Peep was born in 1742. Peep's father was Jüri and his mother was Ellu. His paternal grandparents were Niklus and Ann; his maternal grandparents are Mihkel and <Unknown>. He had five brothers and two sisters, named Hans, Evert, Peeter, Juhan, Jaan, Tiiu and Mari. He had three half-brothers named Hindrik, Jaak and Jakob. He died at the age of 24 in 1766.