972–973. Jan Peersen was baptized in Kingston, New York, on Sunday, September 2, 1683. His wife was Anna Catryne Post He is the son of Peer Jan and Annetje (Matthysse) Hendrickse. She is the daughter of Jan Janz and Jannetie (Francois) Postma. They had five children:
| i. | Jan Peersen was born in Kingston on March 2, 1706/7, and died in Ulster County, New York, on March 6, 1757. He married Alida Franke. | |
| ii. | Abraham Peersen [#486]: He was baptized in Kingston New York on September 11, 1709, and died in Ulster County in 1784. | |
| iii. | Jacobus Peersen was born in Kingston on January 1, 1710/1. He married first, Catharina Meindertse, on September 28, 1747, in Kingston. He married second, Margaret Barroway on January 7, 1764, in Saugerties, New York. | |
| iv. | Cornelis Peersen was born in Kingston on September 6, 1713, and died in Saugerties, New York, before 1743. He married Catharina Ousterhout on December 10, 1736, in Kingston. | |
| v. | Jannetjen Peersen was born in Kingston on January 15, 1715/16. She married Mindert Mindersten on December 5, 1757, in Kingston. |
Jan Peersen was baptism #322 in the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church recorded in
Hoes on page 19. He was sponsored by his mother's brother,
Jan Matthyssen, progenitor of the Ulster County Jansen family.
In the baptismal record, his parents' names are given as
"Jan Hendricz and Annetje Matysz".