Juhan was born in 1760. Juhan's father is Märt and his mother is Anu. His paternal grandparents are <Unknown> and <Unknown>; his maternal grandfather is Jüri and his maternal grandmother was Mai. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Volmer, Hans, Andre, Rein, Ann, Liis and Tiiu. He died at the age of 48 in 1808.