Rachel Jansen Pier

• General Notes
  • April 17, 1699, Rachel (widow of Arie) remarried "In the presence of Ariaan Roos, Geesje Pier, Maria Nucella (wife of Domine), and Mary Singer was Rachel Pier with her chemise over her clothes married to Allert Hendrickson Ploeg by me (Domine Nucella." The significance of her chemise is that she brought none of her first husband's debts to her second.
    
    She was called widow of Arie Franssen, born Amsterdam, Resident Kingston.
    
    She was a witness in 1712, a sponsor at bith of Neeltje, illegitimate daughter of Willamtje in 1716, and a sponsor in 1723.
    
    Her name appears in various forms; Rachel Jansen Pyer, Rachel Janse Pier, Ragel Jans, Rachel Jans, Rachel Jansen Pier and Rachel Pier.
    
    Bill Tufts information:
    Rachel Janse Pier, m2 17 Apr., 1699, "Albert Ploeg" (source not given; marriage date is correct. Arie's death date not verified).
    Marriage #143, Kingston, NY -17 April, 1699, Allbert Hendrickson Ploeg, j.m., b. & res. Kingstown (sic) and Rachel Pier, widow of Arie Franssen, born in Amsterdam, and res. here (Kingston). On margin of this entry is: "In the prescence of Ariaan Roos, Geije Pier, Maria Nucilla, and Mary Singer, was Rachel Pier, with her chemise over her clothes, married to Albut Hendrickse Ploeg by me (Dominie) Nucella".
    "This curious custom occasionally practiced in Great Britain and America, was based upon an erroneous belief that a widow, when married in this manner, relieved her new husband from all responsibility for debts contracted by the first husband".

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