When Andreas Jönsson was born on 30 November 1758, in Gimmarp, Gällaryd, Jönköping, Sweden, his father, Jöns Isachsson, was 42 and his mother, Britha Håkansdotter, was 35. He married Ingrid Jonsdotter on 22 October 1803, in Gällaryd, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 20 November 1843, in his hometown, at the age of 84, and was buried in Gimmarp, Gällaryd, Jönköping, Sweden.