Pam & all > I'm puzzled by the fact that in some records Stijntje is recorded as > "Stijntje Jans" and in others, "Stijntje Hendricks." That has puzzled me also. I wonder if perhaps Stijntje has been called by her father's first name and possibly also by her father's surname. If Stijntje was the daughter of a "Jan Hendricksz" then this might explain the confusion. I can recall at least one other instance in which a woman's surname has been variously listed by her patronymic name and by her faher's patronymic name: Susannah, daughter of Gillis Jans, wife of Nicolaes Varlet, has been known as "Susannah Jans" and "Susannah Gilles." In their marriage intentions, she's "Susannah Jans" "6 Sep 1647 Nicolaes Verlet, Utrecht, 25 yr, asst by his father Casper Verlet, res. Brughstraet; & Susanna Jans, Amsterdam, 20 yr, no par., asst guardian Gerrit Klerq, aunt Jannetie Claes, lv the Ness" [translation ...I probably made the abbreviations so it would fit into a space in my database]. After Susannah died, in record of Nicolaes Varlet's second marriage in October 1656, he is called widower of "Susannah Jillis": "14 dicto. Nicolaes Verlet, Wedr Van Susanna Jillis, en Anna Stuyvesants, Wede Van Samuel Bayarts." [from Brassarts online transcription] In the Amsterdam doopregister index, even male's names occasionally come up with a confusing surname wherein their father's first and last names are both recorded as a sort of dual surname, I guess you would call it. Fortunately in that index, they usually have a comma in the appropriate place. This might not help solve the problem of who Stijntje, wife of Frerick Lubbertsz was, but at least might help explain the confusion of surnames found at various times for her. Best wishes, Liz J