Pastor Johann [Heinrich] Fuchs and his wife Antonetta arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.
It is not known from where he received his theological training. He served the colony of Messer from 1767-1770 and also the colony of Norka from 1767-1769. From 1770-1772, he served the Lutheran church in Saratov.
He served in Riebensdorf from 1798-1801. He died near Moscow in 1802 while on a trip.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Pastor Fuchs came from the German region of Hessen.
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