Jan van Foreest (1540-1580)

Jan van Foreest (Alkmaar, October 17 1540 - Antwerp, May 25 1580) was the sheriff of Alkmaar,(Second) Secretary of Committed Councils in Holland in the Northern Quarter and delegate to the States General.

Jan Foreest is the son of Jorden van Foreest (1494-1559) and Margaret, daughter of Nanning Beyers. On April 28 1563 he married with Johanna Alkmaar Bollen (ca. 1540-1582). They have a daughter, [[Hillegonde van Foreest (1574-c.1645).