Benzelius is the surname of a Swedish family of pastors and theologians, which originated in Bensbyn in the municipality of Luleå, from which the surname was formed in Latin. The founders of the Benzelius family were Henrik Jacobsson, farmer and juror, and his wife Margareta Jönsdotter. Henrik Jacobsson was from, according to contemporary records, in Kalix, and the wife from Luleå. 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 father Jacob Henriksson died early. His widow Barbro Eriksdotter later married a farmer from Nederkalix but her son Olof Persson was the product of her third marriage. Henrik Jacobsson's paternal grandfather of the same name was