When Ormur Jónsson was born about 1490, in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland, his father, LOGRETTUMADUR Jon Oddsson, was 40 and his mother, Thorbjorg Gudnadottir, was 30. He married Ljótunn Jónsdóttir about 1520, in Iceland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died after 1562, in Draflastaðir, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Northeastern Region, Iceland, at the age of 73.