Petrus was born on March 15th, 1686 in Kessel. Petrus' father was Hermanus Naus and his mother was Agnes Roeffs. His paternal grandparents were Joachim Naus and Helena Loeyens. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Joachim, Michael, Anna, Anna and Mechtildis. He was the third youngest of the six children. He died at the age of 74 on August 27th, 1760.