When Neils Jørgensen was born on 27 May 1809, in Værslev, Holbæk, Denmark, his father, Jorgen Pedersen, was 46 and his mother, Karen Pedersdatter, was 41. He married Sidsil Pedersdatter on 7 February 1834, in Bregninge, Bregninge, Skippinge, Holbæk, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Gammelrand, Bregninge, Skippinge, Holbæk, Denmark in 1834 and Tømmerup, Tømmerup, Ars, Holbæk, Denmark in 1845. He died on 18 July 1859, in Tømmerup, Ars, Holbæk, Denmark, at the age of 50, and was buried in Tømmerup, Ars, Holbæk, Denmark.