Lutz (Balzer)

Johannes Lutz married 15 March 1730 in Aulendiebach to Anna Elisabetha König, daughter of Henrich König. She had been baptized in Aulendiebach on 17 February 1704.

The baptism of Conrad Lutz, son of Johannes Lutz & Anna Elisabeth König, on 29 July 1733 is recorded in the parish register of Aulendiebach.

Conrad Lutz married in Aulendiebach on 23 May 1755 to Anna Catharina Hart, daughter of Johann Heinrich & Anna Maria Hart. She had been baptized in Wolf on 30 September 1731.

The baptisms of the children of Conrad Lutz & Anna Catharina Hart are recorded in the parish register of Wolf: (1) Johann Henrich, baptized 16 May 1756; Apollonia, baptized 25 November 1759; (3) Johann Jacob, baptized 5 August 1761; and (4) Andreas, baptized 17 February 1764.

Konrad Lutz, a farmer, his wife Katharina, son Jakob (age 5), and mother Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax along with single servant Johann [Ernst] Müller.

Konrad Lutz, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and sons (Jakob, age 5½; Andreas, age ½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Balzer in Household No. 68. They had settled in Balzer on 18 June 1767.

Konrad Lutz and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Balzer in Household No. Bz026.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Konrad Lutz came from the German region of Isenburg.