whom he has five children living, three boys and two girls. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, etc., and a staunch Republican in politics. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/mabbett900gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb