Career
Voogt. He was a merchant in oils and grains in Amsterdam with a warehouse called "In den Olycan", which became his name. He was also a brewer in Haarlem on the Spaarne river with a large brewery called the "Vogelstruys". Pieter Olycan was one of three brewers from Haarlem who sold his “Vogelstruys” beer from a "bierstekerij" on the Bierkade in Purmerend.
They became the parents of:
Jacob, who later followed in his father"s footsteps
Dorothea, who married Cornelis van Loo of brewery De Drie Leliën
IJsbrant, who studied law
Volckje, who married Johan Schatter
Nicolaes, who married Agatha Dicx of brewery Het Scheepje
Maria, who married the brewer Andries van Hoorn
Hester, who married Tyman Oosdorp
He was portrayed by Hendrik Gerritsz Pot in his group portrait of the Street Adrian Civic Guard in 1630.