Schmidt (Unknown-10)*
Christoph Schmidt, a farmer, and his wife Barbara arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.
Christopher Schmidt, his [new] wife Elisabeth, and [step-]son Johann Friedrich [surname not recorded] (age 5½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Christoph Schmidt came from the German region of Mecklenburg.