When Anders Persson was born on 14 October 1781, in Grönby, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Per Mårtensson, was 27 and his mother, Hanna Persdotter, was 24. He married Bengta Ostvadsdotter on 25 April 1810, in Svedala, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 16 July 1855, in his hometown, at the age of 73, and was buried in Grönby, Malmöhus, Sweden.