Justus Lotz married Anna Elisabetha Bramm on 25 September 1749 in the Evangelical Church of Alsfeld, about 47 kilometers west of Giessen.

They had four children, each baptized in Alsfeld: (1) Justus, born 19 December 1750 and baptized 20 December 1750; (2) Georg Dieterich, born 23 March 1753 and baptized 25 March 1753; (3) Johann Heinrich, born and baptized on 26 August 1755; and (4) Maria Elisabetha, born 12 October 1757 and baptized on 13 October 1757.

Johann Hermann Knaus, son of the deceased Johann Heinrich Knaus of Düdelsheim, and Anna Margaretha Hoffmann, daughter of the deceased Johann Heinrich Hoffmann and Catharina Schäffer, were married in Hochst near Büdingen on 7 February 1737. Anna Margaretha had been baptized in Hochst on 3 June 1712.

Johann Adam Hallstein, son of Hanss Georg & Maria Elisabeth Hallstein, was born on 23 December 1724 and baptized in Höchst im Odenwald on 26 December 1724. He married there on 23 November 1751 to Eva Maria Neff, daughter of Christian Neff.

Johannes Gerlach, son of Johannes & Anna Elisabetha Gerlach, was born 13 November 1706 in Düdelsheim.

Johannes Gerlach married Anna Maria [surname unknown] on 12 March 1733.

Joh. Christophel Gerlach, son of Johannes & Anna Maria Gerlach, was baptized in Aulendiebach on 2 October 1735. He married there on 4 October 1763 to Anna Sybilla Diehl, daughter of Johannes & Wilhelmine Diehl. She was baptized on 7 March 1739 in nearby Wenigs.

They had a daughter, Wilhelmina, who was baptized in Aulendiebach on 26 November 1763.

Several Götz families from the German village of Eichelsdorf arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Reders. They all settled in the Volga German colony of Yagodnaya Polyana on 16 September 1767.

There are three Grün families from the German village of Wolf that immigrated to Russia.

(1) Andreas Grün, son of Johannes Grün (b.1699) and Anna Elisabeth Heylmann, was born in Wolf, Büdingen, Oberhessen (Germany) on 17 August 1732. He married there on 12 March 1761 to Maria Anna Appolonia Hart, daughter of Johannes Hart (1706 - 13 November 1747) and Anna Dorothea Trieber (1708 - 17 December 1747). Andreas and Appolonia had 2 children in Germany before leaving for Russia: Wilhelm Friedrich (b. 3 October 1762) and Christina (b. 28 July 1765).

Johann Nikolaus Fuchs, son of Johann Franz Fuchs & his first wife Elisabeth Katharina Eicher, was born 29 December 1728 in the German village of Merxheim. Johann Nikolaus married Anna Elisabeth (surname unknown), and they raised their family in Martinstein, across the river from Merxheim.

The births of 5 of their children are recorded in the parish register of Martinstein: (1) Anna Eva, born 9 May 1752; (2) Johann Nikolas, born 25 May 1756; (3) Johann Philipp, born 19 May 1759; (4) Maria Catharina, born 29 April 1762; and (5) Johann Wilhelm, born 3 September 1765.

Johann Eberhard Fuchs, a censor in Pferdsfeld, Germany, is the grandfather of Johann Georg Fuchs who was born in approximately 1733 in Merxheim, and died in 1802 in Hussenbach. His ancestors came from neighboring Pferdsfeld.

Johann Georg Fuchß, son of Franz Fuchß, married on 24 November 1761 in Offenbach-am-Glan to Friederica Magdalena Greßer, daughter of Valentin Greßer. Friedrica had been baptized on 11 April 1741 in Ilgensheim, Rheingrafen von Grumbach Territory.

Johann Jakob Eurich (records in Germany sometimes record the spelling as Euring) was a vintner (Weingärtner) from Kettenbach im Taunus. He married in Gelnhausen on 5 December 1740 to Anna Christina Hubert, daughter of Hans Georg Hubert. They have the following children, each born in Gelnhausen: (1) Susanna Maria, born 21 August 1746; (2) Susanna Elisabeth, born 24 April 1749; (3) Johann Heinrich, born 4 September 1750; (4) Katharina, born 20 January 1752; (5) Johann Adam, born 26 December 1754; and (6) Anna Margaretha, born 13 November 1757.

Ludwig Christoph Dietz, son of Johannes and Anna Magdalena Dietz, was baptized on 21 March 1710 in Eichelsdorf. He married Anna Elisabeth Götz, daughter of Hans Heinrich Götz, on 9 June 1747. The baptism of one son, Johann Christian, is recorded on 2 May 1749 in Eichelsdorf.

Ludwig, Anna Elisabeth, and Johann Christian arrived at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Reders.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Yagodnaya Polyana on 16 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 Census in Household No. 75.