When Margrethe Jacobsdatter was christened on 29 March 1782, in Pedersborg, Alsted, Sorø, Denmark, her father, Jacob Abrahamsen, was 36 and her mother, Karen Ibsdatter, was 29. She married Anders Pedersen on 7 January 1812, in Pedersborg, Sorø, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died on 26 April 1824, in Slaglille, Sorø, Denmark, at the age of 42, and was buried in Slaglille, Sorø, Denmark.