When Peter Bringold was born on 5 April 1671, in Lenk im Simmental, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Peter Bringold, was 51 and his mother, Christina Schwarz, was 38. He married Margreth Buchs on 27 April 1702. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 25 March 1746, at the age of 74.