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... Capt. PETER PRAA, who has numerous blood descendants, was sufficiently identified with Newtown, to deserve notice. His father, Peter, was a highly respectable Huguenot exile from Dieppe, a seaport in France, who, with his family, came to this country in 1659, and d. at Cripplebush, Mar. 6, 1663. (See p. 130.) He left ch. Peter, and Anna, who m. Jan Jansen.
Peter was b. at Leyden, in 1655, while his parents sojourned at that city of refuge. He m. in 1684, Maria, dau. of Jacob Hay, and widow of Joost Molenner, at which time he was living in Newtown, but he spent the most of his subsequent life in Bushwick, had command of the militia, and was noted for his skill in horsemanship. He acquired a large property in various places, including Dominie's Hook, which he bought from the heirs of Annetie Jans, of Trinity Church notoriety. (See p. 29.) capt. Praa d. in 1740.
His ch. were
- Catherine, b. 1685 ;
- Maria, b. 1688, m. Wynant Van Zandt ;
- Elizabeth, b. 1691, m. Meserole ;
- Anna, b. 1694, m. Wm. Bennet and Daniel Bodet ; and
- Christiana, b. 1698, who m. David Provost. ...
