When Anna Matsdotter was born in 1724, in Tunsta, Dalarna, Sweden, her father, Matts Larsson, was 32 and her mother, Kerstin Andersdotter, was 35. She married Eric Ersson on 13 November 1743. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 8 June 1783, at the age of 59.