 Daughter of mayor Jacob de Witte and Jacomina Weijtsen.Since 1617 the spouse of Johan Oem van Wijngaarden, president of the legal court, she was accused of having accepted bribes in exchange for manipulating court cases through the office of her husband, for selling information and bribing officials of the court.She was put on trial in 1649, and was said to have been active in this role for thirty years.