Jan Baptist Colin

Jan Baptist was born on October 6th, 1706 in Diest.¹   Jan Baptist's father was Joannes Colin and his mother was Magdalena Paels.  His paternal grandparents were Jan Colin and Eva Wiriex. He had six brothers and two sisters, named Carolus, Jan Michael, Petrus, Guilielmus, Bartholomeus, Arnoldus, Maria Elisabeth and Anna Elisabeth.  He was the oldest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 39 in November 1745.  The funeral took place on November 26th, 1745 in Diest.²