Sheeran mụrụ na Halifax, West Yorkshire na 17 February 1991. Mgbe ọ bụ nwatakịrị, ya na ezinụlọ ya si Hebden Bridge gaa Framlingham na Suffolk. O nwere nwanne nwoke nke okenye aha ya bụ Matthew onye na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ede egwú. Ndị nne na nna Sheeran, John na Imogen, si London. Ndị nne na nna nna ya bụ ndị Irish, na Sheeran ekwuola na nna ya sitere na ezinụlọ "nnukwu" Katọlik. John bụ onye na-ahụ maka ihe osise na onye nkuzi, na Imogen bụ onye mgbasa ozi ọdịbendị ghọrọ onye mmebe ọla. Ndị nne na nna ya gbara Sheeran Lock, ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka nka na-enweghị onwe ya, site na 1990 ruo 2010. Sheeran bụrụ abụ n'ụlọ ụka ụka ụka dị na mpaghara site na mgbe ọ dị afọ anọ, wee malite ide egwu mgbe ọ nọ na Rishworth School, wee malite ide egwu mgbe ọ nọ na Thomas Mills School na Framlingham. A nabatara ya na National Theatre nke Britain dị ka onye ntorobịa na London.
na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ede egwú.