When Harald Esbjörnsson was born about 1672, in Undenäs, Skaraborg, Sweden, his father, Esbjörn Stensson, was 27 and his mother, Karin Bengtsdotter, was 28. He married Britta Andersdotter on 4 November 1700. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 8 April 1744, in his hometown, at the age of 72.