Sheeran an haife shi ne a Halifax, West Yorkshire a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu 1991. Lokacin da yake yaro, ya koma tare da iyalinsa daga Hebden Bridge zuwa Framlingham a Suffolk. Yana da wani ɗan'uwansa mai suna Matiyu wanda ke aiki a matsayin mawaki. Iyayen Sheeran, John da Imogen, sun fito ne daga London.
Shekara ta 1991