Johannes Pier II

Brief Life History of Johannes

When Johannes Pier II was born on 17 August 1688, in Bergen Township, Hudson, New Jersey, United States, his father, Teunis Jansen Pier, was 24 and his mother, Catharyna Thomasse Cadmus, was 25. He married Susanna Rutan about 1722, in New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 13 August 1762, in Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Johannes Pier II
1688–1762
Susanna Rutan
1689–
Marriage: about 1722
Daniel Pier
1723–1793
Harriet Johannes Pier
1732–1797
David Peer
1739–
Jacob Jansen Pier
1725–1815
Teunis Johannes Pier
1725–
Abraham Johannes Pier
1726–1755
Hendricka Pier
1728–
Cornelius Pier
1729–1807
Daniel Janse Peer
1729–1763
Johannes Pier
1730–1793
Samuel Pier
1731–1818
Jannetie Pier
1736–

Sources (6)

  • Jan Spier, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
  • Hannes Pier in entry for Jannetje Pier, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
  • Johannes Pier in entry for Cornelis Pier, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"

World Events (1)

1739

Historical Boundaries 1739: Morris, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Morris, New Jersey, United States

Name Meaning

German: habitational name from a place so named near Düren (Lower Rhine).

German: nickname from Middle Low German pīr(-ās) ‘earthworm’.

English: variant of Pear 1-3.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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