When Christopher Jergensen was born in 1732, in Asker, Akershus, Norway, his father, Jørgen Christophersen Hosle, was 29 and his mother, Mari or Maren Pedersdatter, was 28. He married Gunild Jensdatter on 12 August 1760, in Bærum, Akershus, Norway. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 13 daughters. He died on 27 December 1797, in Østre Bærum, Bærum, Akershus, Norway, at the age of 65, and was buried in Østre Bærum, Bærum, Akershus, Norway.