Jane Thickens

viii. Jane White; m. Apr. 26, 1611 at Leiden, Holland, Randalf Thickens. Prior to marriage, her legacies from her father and mother were used as a 1/4 share of the purchase of the Groenport home at Leiden of her brother-in-law Rev. John Robinson. Following her marriage husband Randalf took Jane's place as one of four named purchasers. In June 1621 Thickens, called a mirror maker in the Leiden record, gave brother-in-law Robinson a power of attorney to sell his 1/4 share of the Leiden property as he then intended to return to England.[1] Dexter and the Leiden Pilgrim Archives consistently call Randalf by the English name of Ralph (Ralph in Dutch is Roelof or Rolfe, Randall in Dutch is Randolph, and Ralph in Latin is Rodolphus.) In the Rare Book division of the British Library at London is an original copy of John Robinson's 1614 published Of Religious Communion, Private & Publique, with substantial hand-written marginal notes and underlined passages. Across the center of the title page in a clear and careful hand is written Randalf Thickins.[2] Obviously Randalf Thickens never was "Ralph" Thickens.