Peeter was born in 1790. Peeter's father was Tõnn and his mother was Liis Pott. His paternal grandfather is Evert and his paternal grandmother was Epp; his maternal grandparents are Märt and Anu. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Evert, Andres, Mari, Ann and Mai. He died at the age of 31 in 1821.