Peter Sonmans

1667 - 1734  (67 years)

• Name	Peter Sonmans
  Birth	1667	Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Education	14 Aug 1684	Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  	Matriculated in mathematics and law and the University of Leiden
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Proprietor (absent)
  Occupation	1689	London, England   [1]
  	Merchant
  Legal	15 Apr 1702  [2]
  	One of the East Jersey Proprietors who signed the Surrender of Government of East and West Jersey to the Crown
  	Witnessed by Gilbert Falconer and Daniel Wild
  Arrival	1705	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Property	14 Sep 1714	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	On list of debtors to John Bowne of Matawan, listed in the inventory of his estate
  Death	1734	Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	Elizabethtown
  Burial	1734	Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	Elizabethtown
  Person ID	I44832	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Arent Sonmans,   b. 1634, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. Aug 1683, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnieta van Rijsoort
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1667 - Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Education - Matriculated in mathematics and law and the University of Leiden - 14 Aug 1684 - Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Occupation - Merchant - 1689 - London, England Death - 1734 - Essex, New Jersey, USA Burial - 1734 - Essex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3534] Dobson, David, Scottish Quakers and Early America: 1650-1700, p26. [S3591] Whitehead, William A., Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, pp452-461. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p53.