In order to search for the missing child of Jan Teunissen and Maria
Jans, it was essential to have the names of all children and their spouses, including any stepchildren of Maria by her other marriages. We were looking for a man or woman with the patronymic of Jans(en), having children baptized and using as baptismal sponsors Maria Jans, her Pier
37Baptisms1639-1730,p.72 (note 30 above).
38Maniagesfrom 1639to 1801in theRefDmledDllkh Chllrth, New Yotk, Collections of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, vol. 9 (1940), p. 41 ("Willern Janszen Romen, Wedr. Van Jannetje Jans, en Maritje Jans, Wede. Van Jan Theuniszen, woonende op't Versche water [Jivmg at the Fresh Water]"), first banns 19 Mar., married 12 Apr. 1676. The Fresh Water pond, also known as the Ka!&k(Collect), was north of the city wall (Wall St.) near the present City Hall.
39Howard S.F. Randolph, "The Romrnen-Romrne-van Longstraat Family and the Roome Family,"