When Mads Christian Pedersen was born in 1792, his father, Peder Pedersen Graarup, was 37 and his mother, Kirsten Madsen, was 30. He married Johanne Pedersdatter on 24 October 1817, in Mosbjerg, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Mosbjerg, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark for about 15 years. He died on 21 May 1868, at the age of 76.