When Nickolaus Zink was born on 29 June 1707, in Rezelsdorf, Weisendorf, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Christoph Zinck(ens), was 35 and his mother, Margaretha Barbara Schmidt, was 44. He married Margaretha Haag in 1731, in Rezelsdorf, Weisendorf, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 1 February 1781, at the age of 73.