Person:Peter Houshall (1)

Watchers
  1. x-Rachel HauschildtAbt 1727 - 1807
  2. x-Katherine HowsellBet 1730 & 1735 - Abt 1796
  3. Catherine HoushalAbt 1732 - Aft 1774
  4. Mathias Houshal1733 - 1818
  5. Peter Houshal1736 - 1784
  6. Martin HouselAbt 1742 - Bef 1805
  7. Mary HoushalAbt 1747 -
  1. Jacob Housel1764 - 1825
  2. Katherine Housel1766 - 1868
Facts and Events
Name Peter Houshal
Gender Male
Birth? 1736 Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Christening[3] 9 Sep 1739 Readington, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Marriage to Mary (Maria) Hoppock
Death? Mar 1784 Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Burial? Rosemont Cemetery. Rosemont, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey
References
  1.   The WILL and Inventory of Jacob Houshall (1761).

    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."

  2.   Tunis HOPPOCK. WILL of Tunis HOPPOCK of Amwell, Hunterdon Co, NJ.

    Peter is mentioned by name along with his wife, in father-in-law's WILL.

  3. Somerset County Historical Quarterly. (Somerville, New Jersey: Somerset County Historical Society).

    Readington Church Baptisms since 1720

    - p218; 1739 Sep 9;
    Hanselt, Jacob and Catherina -- Pieter.
    Witnesses: Pieter Liffelaer and Antje Hanselt.

  4.   Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen. The early Germans of New Jersey : their history, churches and genealogies. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969)
    p.417.

    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