Married Patience, dau of Elias Daws.
NOTE - Names of children and other information from his Dutch Bible, in possession of Mrs. Lydia H.S. Conover at time of writing "Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth", by Beekman, published in 1901. "Pieter made his will March 15, 1743. It was proved April 23, 1755, and in on record at Trenton, NJ, in Book F of Wills, page 259, etc. He names in this will his wife, Patience, his sons Peter, William and Elias, whom he also appoints executors, and his daughters, Hannah Antonides, Jane Williamson, Mary Schenck, Aeltje Williamson and Ann Longstreet. He was an active member of the Dutch church and served as elder in 1711-21. Burial place not known" "His son Elias, called 'Ensign Elias', who married Williamsee Wall, was the father of Col. John Couwenhoven, who was born March 8, 1734, married Eleanor Wyckoff and died April 21, 1803. He is interred in yard of Marlboro Brick church. He represented Monmouth county in the Provincial Congress of this state and was a member of Council of Safety during years 1775-76. ......" PAGE 20 QUAY 2