Mockstadt

This surname is recorded in Russian documents with a variety of spellings including Mockstadt, Mokstadt, Morstein, Muckstadt, and Neustadt.

Conrad Michael Mockstadt, son of Conrad Michael Mockstadt & Anna Maria Döppenschmitt, was baptized 23 November 1745 in St. Martin's Catholic Church in Orb.

Michael Muckstadt, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pink.

Michel [sic] Muckstadt [sic] is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Michael Morstein [sic], a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 62) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

There are three Mockstadt families recorded in Luzern. They are presumed to be sons of Michael Mockstadt.

(1) Johannes Mockstadt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Luzern in Household No. Lz15.

(2) Nikolaus Mockstadt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Luzern in Household No. Lz20.

(3) Peter Mockstadt and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Luzern in Household No. Lz35.

Margaretha née [?] Beck is recorded on the 1798 census of Luzern in Household No. Lz35 as the mother of Peter Mockstadt. She is believed to be the widow of Jakob Beck who later married Michael Mochstadt. [See Beck family.] The Beck and Mochstadt families arrived in Oranienbaum together in 1766 and traveled together from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Michael Muckstadt [sic] came from the German region of Mainz. The 1767 census records that Michael Morstein [sic] came from the German villge of [Bad-]Orb. This family has not been located in the parish register of St. Martins Catholic Church in Bad-Orb.