When Niels Peter Bodholdt was born on 16 November 1788, in Roskilde, Sankt Jørgensbjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark, his father, Jens Christian Sorensen Bodholdt, was 33 and his mother, Johanne Jensdatter Wessing, was 27. He had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Ane Margrethe Sigersted. He lived in Lyndby, Voldborg, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1834 and Kongens Lyngby, Sokkelund, Copenhagen, Denmark for about 5 years. He died on 25 March 1845, in Kongens Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of 56.