When Peter Schoenholtzer Sr was born on 1 April 1753, in Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johannes Schoenholtzer Jr, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman, was 40. He married Elizabeth Tucker on 3 February 1803, in Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1817, in Bloomery, Hampshire, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Hampshire, Virginia, United States.