When Johan Petter Waxin was born in 1808, in Börje, Uppsala, Sweden, his father, Johan Johansson Waxen (Waxin), was 26 and his mother, unbekannt, was 23. He married Stina (Christina) Andersdotter (Andersson) on 28 December 1834, in Börje, Uppsala, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Uppsala, Sweden for about 1 years. He died on 5 January 1841, in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, at the age of 33.