 Their sons Even, Hans and Leonhard Christian became involved in politics.Their son Michael Wide Holmboe was the father of politician Jens Holmboe and businessman Hans Conrad Holmboe, grandfather of painter Thorolf Holmboe and great-grandfather of Ragnhild Rød.Holmboe worked as a bailiff ("fogd") in Senja and Tromsøe between 1781 and 1800.