When Erik Eriksson was born on 31 December 1705, in Älvdalen, Elfdalen, Kopparberg, Sweden, his father, Erik Larsson, was 28 and his mother, Marit Eriksdotter, was 28. He married Brigitta Andersson on 26 June 1726. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 2 January 1783, in Kumla, Örebro, Sweden, at the age of 77, and was buried in Älvdalen, Kopparberg, Sweden.