Jaan was born in 1722. Jaan's father was Juhan and his mother was Ell. His paternal grandparents were Tints and Kärt; his maternal grandparents were Niklus and Ann. He had a brother and five sisters, named Toomas, Madli, Anu, Margret, Liis and Epp. He died at the age of 73 in 1795.