Guillaume Wittouck

Guillaume Wittouck (1749 - 1829) was a lawyer and High Magistrate born in the Austrian Netherlands. He was the Grandfather of industrialist Paul Wittouck and of Belgian navigator Guillaume Delcourt.

Biography
Guillaume Wittouck, born in Drogenbos on 30 October 1749 and died in Brussels on 12 June 1829, lawyer at the Brabant Council, became Counselor at the Supreme Court of Brabant in 1791. During the Brabant Revolution, he sided with the Vonckists, who were in favor of new ideas. When Belgium joined France, he became substitute for the commissioner of the Directory at the Civil Court of the Department of the Dyle, then under the consulate, in 1800, judge at the Brussels Court of Appeal, then from 1804 to 1814, under the Empire, counselor at the Court of Appeal of Brussels, then advisor to the Superior Court of Brussels. He married in Brussels (Church of Saint Nicolas) on 29 June 1778, Anne Marie Cools, born in Gooik on 25 January 1754, died in Brussels on 11 April 1824, daughter of Jean Cools and Adrienne Galmaert descendants of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels. Link to Seven Noble Houses of Brussels :

I. Guillaume (Willem) Pipenpoy, bailiff of Gaasbeek, bore the banner of Lord Gaasbeek and fought alongside John I, Duke of Brabant at the Battle of Worringen in 1288. He was alderman of Brussels in 1287, 1290, 1297, 1302 and 1306 and amman of Brussels in 1300.

II Wouter Pipenpoy, Alderman in 1301, 1314, 1316, 1318, 1322, 1326, amman of Brussels in 1318 and 1319.

'''III. Wouter Pipenpoy''', alderman in 1331, 1333, 1336, 1337, amman in 1341, 1349, married Catherine Boote

'''IV. Gysbrecht Pipenpoy''', treasurer in 1372, alderman in 1380, 1388, dean of the Guild of the drapery, married Marie Swaef.

V. Jan Pipenpoy, born around 1387, alderman in 1462, married Marguerite van de Voorde, daughter of Jean and Clémentine de Gaesbeek, natural daughter of Sweder d'Abcoude, lord of Gaasbeek.

'''VI. Willem (Jan) Pipenpoy''', alderman 1468, treasurer in 1483, married Catherine de Buttere dit Haecman

'''VII. Jean Pipenpoy''', alderman in 1504, bishop of Bossuyt, 1509, married Gertrude Bosch

'''VIII. Jean Pipenpoy''', married Cornélia van Overstraeten

'''IX. Jean Pipenpoy''', married Elisabeth Goosens.

X. Marie Pipenpoy, married Jean van Cutsem

'''XI. Zeger van Cutsem''', born in 1620 died April 3, 1681 at Sint Martens Lennik married on May 8, 1644 at Sint Martens Lennik, Barbara Walravens 1623-1699.

'''XII. Barbara van Cutsem''' born 19 September 1653 in Sint-Martens-Lennik married on 14 May 1680, in Sint Martens Lennik, Christiaan Galmaert, clerk of the Barony of Gooik, born December 27, 1654 in Gooik, died January 20, 1718 in Gooik, son of Martinus and Maria Eijlenbosch.

'''XIII. Michael Galmart''' baptized in Brussels on 18-08-1690, "tempore belli, in Ecclesia parochiali Sti Gaugerici, vulgo Ste Geerix and died on 11-03-1786 at 9 am, buried in Gooik on 13-03-1786, at the age of 95 years old married July 30, 1719 in Gooik Maria Theresia Walravens, baptized in Gooik on 03-01-1700 daughter of Joannes Jacobus Walravens and Maria Tienpont and died on 15-06-1750 in Gooik.

XIV Adrienne Christine Galmaert, baptised. October 26, 1724 in Gooik and died May 3, 1764 in Gooik, married in Brussels in the church of St. Catherine on 23-04-1750 Jean Baptiste Cools, baptized on 14-01-1718 in Gooik, son of Ludovicus and Anna Maria Walravens and died June 20, 1782 in Gooik.

'''XV. Anne Marie Cools, born in Gooik on January 25, 1754, died in Brussels on April 11, 1824, married in Brussels, church of Saint-Nicolas on June 29, 1778, Guillaume Wittouck''', lawyer at the Brabant Council, then (1791) advisor at the Supreme Court of Brabant He ended his career as a counselor at the Superior Court of Justice in Brussels, born in Drogenbos on October 30, 1749, died in Brussels on June 12, 1829.

Guillaume Wittouck acquired on 28th Floreal of the year VIII (18 May 1800) the castle of Petit-Bigard in Leeuw-Saint-Pierre with a field of one hundred hectares. Petit-Bigard will remain the home of the elder branch until its sale in 1941.