Political Managers

Adriaen van Assendelft mayor

 

Leeuwenhoek's regent relatives who held office

as mayor, magistrate, and treasurer. They were all on the Council of Forty (Veertigraad).

The Hogenhouck relatives all shared a matriarch with Leeuwenhoek, his great-grandmother Neeltje Jan Hogenhouck.

   Relationship to Leeuwenhoek Council of Forty Mayor Magistrate Treasurer
Van den Berch on mother Margriete's father's side Veertigraad Burgemeester Schepen Thesaurier
Sebastiaan Cornelis great-grandfather 1579 - 1605   1584, 1603  
Jacob Sebastiaans grandfather 1608 - 1615   1610, 1611  
Maarten Sebastiaans * great-uncle 1625 - 1626      
Pieter Sebastiaans ** great-uncle        
           
Hoogenhouck on mother Margriete's father's side  Veertigraad  Burgemeester  Schepen  Thesaurier
Jan Jacobs great-great-grandfather, Neeltje's father 1560 - 1586 1573 1555, 1556, 1557, 1559, 1561, 1562, 1563, 1564 1574, 1575
Maerten Jans *** great-grandmother Neeltje's brother 1586 - 1613 1598 1581, 1582, 1583, 1596 1593, 1598
Adriaan Maertens Neeltje's nephew 1613 - 1618   1614, 1615, 1616, 1617  
Jacob Maertens Neeltje's nephew 1618 - 1638   1622, 1623, 1624 1629
Abraham Maertens Neeltje's nephew 1638 - 1641   1639  
Cornelis Maertens Neeltje's nephew 1641 - 1656   1645, 1646  
Pieter Abrahams Neeltje's nephew's son 1643 - 1679 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1677 1655, 1656, 1658 1665, 1674
Jacob Cornelis Neeltje's nephew's son 1656 - 1665   1659, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1664, 1665  
Maarten Pieters Neeltje's nephew's son 1687 - 1720 1700, 1701, 1706, 1707, 1710, 1711, 1714, 1715, 1718, 1719 **** 1689, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1695  
           
Verburch on mother Margriete's mother's side Veertigraad Burgemeester Schepen Thesaurier
Claes Hendrikz great-grandfather's nephew 1575 - 1609   1607, 1608  
           
van der Eyck on mother Margriete's mother's side Veertigraad Burgemeester Schepen Thesaurier
Gerrit Jans great-great-uncle on both branches of his mother's side of the family 1582 - 1620 1592, 1593, 1597, 1598, 1599, 1600, 1601, 1605, 1606, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617 1588 1611
           
Uyttenbrouck on second wife Cornelia's mother's side Veertigraad Burgemeester Schepen Thesaurier
Dirk Harperts Cornelia's great great great-grandfather ? - 1535   1529, 1530, 1532  
Jan Dircks Cornelia's great great-grandfather 1536 - 1559 1555, 1558 1544, 1553, 1554 1546, 1547
Dirck Jans Cornelia's great grandfather 1560 - 1596 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1587, 1588 1562, 1563, 1566  
           

* moved to Rotterdam after a year on Veertigraad, died 1638
** married Neeltje van Adrichem, whose father Jacob and brother Joost were 4 and 7 times mayors plus most other offices
*** married into the van der Dussen family
**** rotation 2 years on, followed by 1 year as adjunct ten dagvaart, then 2 years off

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