Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Pelt a Copenhagen, ɗan Hans Peter Pelt (ya mutu 1715) da Dorothea Kellinghusen (ya mutu 1732). A shekara ta 1708, mahaifinsa, wanda asalinsa daga Netherlands ne, ya sami lasisi don kafa matatar sukari ta biyu ta Copenhagen. Gidajen gyaran sukari sun kasance mafi yawan masana'antun masana'antu a kasar a wancan lokacin. Pelt ya gaji kasuwancin matatar sukari. Da farko yana cikin Christianshavn amma ya koma Gammeltorv bayan da
Gobarar Copenhagen ta shekara ta 1728. Pelt ya kasance mai aiki a Kamfanin Asiya na Danish kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamishinan banki a Kurantbanken a 1759-74.