When Ole Andersen was born on 21 January 1705, in Skyum, Thisted, Denmark, his father, Anders Olafsen, was 40 and his mother, Cathrine Jensdaatter, was 38. He married Kirsten Knudsen on 6 December 1721, in Vestervig, Thisted, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died in March 1778, in Stagstrup, Thisted, Denmark, at the age of 73, and was buried in Stagstrup, Thisted, Denmark.