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Johann Heinrich Mosebach, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and sons (Andreas, age 15; Johann Heinrich, age 12) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 July 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Стрельна (Strelna - a village near St. Petersburg) under the command of Midshipman Login Sornev.

Heinrich Mosebach, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and sons (Andreas, age 15; Johann Heinrich, age 13) are recorded on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 138. They had settled in Norka on 15 August 1767.

Johann Heinrich Moritz, son of Johannes Moritz from Stärklos & Anna Margaretha Rüders from Sandlofs, was baptized on 8 May 1708. He was confirmed at the parish church in Kruspis in 1722. 

Johann Heinrich Moritz married Anna Maria [surname unknown]. A daughter, Anna Eva Moritz, was born on 19 December 1739 in Stärklos [known as Sterckels at this time]. She was confirmed at the parish church in Kruspis in 1753. 

Ann Eva was married on 7 May 1766 in Büdingen to Johann Wilhelm Becker from Ronshausen.

Johann Konrad Spiecker & Anna Kunigunda Geil were married on 17 May 1766 in the Reformed Church in Lübeck.

Konrad Spiecker and his wife Anna Kunigunda arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 July 1766 aboard a Russian galliot named Стрельна (Strelna - a village near St. Petersburg) under the command of Midshipman Login Sornev.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 89.

Friedrich Lehl [sic], a single backer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat named Saratov under the command of Lieutenant Ivan Perepechin.

Friedrich Lehm, a farmer, and his wife, Anna Barbara, settled in the Volga German colony of Kautz on 20 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 7 along with their new-born daughter, Charlotte, and step-daughter, Anna Barbara.

In 1788, widow Barbara Lehm moved from Kautz to Dietel.

Heinrich Paul Michel, a farmer, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Neptunus (Neptune) under the command of Skipper Johann Graap.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Dietel where they are recorded on the 1798 census in Household No. Dt65.

In 1793, Johann Wendel Michel moved from Dietel to Bauer.

Wilhelm Michel, a carpenter, and his wife, Anna, arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat named Severnyi Orel (Northern Eagle) under the command of Lieutenant Pyotr Malenkov.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Dietel on 1 July 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 38.

In 1794, Wilhelm Michel and his family moved from Dietel to Bauer.

Widow Dorothea Fink and her son Johann Philipp Reichert arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Neptunus (Neptune) under the command of Skipper Johann Graap.

Dorothe. Fink and her son Johan [Reichert] are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Michael Heinrich Schillereff, a farmer, his wife Sibilla, and daughters (Maria, age 8; Anna, age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard a ship named Die Perle under the command of Skipper Gerhardt Hermann Thomsen.

Heinrich Schillereff, a craftsman (Handwerker), and his wife, Christina, settled in the Volga German colony of Kolb on 13 May 1767.  They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 19.