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Gottfried Hahn, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the hooker Anna Catharina under the Skipper Adolph Scharpenberg.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Keller on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 23.

The 1767 census records that Friedrich Hahn came from the German village of Heimerdingen in the region of Württemberg.

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

Friedrich Hahn, a farmer, and his wife Barbara arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the hooker Anna Catharina under the Skipper Adolph Scharpenberg.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Keller on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 18.

Following the destruction of Keller, Friedrich Hahn and his family were among those who founded the colony of Neu-Kolonie.

In 1788, Friedrich Hahn and his family moved from Neu-Kolonie to Preuss.

Martin Hahn, a farmer, and his family 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.

Martin Hahn, his wife Mar. Sibina, and children (Erdmann, age 21; Johanna, age 18; Andreas, age 13) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Boisroux on 7 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Households No. 75 & 76.

Johann Hagen and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 11 June 1766 aboard the ship named Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Jost on 5 July 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 2120.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Hagen was a stocking maker while the 1767 census records that Johann Friedrich Hagen was a weaver (Weber).

Johannes Haag, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Kutter on 8 July 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 43.

Johannes Haag and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kutter in Household No. Kt65.

The death of Johannes Haag in 1818 is recorded on the 1834 census of Kutter in Household No. 119.

Johann Heinrich Habicht was born 29 december 1735 in Schletzenhausen. He married Anna Maria Wolf who had been born 11 March 1736 in Keutzelbuch.

Johann Heinrich Habicht, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, and daughters (Anna Maria, age 2; Anna Katharina, age 1/6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard the pink Cargo under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov.

Heinrich Habicht, his wife Anna Maria Wolf, and daughter Anna Maria (age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Köhler in Household No. 85. They had settled there on 21 August 1767.

Christoph [sic] Haas, a farmer, his wife Anna Maria, sons ([a] Heinrich [age not recorded]; [b] Ernst, age 23; Konrad, age 16; [c] Johann Heinrich, age 11; [d] Johann Georg, age 8), and his sister-in-law Juliana (age 30) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the ship Der Junge Mathias under the command of Skipper David Wollert.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Dönhof on 18 June 1767

Philipp Haar, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Heidemann.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Stahl am Tarlyk on 5 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 44 along with newborn son Andreas.

The 1767 census records that Johann Philipp Haar came from Straßburg in the Alsace region.

Christoph Guth, a farmer, his wife Johannetta arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Kronstadt under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Gibbs.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Pfeifer on 15 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 48.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Christoph Guth came from the German village of Aufenau while the 1767 census records that he came from the German region of Freiburg.