Johann Caspar Rieß, a chicken carrier (Hühnerträger), married 8 August 1741 in Queckborn to Anna Maria Schneider, daughter of Conrad & Anna Catharina Schneider. Anna Maria Schneider had been born 30 November 1703 in Brüssel. Johann Caspar Reiß died in Queckborn on 1 February 1760 [age 45y 2m 1d] and was buried 2 February 1760. Anna Maria Rieß née Schneider was buried in Queckborn on 2 September 1798 [age at death: 92y 9m 2d].
Entries concerning four children born to Johann Caspar Rieß & Anna Maria Schneider have been located in the parish register of Queckborn: (1) Johannes, baptized 24 June 1742; (2) Sophia, born 1 May 1745, baptized 6 May 1745, died 16 November 1821 [in Queckborn]; (3) Johann, died 8 August 1756 [age: 5y 8m 8d], buried 10 August 1756; and (4) Johann Ludwig, born 3 August 1754, baptized 4 August 1754.
[The godfather of Johannes Rieß was Johann Sprankel who also left for Russia in 1766.]
[A note in the parish register of Queckborn records that on 17 July 1760, Catharina Schenk, the illegitimate daughter of Anna Wider, presented her illegitimate son and named the father as Johannes Rieß, son of Caspar Rieß. The child was baptized on 18 July 1760 and named Peter after his godfather Peter Muth.]
Johann[es] Ries, a farmer, his wife Maria, mother-in-law Anna [Reis], and brothers-in-law (Johannes [Reis], age 17; Konrad [Reis], age 12) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 2 August 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
Johannes Reiss [sic], his wife Anna Maria, sons [should be brothers-in-law] (Johannes, age 17½; Conrad, age 12), and mother-in-law Anna [surname not recorded] are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that mother-in-law Anna died in route.
Johannes Reis [sic] (age 26), a farmer, his wife Maria née Reis (age 20), and brothers-in-law (Johann Reis, age 18; Konrad Reis, age 15) are recorded on the 1767 census of Ernestinendorf in Household No. 14. [See Reis Family.]
There is a Maria Katharina Walker [née?] Reis (age 48) from Ernestinendorf, perhaps the widow of Johannes Reis, recorded on the 1798 census of Fischer in Household No. Fs07.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Reis [sic] came from the German region of Darmstadt. The 1767 census records that Johannes Reis came from the German village of Queckborn.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Ries family among the Volga German colonies.
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Entry from the Queckborn parish register recording the baptism of Johann Caspar Rieß on 24 June 1742.
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