http://vpnd.nl/bronnen/nh/berkhout/berkhout_transcriptie_ref-dopen-1727-1738.pdf p28L 1735 den 9 Januarij Een kint gedoopt genaamt Jacobus waar vader van is Do Johannis Best en moeder Maria Schuijtemaker tot Berkhout
Jacobus' father was Johannis Best and his mother was Maria Schuijtemaker. He had a brother named Jacobus. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Abraham and Anna.