Johann Hock, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck via Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 27 May 1766 aboard a pinque named Слон (Slon - Elephant in Russian) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.
Adam Hock (age 27), a farmer, and his wife Anna Maria (age 26) are recorded on the 1767 census of Leichtling in Household No. 13. They had arrived in Leichtling on 14 May 1767.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Hock came from the German region of Mainz. The 1767 census records that Adam Hock came from the German village of Aschaffenburg.
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Brent Mai