Jacob van Foreest (1556-1624)

Jacob Foreest (Alkmaar, December 18 1556 - There, June 26 1624) was town council of Alkmaar and the Secretary of Committed Councils in Holland in the Northern Quarter.

Jacob was the son of Dirk van Foreest (1527-1596) and Catherine Adamsdr of Deim. On June 30 1585 he married in Egmond-Binnen Maria van Egmond van Nije Burch (1558-1632), daughter of Adriaen van Egmond Nijenburg and Adriana Pietersdr. They had a son Jan who would succeed his father as Governor of the Northern Quarter.