Sack (Schönchen)*

Martin Sack, son of Johannes Sack & Anna Sybilla Pfeiffer, was born 22 January 1726 in Momberg. He first married 13 June 1753 in Momberg to Anna Elisabeth Strack, daughter of Johann Georg & Anna Margaretha Strack. She had been born 15 January 1732 in Momberg.

The births of three children born to Martin Sack & Anna Sybilla Pfeiffer are recorded in the parish register of Momberg: (1) Johann Christoph, born 22 January 1754, died 28 July 1760; (2) Johann Andreas, 27 Novemer 1755, died 26 August 1759; and (3) Engelbert, born 26 December 1759, died 24 May 1762.

Anna Elisabeth Sack née Strack died 20 May 1763 in Momberg. Martin Sack remarried to Helena [surname not known] who died 12 May 1766 in Momberg. Martin remarried 20 July 1766 in Momberg to (third wife) Maria Elisabeth Decher, daughter of Anton Decher & Anna Katharina Mösch.

Martin Sack, a farmer, his wife Maria, and [step?]children (Anna [should be Katharina], age 6; Anna, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Gabriel Wild. They settled in the Volga German colony of Schönchen on 17 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 18.

Martin Sack and his daughter's family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schönchen in Household No. Sn27.

The 1767 census records that Martin Sack came from the German village of Momberg.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Sack family among the Volga German colonies.