Cornelis Boom

Boom (died 1579) was a Dutch landowner and shipbuilder who was involved in various disputes over opening up the Lastage area to the east of Amsterdam.

In 1537 Boom was allowed to demolish the quay for a slipway and to build a bridge over his ditch, now the Rechtboomssloot.

He asked for permission to start a shipyard on site where as many as five hundred people could find work.

He and ten other Lastagians raised the matter with the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands (Geheime Raad) in Mechelen, which referred the dispute to the Hof van Holland.

Governess Margaret of Parma decided on 6 August 1565 that the Rechtboomssloot should be opened to the Lastagians during the day.

In 1607 he was involved in the reclamation of Beemster, together with Dirck van Os and Jacob Poppen.

[3] Abraham Boom (1575 – 26 June 1642) married in 1599, was a member of the vro Gereedschap in 1609 and captain of the Schutterij (militia) in 1616.

In 1638 he and Albert Burgh, Antonie Oetgens van Waveren and Pieter Hasselaer received Marie de' Medici.

Amsterdam in a nutshell (1544) colored woodcut. The IJ (bottom, with ships) is to the north of the city. The Lastage is to the east (lower left) with rows of buildings along the waterfront. Boom's Rechtboomssloot runs behind these buildings, with the transverse Kromboomssloot running from it to the southwest.