Loomis assumes her maiden name is either Pasfield or Jackson, based on the following reasoning: The 1580 will of Alice (----) Lamise gives a bequest (a black coat and a hat) "unto mother Pasfeild" and "apples to be geven to poore folke, witnesses to this latter pte mother Pasfeild and mother Jackson with others." She also gives a bequest (a kirtle, her best petticoat and her best hat) to "my sister christianx". Loomis assumes that the "sister christianx" refers to Kyrsten, widow of John Loomis, and that Alice and Kysten's mother was either the "mother Pasfeild" or the "mother Jackson" mentioned in the will. However, Alice had several grandchildren by the time she wrote her will, and it is unlikely that both her mother and her mother-in-law were still alive. Furthermore, neither of the "mothers" she mentions is "mother Lamise", although her mother-in-law could have remarried. Therefore, it is questionable whether Alice was referring to a literal mother (or mother-in-law) in either case. It was not uncommon to refer to an older woman as "mother", and nothing in the will suggests that either of the "mothers" mentioned was Alice's biological mother. Even if one of them were, she could have remarried. Therefore, the evidence that the maiden name of Alice (and by extension, Kyrsten) was Pasfield or Jackson is very slim. Note that Alice also gives bequests to John Pasfeilde and "Thomas Pasfeilde his wief", without mentioning the relationship of either to herself. This strengthens the speculation that she was a Pasfield, but since the relationship is not mentioned (when she described many other legatees by their relationship to her), this is still inconclusive.
