When Michel Henrichsen was born in 1704, in Nylars, Bornholm, Denmark, his father, Henrich Jorgensen, was 52 and his mother, Gjertrud Jensen, was 35. He married Karen Pedersdatter on 20 February 1730, in Åkirkeby, Bornholm, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1784, in Åker, Bornholm, Denmark, at the age of 80, and was buried in Åkirkeby, Åker, Bornholm, Denmark.