Charles Hoppin estimated that she was about 16 years old at the time of her marriage and Mabel Spell followed suit. Since she is thought to have married in 1666, that would give her a birth year of about 1650. However, it is probably too late and 1645 is probably closer. This is based on the guardianship arrangements that were made in 1666 by her mother for her younger brothers. As a married woman, her husband would have been considered her guardian, not matter what her age. Since Leysebeth Jans is listed first when the names of the children of Jan Claesen and Leysebet Jans are given, it is also assumed that they are being named in birth order and that she was the eldest.

She received 400 guldens as her share in her father's estate and in addition was to receive "a serge coat together with an apron made and complete, and the coat with nonperly" (an ornate decoration or trimming.) The coat and apron were to be provided as soon as a ship came in from Holland, or at the latest within one year and a day from the date of the agreement (Flatbush town recs. Lib. D, Court Min:I:189). Her date of death is not recorded.

No record has yet been found which shows Leysebeth Jans using the Romeyn surname which was adopted by her brothers, Claes and Stoffel.

Immigration

Women were not required to take the 1687 Oath of Allegiance to the English monarch. Thus the year of Leysebet's immigration is based on the Oath and statement of her youngest brother, Stoffel, who said that he had lived in the province for 34 years in 1687. The assumption is made that the family came as a group in 1653.

1. ↑ 1687 Oath of Allegiance, in O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey), and New York. Secretary of State. The documentary history of the State of New-York. (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1849)
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