Christopher
(Christian)
"originally Christiaen"
Peterson
UE
aka Pietersen
Born in Bergen County, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Brother of
Abraham Peterson UEL [half], Annatje (Peterson) Anderson, Paul Peterson, Nicholas Peterson III UE, Katharine (Peterson) Woodcock and Maritje (Peterson) McMasters
Husband of
Sarah (McNutt) Peterson
— married
[date unknown] in Fredericksburgh , Ontario, Canada
Husband of
Maria (Ouke) Peterson
— married
3 Nov 1782 in New York City, New York
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah Peterson, Jacob C. Peterson, Nicholas C. Peterson, Cornelia Peterson, Paul C. Peterson, Mary (Peterson) Windover, David Peterson, Margaret Peterson, James E. Peterson, Christopher Peterson, Sarah Peterson, Eva (Peterson) Clark, Helen Peterson and Elizabeth Peterson
Died
at about age 63
in Fredericksburgh, Lennox, Upper Canada
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Biography
Christiaen Pietersen--later Christopher Peterson--was born 22 December 1764 in northern Bergen County, New Jersey, and baptized there 17 March 1765 in the Schraalenberg Reformed Dutch Church.
With parents and siblings he moved to British-held New York City in 1778. He became an Associated Loyalist and fought under Captain Ruttan and Major Ward, raiding across the Hudson in Bergen County for food and wood. He took part in the Battle of the Blockhouse in 1780.
In New York in 1782 he married Maria Ouke (her name has also been interpreted as Oakes and Duke). In 1783 they were evacuated to Lower Canada and spent a cold winter in a tent.
In the spring of 1784 he was granted land in Marysburgh, Upper Canada ("opposite Adolphustown" but settled in Adolphustown near the Bay of Quinte, and soon after in adjacent Fredericksburgh, Concession 2 Lot 5. He and Maria had at least three children, 1784-1791.*
He married second Sarah McNutt and they had at least ten children, 1798-1813. In the 1808 assessment they had a round-log house on 40 cultivated and 60 uncultivated acres, 3 horses, 3 milk cows, assessed at 94 pounds.
Christopher died in 1827, age 63.
Footnote
There may have been a fourth child, Christopher. See discussion in Maria's profile.
Sources
http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=p&line=205
https://archive.org/stream/hcbmcnut#page/n1/mode/2up
1808 Assessment of Fredericksburgh Township
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canqbogs/
Christian Peterson was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christian by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christian by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Colleen McNamara
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup K, FTDNA kit #387489
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~1.56%
Alton Rogers :
23andMe, GEDmatch M214475 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Nancy (Neuhauser) Robbins :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Linda Murphy :
23andMe
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~1.56%
TM Storms :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZB4190725 [compare], yourDNAportal TIN2fd45626
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZF5569377 [compare], Ancestry member leorarufus
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~1.56%
Arlis Ross :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member arlis846
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Holly (Pender) Pender-Love :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Jennie (Kerr) Kenny :
23andMe, GEDmatch WP9703892 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Rita Gang :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ritasweetsg
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~0.78%
~6.25%
William Wyton :
MyHeritage DNA
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Peterson-6541 and Peterson-2103 appear to represent the same person because: I added christopher by accident, didn't see that he already had a profile. Sorry
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