Claim: Jan Hals had two children, Jan Jansz and Klaas, of whom one was still alive when Houbraken was writing, Houbraken heard this story from J. Wieland, an elderly art collector who had known the family.
Evidence: He had two children, Jan Jansz and Klaas, of whom one was still alive when Houbraken was writing. Houbraken claimed the son who was still alive (at the time he was writing, c.1704-1710) had emigrated to the East Indies where he lived with a mestizo whom he married for her money, in a house filled with paintings "in the Dutch manner". Houbraken heard this story from J. Wieland, an elderly art collector who had known the family.