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Another intersting note from "The Early Germans of New Jersey":
"In 1705 a number of German Reformed residing between Wolfenbuettel and Halberstadt, fled to Neuwied, a town of Rhenish Prussia,where they remained some time and then went to Holland, there embarked in 1707 for New York. Their frail ship was by reason of adverse winds carried into the Delaware Bay. Determined, however, to reach the place for which they were destined, to have a home among the Dutch, the took the overland route from Philadelphia to New York. On entering the fertile, charming valley in Nova Caesaria, New Jersey, which is drained by the meandering Musconetcong, the Passaic and their tributaries, and having reached a goodly land, they resolved to remain in what is now known as the German Valley of Morrison (Morris) county. From this point the Germans spread into Somerset, Bergen and Essex counties."
This may be a little early for Peter and his family, but I think the reference to Neuwied, where Peter was supposedly born, and the mention of Somerset County where he emigrated to is appropriate.
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