When Hans Pedersen was born in July 1776, in Østrup, Lunde, Odense, Denmark, his father, Peder Jeppesen, was 26 and his mother, Dorthe Hansdatter, was 23. He married Ane Marie Erichsdatter on 24 October 1806, in Østrup, Lunde, Odense, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Skeby, Lunde, Odense, Denmark for about 11 years. He died on 5 October 1846, in Gerskov, Skeby, Lunde, Odense, Denmark, at the age of 70, and was buried in Skeby, Lunde, Odense, Denmark.