Peter is named in his father's WILL (copied with spelling errors left intact)
"Item I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved son Peter HOUSHAL one half of that plantation as I purchased of Daniel CARRIOLL that is to say the part whereon the buildings now stand with all the appertenances thereunto belonging unto him, his heirs and assigns for eternity. Son Peter paying never the less on the above estate to his Sister Marey the sum of fifty pounds proklemation money to be paid to her when she arives to the age of eighteen years. But if said my daughter should depart this life before she arives to the above age then I order her part to be equally divided between her surviving brothers and sisters. Likewise, its my will and order that my son Mathias pays forth unto the above estate granted to him unto his siter Marey the sum of one hundred pounds prock money to be paid her when she arives at the age of eighteen years."
The Early Germans of New Jersey : their history, churches, and genealogies. by Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen, 1849-1916.
Publication date 1895 Topics German Americans--New Jersey--History. Germans--New Jersey--History. Germans--New Jersey--Genealogy. New Jersey--Genealogy. Publisher Dover, N.J. : Dover Printing Company Collection rutgersuniversitylibraries; americana Contributor Rutgers University Libraries Language English