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Mary Shappee Paine (Cooley)

Also Known As: "Polly"
Birthdate:
Death: August 18, 1833 (79)
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Unknown
Immediate Family:

Wife of Ashkenaz Shappee and Lt. Col. Brinton Paine
Mother of Jesse Shappee; Kezia Shappee; Robert Shappee; Nathan Shappee; Abner Kelsey Shappee and 1 other

Managed by: Judy Shappee
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About Mary Shappee Paine

Mary's parents and birthplace are unknown. Her family may have come from Northern Ireland, since before the famine years most Irish immigrants were Scotch-Irish. Their religions were mainly Presbyterian and Methodist, which may be the reason that the earlier Shappees were Presbyterian.

Northern Ireland consists of six historic counties: County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry, and County Tyrone.

Several Cooley families moved from Orange County to Chemung County, and there were numerous Marys. Our Mary may have been related to this family:

"Hannah Cooley of Elmira, 30 July 1822. I am executor of my late husband Jonathan Cooley. Executor to sell land in Newburg NY. Nephews, Jonathan C. Carpenter, son of Jesse; Robert Carpenter, son of Joseph of Elmira; James Sayre. Nieces, Eloise Carpenter, Zerviah Maxwell, Hannah Edwards. Sisters, Sarah Carpenter, Elizabeth Sayre, Azubah Baldwin. Executors, Joseph and Jesse Carpenter of Elmira. Witnesses, William Maxwell, Azuba Seely. Probated 10 Feb 1823."

From "Wills filed in Tioga County, New York by persons who resided in that portion of Tioga County that became present Chemung County, New York."

http://www.joycetice.com/document/tiogany.htm

The entire will is transcribed here: http://www.joycetice.com/document/1815carp.htm#1823seel

This Jonathan Cooley may have been Hannah's husband: Find A Grave Memorial # 64600150. He was buried in Newburgh and died in 1816.

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Mary Shappee Paine's Timeline

1753
October 16, 1753
1780
September 15, 1780
Deerpark Township, Orange County, New York

The Shappees probably lived in Deerpark Township, north of Port Jervis. This area was in the Minisink Patent.

The Reeser Family Tree on Ancestry.com states that Jesse was born in Bath, New York, but does not give a source.

1782
November 15, 1782
Deerpark Township, Orange County, New York

The Shappees probably lived in Deerpark Township, north of Port Jervis. This area was in the Minisink Patent.

1785
December 19, 1785
Deerpark Township, Orange County, New York

The Shappees probably lived in Deerpark Township, north of Port Jervis. This area was in the Minisink Patent.

1787
March 12, 1787
Orange County, NY, United States

The Shappees probably lived in Deerpark Township, north of Port Jervis. This area was in the Minisink Patent.

1789
October 16, 1789
Age 2
NY, United States
October 16, 1789
Age 2
Orange County, New York, United States

The place of Nathan's burial is unknown. The family was probably living in Deerpark Township, north of Port Jervis. Nathan may have been buried in the Gumaer Cemetery. This cemetery belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church, where the other Shappee children were baptized in 1786.

Information about the Gumaer Cemetery:

http://minisink.org/cemeter.html

It is also possible that Nathan was buried in the Mahackamack Churchyard, owned by the Deerpark Reformed Church of Port Jervis, New York.