When Johann Heinrich Moor was born on 2 March 1749, in Vordemwald, Aargau, Switzerland, his father, Ulrich Moor, was 27 and his mother, Anna Künzli, was 24. He married Barbara Ruegger in 1771. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 7 December 1831, at the age of 82.