Hoogerbeets

Arms of Hoogerbeets
Hoorn

Beets, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Arms of Hoogerbeets
Leeuwarden

The name Hoogerbeets, often also spelled Hogerbeets, was the name of a homestead (farm) that allegedly existed in the Dutch village Beets, some 500 meters East of the church. However, there's no evidence for its existence; a highway has been built over this spot. Anyway, the name Hoogerbeets was derived from Beets.

Dirck Heyndricxsz moved from Beets to Hoorn in the early 16th century, where his son Heyndrick Dircxsz was alternately alderman and mayor between 1515 and his death in 1543. Two of Heyndrick's grandsons, were the well known the Pensionary of Leyden Rombout Dircksz Hoogerbeets, and the Doctor and Latin Poet Pieter Pietersz Hoogerbeets, later also known as Petrus, who was very loved and respected in Hoorn.

In the late 16th and early 17th century descendants of this Hoorn family spread over the province, some to other places in the country, while only their patronymic, if at all, was written down. This makes it sometimes difficult to trace them. Towards the end of the 17th century the picture becomes much clearer.

Family Trees

1. Descendents of Heyndrik (Hoogerbeets)
Updated 13 March 2011

This tree originates in Beets, starting with Heyndrick (Hoogerbeets) and his son Dirck Heyndricxsz Hoogerbeets, who moved to Hoorn in the early 16th century. In the early 17th century descendants moved to Amsterdam and from there to Haarlem. In the 20th century descendants were found in Scotland, Canada and the USA. Much research for this tree was done by Janny van der Hulst.

2. Descendants of Tijs (Hoogerbeets)
Updated 13 March 2011

This tree starts in the second half of the 16th century with Tijs (Hoogerbeets). Via his son Jan Tijsz Hoogerbeets descendants went to The Beemster in the early 17th century and from there to Edam, Zaandam and Amsterdam in the 17th and 18th century. From Zaandam a branch developed in Amersfoort which then split to Leeuwarden and Tiel. From 20th century Amsterdam a branch developed in the USA. Much research for this tree was done by Frank Smit, Klaas Zijp, Mary Alers (Zaandam) and Willem Hoogerbeets (* 22 Feb 1892 Leeuwarden).

Note: Some father-son connections in the 17th century are based on presumptions. These connections are marked with ?> behind the son's name.

Unrelated Data

Marriages and families that do not (yet) have a connection with one of the above trees:

Jan Hoogerbe (son christened in 1629, Alkmaar)

Information

This website is an initiative of Frank Hoogerbeets (descendant of Heyndrik). In 2000 and 2001 he had collected much data from archives spread accross the country, but also from people (especially from Janny van der Hulst, Frank Smit and Willem Hoogerbeets) who in the past had done much research and who were so kind to share their data. The result is a wealth of information which, thanks to the free genealogy programme Personal Ancestral File, could be processed and put on the internet.

For information, please contact Frank Hoogerbeets: info@hoogerbeets.net.