Conrad Preisendorf, the son of Johann Heinrich Preisendorf of Leisenwald, married in nearby Spielberg on 24 December 1747 to Eva Elisabeth Werth, the daughter of Johann Heinrich Werth. She had been baptized on 7 April 1745 in Spielberg. They had one child, Anna Catharina Preisendorf, baptized on 10 February 1765 in Spielberg.
The family immigrated to Russia arriving at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766 on board the pink Cargo under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov.
Conrad Eichhorn and his first wife, Elisabeth, had four children baptized in Wächtersbach: (1) Catharina Margaretha, baptized 14 September 1740; (2) Dorothea Amalia, baptized 16 September 1742; (3) Henrietta Louisa, baptized 20 December 1744; and (4) Anna, baptized 4 June 1750.
Today, Fischborn is administratively part of the municipality of Birstein. The church in Fischborn is part of the Unterreichenbach parish.
Eloiß and Anna Barbara Michel had the following children, each born in the German village of Fischborn: (1) Johann Adam, born 27 June 1759 and (2) Eva, born 6 June 1763. Their baptisms are recorded in the parish records of Unterreichenbach. The family immigrated to Russia.
Johann [Eloiß] Michel, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Johann [Adam], age 10; and Anna, age 4] 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.
The marriage of Johann Nicolaus Schlotthauer, son of Johann Valentin Schlotthauer, and Susanna Gauss, daughter of Andreas Gauss is recorded in the parish register of Ilbeshausen on 30 July 1743. Their son Johannes was baptized there on 19 November 1745.
The marriage of Johannes Schlotthauer and Anna Maria Eckert is recorded on 9 April 1766 in the parish register of Spielberg.
There are two Eckert families that settled in the colony of Huck. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.
Church:
Schieferbergstraße 33
63584 Gründau
The church in Niedergründau is called the Bergkirche because it is located on a hill. The church in Niedergründau, consecrated to St. Peter, is first documented in 1217.
The Reformation came to this area before 1549 under the leadership of Pastor Nikolaus Müller. For a while the parish was following the Lutheran faith practice, but returned to the Reformed confession.
Sebastian Lauterbach and his wife Eva Susanna Fischer were married on 31 August 1747 in the German village of Niedergründau. The births of five children are recorded in Niedergründau: (1) Maria Elisabetha, born 16 January 1751; (2) Johannes, born 28 January 1754; (3) Catharina, born 2 October 1756; (4) Christina, born 25 October 1759; and (5) Gertraut, born 16 May 1765.
The Lauterbach couple with all five children arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum, Russia, aboard the pink under the command of Lieutenant Moses Davydov on 8 August 1766.