When Morten Andersson Vik was born about 1640, in Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway, his father, Anders Mortenson Vik, was 45 and his mother, Åse Ivarsdatter Jørpeland, was 30. He married Guri Olsdatter Sørbø on 26 June 1670, in Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died in May 1706, in his hometown, at the age of 66, and was buried in Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway.