When Peder Frederichsen was born on 23 September 1812, in Hørby, Holbæk, Denmark, his father, Frederich Pedersen, was 25 and his mother, Maren Andersen, was 24. He married Abelone Petria Nielsen on 15 October 1841. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Udby, Tuse, Holbæk, Denmark in 1840. He died on 23 May 1887, at the age of 74.