Jacob J. Hinlopen

Jacob J. Hinlopen (1582 – 1629 in Amsterdam) lived in a house with Hinlopen in the gable, now at 155 Nieuwendijk. He traded in cloth and Indian wares. In 1602 he was co-founder of the Dutch East India Company in Enkhuizen: his descendants inherited very old stocks. In 1617 he became the first person of Flemish origin to obtain a seat on the City Council. Jacob J. Hinlopen, father Jacob J. Hinlopen became a friend of Joost van den Vondel, at that time also an Arminian. His wife was Sara de Wael (1591–1652), the daughter of a Haarlem burgomaster, beer brewer and investor in the new development, the Lastage. The couple inhabited Herengracht 130, a double-wide canal house. His brother Frans traded with Dutch Loango-Angola; his brother Tijmen, for whom the Hinlopen Strait on Svalbard was named, was the director of the Noordsche Company and traded with Moscovy. His brother-in-law, Johan de Wael, burgomaster of Haarlem, was imprisoned for some weeks in 1650 at Loevestein Castle with Jacob de Witt, before the raid on Amsterdam by stadholder William II of Orange. Jacob J. Hinlopen, son