Karl Jakob Früauf is the son of Johann Friedrich Früauf, leader of the Moravian (Brüdergemeine) community of Neudietendorf im Herzogtum, near Erfurt, in Saxe-Gotha (today part of Thüringen). Karl Jakob was born there on 25 September 1768.

Ambrosius Froschäuser, son of Johann Georg Froschäuser, was from Schmidttor [location not verified]. He married 28 April 1746 in Gelnhausen, east northeast of Frankfurt, to Anna Margaretha Schaub. They have the following children, each born/baptized in Gelnhausen: (1) Katharina Juliana, born 8 January 1747; (2) Johann Paul Christoph, born 13 October 1749; (3) Philipp Jakob, born 5 February 1751; (4) Johannes, born 10 February 1754; and (5) Anna Maria Dorothea, born 3 October 1756.

In the parish records of Fränkisch-Crumbach, Johann Adam Fröhlich from Kirch-Beerfurth (3 kilometers south of Fränkisch-Crumbach) with his wife and children are included in a list of immigrants leaving for Russia.

Johann Adam Fritz was born on 4 July 1742 in Sulzfeld.

In 1762, Adam Fritz, a day laborer (Tagelöhner), immigrated first to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Flensburg on 12 June 1762. They swore allegiance to King Friedrich of Denmark on 19 July 1762.

The parish register of Sörup records on 15 March 1763 the baptism of Johann Georg Fritz, son of Philipp [sic] Adam & Anna Maria Fritz. His death is later recorded on 29 March 1763 (age 19 [sic] days).

Johann Adam Friedrich (some sources record Johannes Adam), son of Johann Adam & Anna Elisabeth Friedrich, was born 5 March 1722 in Georgenhausen. He was a professional soldier and married 3 January 1743 to Anna Elisabetha Breitwieser (b. ca. 1725). On 7 September 1747, he married in Georgenhausen to Anna Maria Witzler, daughter of Johann Jacob Witzler (b. 12 November 1676) and Anna Barbara Roth (b. 12 January 1684). Anna Maria was born 24 June 1723 in Rossdorf (bei Darmstadt), Hessen, and baptized there on 27 June 1723.

Wolff Friedrich Frantz, was born 17 January 1672. He married Elisabetha Magdalena Engert who had been born 22 October 1689.

Their son Johann Matthäus Frantz was born 21 September 1729 in Rossdorf bei Darmstadt and baptized there on 25 September 1729. He married in Rossdorf on 12 February 1756 to Anna Catharina Foss, daughter of Johann Melchior Foss, a day laborer on the Hartenau farm.

In Rossdorf, Johann Matthäus Frantz is recorded as

Johann Heinrich Franck, son of Adam Franck, was born about 1735 in Wirtheim, northeast of Gelnhausen. He married in Gelnhausen on 26 August 1756 to Anna Margaretha Stock, daughter of Martin Stock. They have the following children: (1) Johann Heinrich, born in Gelnhausen 26 July 1756; (2) Maria; and (3) Elisabeth, born about 1762.

They immigrated to Russia and arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Concordia under the command of Skipper Jakob Bauert.

Hans Philipp Frank, son of Rudolf Frank and Anna Katharina Müller, was born in Schriesheim on 5 November 1719. He was married in the Reformed Church in Schriesheim to Anna Margaretha Will on 20 April 1756. Anna Margaretha was born to Hans Heinrich Will & Anna Catharina Keppelmann on 13 September 1721 also in Schriesheim.

Hans Jacob Fritzler, son of Hans Jacob Fritzler & Maria Elisabetha Holder, was born 27 June 1688 in Kleingartach. He married on 12 November 1715 in Kleingartach to Anna Catharina Oppenländer, daughter of Johann Andreas Oppenländer & Anna Barbara Bainer. Anna Catharina Oppenländer had been born in Kleingartach on 3 November 1694.

Johann Eberhard Vorschauer, son of Johann Henrich Vorschauer & Anna Elisabeth Bamberger, was born 7 March 1735 in Aßlar and baptized there on 13 March 1735. He married in Friedberg on 17 May 1766 to Maria Sophia Flick, daughter of Johann Engelhard Flick & Catharina Elisabethe Hebel. Maria Sophia had been born 29 December 1741 also in Aßlar and baptized there on 5 January 1742.

Eberhard and his wife Sophia arrived in Oranienbaum 8 August 1766 from Lübeck aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Wiebe Heinrichson.