Juhan was born in October 1746. Juhan's father was Jüri and his mother was Ello. His paternal grandparents were Niklus and Ann. He had five brothers and three sisters, named Evert, Peep, Peeter, Jaan, Hans, Tiiu, Margaret and Mari. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Hindrik, Jaak, Jakob and Ann. He died at the age of 81 in 1827.