Johann Philipp Ringel, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Anna, age 18; Johann, age 16¼; Maria, age 14; Wilhelm, age 12; Just, age 2½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 2 August 1766 aboard an English frigate named Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
Joh. Philip Ringel, his wife Anna Elisabetha, and children (Anna Elisabeth, age 18; Johannes, age 16¾; Anna Maria, age 14½; Wilhelm, age 12½; Jost, age 2½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Johann Philipp Ringel, his wife Anna, and children (Johann, age 17; Anna Maria, age 15; Wilhelm, age 13; Johann Just, age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Philippsfeld in Household No. 12. They had settled in Philippsfeld on 3 August 1767.
In 1771, Philipp Ringel and his family moved from Philippsfeld to Nieder-Monjou.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Ringel came from the German region of Nassau. The 1767 census records that Johann Philipp Ringel came from the German village of Niederscheld.
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Brent Mai