BIOGRAPHY: Pieter occupied the house which had been his father's at Cedar Grove, but as it had fallen into decay, he tore it down and built a new one, his wife assisting in carrying the materials from the old to the new in a wheelbarrow. The product of their joint labors was a house of stone and wood, a story and a half high, with a one-story extension, with the ceiling beams standing out prominently, the workmanship rough, but so substantial that after a century the building seems good for another hundred years (as of 1897.) It stands near the crossing of the Caldwell railroad and the main road at Cedar Grove Centre station. Pieter died intestate, and administration of his estate was granted to his widow on 4 Sep 1820.
BIOGRAPHY: Batty was only about four feet tall.