When Åke Jönsson was born about 1725, in Västergötland, Sweden, his father, Jöns Nilsson, was 28 and his mother, Boel Åkesdotter, was 23. He married Sissa Martensdotter on 12 June 1757. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 September 1797, in Äspinge, Malmöhus, Sweden, at the age of 72.