↑ "Records of the Society of Friends of the City of New York and Vicinity, from 1640 to 1800", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society) Vol. 4, p. 36.
The children of Nathaniel and Martha Persell, Hemsted ... Elizebeth Persel was born ye 28 d. 8 mo., 1688. [Note: In old-styles dates, the eighth month is October. More info may be found here.]