One of them, Gerrit de Hoogh (master painter), is Jacob's direct ancestor.
Other artists are:
- Cornelis de Hoogh, engraver
- Dirk de Hoogh, painter
- Pieter de Hoogh, painter
- Romein de Hooghe, painter, engraver
- Carel de Hooch, from Utrecht, less important in this presentation
Some other caracteristics of most of these persons are, that they all come from families, in which one finds both artists as well as judges, sollicitors and bailifs.
A third thing to mention is that several of these persons had something to do with the Cracow-court, with other courts or with Poland in general.
A forth remarkable item is the fact that some of these people, especially the artists, had a criminal record. One of them was hung for attempted murder of the Prince of Orange, for attempted uprising of several towns against the Prince of Orange and for thinking that he was a bastard of the Austrian/Spanish Emperor Charles V. Another was exiled from the town of Amsterdam, among other things, for having produced and distributed pornography.
Another De Hoogh was a murderer.
As not all lines of descendance are 100% certain, a brief description of all members of the De Hoogh family is represented below.
Cornelis de Hoogh
This man pretended to be a bastard son of emperor Charles V of Austria and Spain.
He tried to pursuade several dutch towns to choose for the spanish side and thus against the Prince of Orange, during the start of the dutch 80-years liberation war (1568-1648), against the spaniards.
He was also accused of an attempted murder of the Prince of Orange and therefor hung in 1573, despite efforts of the Prince to pardon him.
Cornelis was an engraver and had political books printed in a very dangerous era.
It is not certain whether Cornelis is an ascendant of the rest of the De Hoogh family.
The fact that he was an engraver, that he bears the name of Cornelis and lived in The Hague, makes it possible, but there is no proof whatsoever.
If so, he can not be the father of Cornelis and/or Eliseus. He must have been two generations ahead, thus a grandfather or a grandfather's brother etc.
Cornelis de Hooghe
Like his possible brother Eliseus (not certain !), Cornelis was a bailif in The Hague. He must have been born about 1595, but with an uncertainty of at least 10 years. It is certain that the painter Dirk Cornelisz de Hoogh was his son.
The "Biografisch woordenboek, Van der Aa", mentions a possible father-son relationship with Romein de Hooghe, and thus a relation with Pieter de Hoogh, as they were brothers.
If this were true, then Pieter, Romein and Dirk were brothers. But this presumption is very unlikely as most sources mention Hendrik Hendriksz de Hoogh as his father and not Cornelis.
Eliseus de Hoog
Eliseus wasn't an artist. Like his presumed brother Cornelis (not certain !), he was a bailif in The Hague. He was the father of Gerrit de Hoogh, a master painter. A remarkable fact is that both Cornelis and Eliseus were bailifs in the town of The Hague and both had decendants who were artists, while other descendants stayed in the legal profession, the two vocations sometimes united in one descendant. Eliseus was born around 1604, with an uncertainty of at least 5 years.
Pieter de Hoogh
Pieter was one of the most well-known dutch painters of the 17th century. Although some sources mention him as being born in the outskirts of Rotterdam in 1629, as a son of a butcher, other sources mention him as being born in Haarlem in 1630. He died in Haarlem in 1681.
Pieter was Romein de Hooghe's uncle. This nephew tried to poison him to obtain his inheritance. By this dreadful story, we know that Pieter was his nephew's father's brother (both son and father were called Romein). Both brothers Pieter and Romein, chistened their children Romein, a very unusual name, which also underlines a strong relationship between the two brothers.
Romein de Hooghe
The first born Romein de Hooghe (brother of Pieter), was a buttonmaker in Amsterdam, who also had lived in London. He died in 1664 in Amsterdam.
He married twice:
- with Lieviena Hallewijn in Amsterdam in 1653.
- with Susanna Gerards.
Romein's son Romein was the second child of the first marriage.
At the same time, another Romein de Hooghe lived in Amsterdam. He was a merchand from Thielt (West-Flanders), who lived in London in 1593 and in Amsterdam in 1624, where he died.
Dirk de Hoogh
Dirk was a painter in the town of The Hague. He was born there in 1613.
He married Anna Heckselaer, widow of Pieter Hermansz Wolphes in 1645 in the town of The Hague, although some papers concerning this marriage have been found by Jacob in the municipal archives of the town of Utrecht.
After Dirk killed some-one, he had to flee. He went to Köningsberg, where he was still mentioned in 1651.
Gerrit de Hoogh
Gerrit was a master painter. Married with Anna van Eyck. See more on this couple and/or their son Eliseus, by clicking on the link of Gerrit de Hoogh.
Anna was possibly related to Maria van Eick, whos father-in-law Rombout Uylenburg, was a painter at the Cracovy court.
Romein de Hooghe
Romein (son of Pieter) was a doctor in the legal sciences. In 1675 he married Susanna van Cracov (widow of Willem van Assendelft) in the town of Rotterdam. Some sources say it was his nephew Romein (son of Romein) who married her, but that seems to be wrong. Both Gerrit de Hoogh and this Doctor Romein de Hooghe has relations to Cracov, so this may be another indication that Gerrit and Romein were related in some way.
Romein de Hooghe
Romein (son of Romein) was a very colourful person, mostly known as an engraver with a vast production, but also as a painter. He was born in 1645 and died in Haarlem 1708. He married Maria Lansman (from Edam) in Amsterdam, in 1673.
He worked in Amsterdam (1663-1682), The Hague (in 1683), from 1686 in Leiden, where he founded an art-academy. Some say, he was nobled by the John III, king of Poland. He was a fierce follower of the Orange-party, which brought him a great number of ennemies.
He seemed to have been a very unsympathetic man, who even confessed that he had wanted to poison his uncle Pieter, in order to inherit his money. He made and distributed pornographic booklets, for which he was banned from the town of Amsterdam. He made people protect him by falsified testimonies, but nevertheless was a judge in the Haarlem court from 1667-1668. He was called a 'god-less person'.
Eliseus de Hoogh
Eliseus was a painter of coats of arms.