When Jakob Andersson was born on 10 September 1745, in Bassholmen, Dragsmark, Västra Götaland, Sweden, his father, Anders Andersson, was 47 and his mother, Magdalena Jakobsdotter, was 34. He lived in Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden in 1745. He died on 26 November 1747, in Bassholmen, Dragsmark, Västra Götaland, Sweden, at the age of 2.