Erfgoed Delft

With money that Jacob had left behind, Jan Casus bought a house behind the Old Church tower for the sisters to settle. Martijn Gijsbrechtszoon, the pastor of the Old Church, became their spiritual mentor. Although the sisters always lived in poverty, Martijn was now able to attract the interest of a wealthy widow for their community.  At first Alijd, the widow of Willem Buser, did not want to join the community, but she did make a house available for them. Together with her daughter Agatha (Aechten) she lived in a little house to the rear of the sisters' premises. Alijd visited the sisters daily. A year later and after being urged on by Martijn Gijsbrechtszoon she decided to enter the community after all.