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Johann Nikolaus Rutz (age 52) from the region of Hessen-Darmstadt arrived in Flensburg, Denmark [Schleswig-Holstein], on 19 June 1762 along with his [2nd?] wife Sophia Eleonora (age 28) and children (Johann Wendell, age 14; Ludewig, age 4; Catharina, age 2).

The marriage of Johann Nicolai Rutz, believed to be the son of Johann Nikolaus Rutz (above), and Catharina Kohmer [Gomer] is recorded on the parish register of Grossenwiehe (Schleswig) on 14 November 1762. [See Gomer Family.]

Georg Rutz, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and son Johann (age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 17 July 1766 aboard a pink named Lev (Lion) under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.

Johann Georg Rutz, a farmer, his wife Anna Eva, and daughter Katharina Elisabeth (age 1½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Dönhof in Household No. 97. They had settled in Dönhof on 18 June 1767.

Widower Georg Rutz and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Dönhof in Household No. Dh102.

Johann Heinrich Anschütz, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Christian, age 16¼; Philipp, age 10¼; Konrad, age 8; Anna, age 4; Katharina, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Johann Heinr. Anschütz, his wife Anna Elisabeth, and children (Johann Christian, age 16; Philip, age 10¼; Conrad, age 8; Anna Elisabeth, age 5; Catrina Elisabeth, age 1) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Two Anfang families arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder. Their relationship to each other is not recorded. They settled in the Volga German colony of Wittmann.

(1) Johann Adam Anfang and his wife Maria are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Maria died en route.

Heinrich Schmidt, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard an English barque named George under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Heinrich Schmidt and his wife Anna are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Schmidt, a farmer, and his wife, Anna, settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 7 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 39.

Just Schmidt, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Johann, age 9; [Jo]Hanetta, age 7; Heinrich, age 1¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a galliot named Frau Catharina under the command of Skipper Johann Joachim Jenßen.

Johann Jost Schmidt, his wife Maria Christina, and children (Johann Peter, age 10; Katharina, age 7¾; Johann Heinrich, age 1½) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Schmidt, a weaver his wife Maria, and children (Peter, age 11; Ludwig, age 7; Johannes, age ¾) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Joh. Jost Schmied [sic], his wife Maria Elisabetha, and sons (Joh. Peter, age 11; Ludwig, age 7; Johannes, age 1) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Weigand Schmidt, a blacksmith (Schmied), and his wife, Eleonora, settled in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 83.

The 1767 census records that Weigand Schmidt is from the German village of Romrod in the district of Darmstadt.

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

Peter Schmidt, his wife Elisabeth, and daughter Elisabeth (age 2¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a ship named Der Friede (Peace) under the command of Skipper Hans Karck.

Peter Schmidt and his wife Elisabeth are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Peter Schmidt, a farmer, and his wife, Elisabeth, arrived in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767. They are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 34.

Johannes Schmidt and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 28 August 1766 aboard the ship Der Junge Heinrich under the command of Skipper Heinrich Niemann.

Johannes Schmidt, a farmer, and his wife, Anna, arrived in the Volga German colony of Nieder-Monjou on 3 August 1767. They are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 Nieder-Monjou census in Household No. 35.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Pfaffenwiesbach.