When Jens Michael Sorensen was born in May 1790, in Denmark, his father, Søren Michelsen, was 53 and his mother, Elen Kirstine Jensdatter, was 37. He married Kirsten Andersdatter on 2 December 1810, in Ibsker, Bornholm, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 24 March 1821, in Ibsker, Bornholm, Denmark, at the age of 30, and was buried in Ibsker, Bornholm, Denmark.