Kammala wannan jumlar: Caroline Lucretia Herschel an haife shi ne a garin Hanover a ranar 16 ga Maris, 1750. Ita ce 'ya ta takwas kuma' yar Issak Herschel ta huɗu, mai koyar da oboist, da matarsa, Anna Ilse Moritzen. Iyalin Herschel sun samo asali ne daga Pirna a Saxony kusa da Dresden. Issak ya zama mai kula da ƙungiyar mawaƙa a cikin Hanoverian Foot Guards, wanda ya fara shiga a 1731, kuma ya tafi tare da rundunarsa na tsawon lokaci. Ya yi rashin lafiya bayan da
Ya sha wahala daga rauni na tsarin mulki, ciwo mai tsanani, da asma har tsawon rayuwarsa. Babbar 'ya'yansu mata, Sophia, ta girmi shekaru goma sha shida, kuma ita kaɗai yarinya ce da ta tsira ban da Caroline. Ta yi aure sa'ad da Caroline take 'yar shekara biyar, ma'ana cewa ƙaramar yarinyar ce take da aikin yin yawancin aikin gida. Caroline da sauran yara sun sami ilimi na sama-sama, suna koyon karatu da rubutu da kaɗan. Mahaifinta ya yi ƙoƙarin ilimantar da ita a gida, amma ƙoƙarinsa ya fi nasara tare da yara maza.