When Peter Quick Van Arsdale was born on 3 July 1799, in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States, his father, Gerrit Jacobus Van Arsdalen, was 20 and his mother, Peternellete Quick, was 17. He married Catherine Poulson on 21 December 1822, in Somerset, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Waushara, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. He died on 7 April 1864, in Saxeville, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Saxeville Union Cemetery, Saxeville, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States.