Jens married Margrethe Jensdatter Roikjær, daughter of Jens Lauridsen Roikjær and Maren Jensdatter Skyum, in 1735 in Skjoldborg. (Margrethe Jensdatter Roikjær was born about 1710 in Skjoldborg, died on 26 Mar 1776 in Skjoldborg and was buried in 1776 in Skjoldborg.)
