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Adam Hock, a farmer from Aschaffenburg, and his wife settled in the Volga German colony of Leichtling. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 13.

Johann Peter Hock, a craftsman (Handwerker), his wife Anna Katharina, and son Christoph Ernst (age 4) are recorded on the 1767 census of Frank in Household No. 51.

Johann Peter Hoch, his wife Katharina, and sons (Christoph, age 35; Nikolaus, age 28) are recorded on the 1798 census of Frank in Household No. Fk137.

The deaths of father Peter Hoch in 1807 and son Christoph in 1799 are recorded on the 1811 census of Frank in Household No. 137.

The death of Nikolaus Hock in 1829 is recorded on the 1834 census of Frank in Household No. 294.

Kaspar Hill, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Elisabeth, age 20; Johann, age 14; Katharina, age 7; Anna, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the ship Der Junge Mattias under the command of Skipper David Wollert.

Kaspar Hill, his wife Katharina, and children (Johannes, age 15; Katharina, age 8; Anna maria, age 6) are recorded on the 1767 census of Dönhof in Household No. 74. They had settled there on 18 June 1767.

Kaspar Hill is recorded on the 1798 census of Dönhof in Household No. Dh053.

Nicolaus Hoffman, son of Caspar Hoffman & Magdalena Burkart, was born 13 February 1723 in Gersfeld. Elisabetha Richter, daughter of Hans Richter & Margaretha Klüber, was born 24 November 1723 in Gersfeld.

Nicolaus and Elisabetha married there on 9 February 1751. The births of 6 of their children are recorded in the parish registers of Gersfeld: (1) Dorothea, born 17 October 1752; (2) Johannes, born 1 May 1755; (3) Johannes [again], born 2 May 1757; (4) Margaretha, born 26 March 1759; (5) Anna Eva, born 10 July 1761; and (6) Eva, born 24 September 1764.

The parish register of Schwickartshausen records the baptisms of seven children to Johannes Hoffman & Julianna Schmolbach, each born in Eckartsborn: (1) Maria Catharina, born 17 July1748, baptized 21 July 1748; (2) Anna Catharina, born 4 October 1749, baptized 7 October 1749; (3) Magdalena, born 6 February 1753, baptized 9 February 1753, died in 1759; (4) Johann Heinrich, born 18 February 1756, baptized 21 February 1756; (5) Andreas, born 19 July 1759, baptized 22 July 1759; (6) Johann Conrad, born 19 July 1762, baptized 22 July 1762, died 16 October 1762; and (7) Gertraud, born 31 Augu

Johannes Rossmann and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766 aboard a ship under the comand of Skipper Reders.

Johannes Rohsmann [sic] and his wife Catharina are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Frank on 1 September 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 109.

The passenger list in Oranienbaum records that this family is from the German village of Gersfeld.

Christoph Heitzenröder, a farmer from the district of Isenburg, his wife Anna, and son Johann (age 2) 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.

They settled in the colony of Balzer on 18 June 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 75.

In 1790, Christoph Heizenröder and his family moved from Balzer to Kukkus.

Christoph Heitzenreder and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kukkus in Household No. Kk30.

Melchior Heinrich married Anna Margaretha Mohr, daughter of Johann Velten & Anna Christina Mohr, in the Baumholder Catholic Church on 8 January 1732. Anna Margaretha Mohr had been born on 31 March 1712 in Thranenweier and was baptized on 3 April 1712 in the Lutheran Church in Baumholder.

Andreas Heinrich, a farmer, and his family arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 August 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767.  They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 63.

Both the Oranienbaum passenger list and the 1767 census record that Andreas Heinrich came from the German district of Isenburg.

Christoph Thomas Hegele, a braid weaver (Bortenwirker), and his wife Sibilla arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Gabriel Wild.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Hölzel on 5 August 1767. Sibilla died there on 10 October 1767.  Christoph Thomas Hegele is recorded in Hölzel on the 1767 census in Household No. 57.