Jüri was born in 1717. Jüri's father was Jüri and his mother was Eva. His paternal grandparents were Niklus and Mai; his maternal grandparents are Hans and <Unknown>. He had six brothers and two sisters, named Andres, Märt, Toomas, Evert, Hindrik, Villem, Epp and Mai. He died at the age of 36 in 1753.