Tõnn was born in 1763. Tõnn's father was Henno and his mother is Mai. His paternal grandparents were Mats and Ann; his maternal grandparents were Toomas and Tiiu. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Jaak, Mats, Jaan, Jüri, Epp and Mari. He died at the age of 61 in 1824.