Henrik Jacobsson was born on the island of Hindersön in the archipelago of Luleå, where he was until 1629 a farmer before he moved to Bensbyn, through either marriage or inheritance.
His widow Barbro Eriksdotter later married a farmer from Nederkalix but her son Olof Persson was the product of her third marriage.
Margareta Jönsdotter was probably the one that had the right of inheritance of the estate in Bensbyn, and she was in that case the daughter of the farmer Jöns Larsson, who was a member of the Birkarls, a Finnish group that controlled commerce and taxes.
Jakob Benzelius was, with his marriage with Katarina Edenberg, the father of Margareta Benzelstjerna, the ancestress of the noble family of von Engeström, and of the Secretary of State Mathias Benzelstierna ( 1713–1791 ).
Of the daughters of Erik Benzelius the elder, Margaret married professor Olaus Nezelius ( 1638–1710 ), the Bishop of Gothenburg, and Kristina became the ancestress of the noble family of Bergenskjöld.