When Johanne Sorensdatter was born on 15 September 1726, in Albæk, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Soren Pedersen, was 42 and her mother, Anna Jensdatter, was 46. She married Mogens Hansen on 2 January 1752, in Albæk, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 31 January 1795, in her hometown, at the age of 68, and was buried in Albæk, Hjørring, Denmark.