486–487. Abraham Peersen was baptized in Kingston New York on Sunday, September 11, 1709, and died in Ulster County, New York, in 1784. Catrina Schoonmaker was baptized in Kingston, New York, on Sunday, September 11, 1709, and died in Ulster County about 1781. They were married in Kingston New York on Thursday, January 14, 1730/31. She took the name Catrina Peersen. He is the son of Jan and Anna Catryne (Post) Peersen. She is the daughter of Hendrick Hendricksen and Geertruy (De Witt) Schoonmaker. They had 12 children:
| i. |
Annaetje Peersen was baptized
in Kingston
on October 5, 1729, and died
on December 12, 1800.
She married Egbert Bogardus on November 16, 1752. He was the great grandson of Everardus and Anneke (Jans) Bogardus via Pieter (b. 1645), and Petrus (b. 1691). He was a Revolutionary War veteran and was born September 25, 1724, christened two days later in the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York; and died May 7, 1801. They were both buried in the Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, NY. | |
| ii. | Jannetjen Peersen: She was christened on May 20, 1733, in Kingston, New York; died in infancy. | |
| iii. | Geertruy Peersen: She was christened on January 19, 1734/5 in Katsbaan, Ulster County, New York. She married Evert De Witt. | |
| iv. | Catharina Peersen: She was christened on August 1, 1736, in Katsbaan, Ulster County, New York. | |
| v. | Deborah Peersen: She was christened on February 6, 1738, in Katsbaan, Ulster County, New York. She married Lucas De Witt. | |
| vi. | Jan Peersen: He was born on January 21, 1739, in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, and died on September 17, 1810. He married Betsy Schep. | |
| vii. | Henderikus Peersen: He was christened on February 22, 1741, in Katsbaan, New York; died in infancy. | |
| viii. | Jannetje Peersen [#243]: She was born in Kaatsbaan, Ulster County, New York, on March 13, 1741, and died on January 7, 1831. | |
| ix. | Jacobus Peersen: He was christened on August 1, 1736, in Katsbaan, Ulster County, New York, and died in infancy. | |
| x. | Jacobus Peersen: He was christened on December 26, 1747, in Katsbaan, Ulster County, New York. He married Eva Queen on April 3, 1770. | |
| xi. | Abraham Peersen: He was christened on September 26, 1749, in Katsbaan, Ulster County, New York. He married Leah Volk. | |
| xii. | Henricus Peersen: He was born on November 4, 1753, in Germantown, Columbia County, New York. He married Sara DuBois. |
One can imagine that since Abraham and Catrina were christened together that they were childhood friends, in effect, spending their entire lives together. They were married at the Kingston Dutch Reformed Church. In Hoes, page 559, it is recorded as marriage number 708: "Abraham Paarsen, j.m., and Catrina Schoonmaker, j.d., both born under the jurisdiction of Kingstown. Banns registered 27 Dec, 1730".