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Melchior Lederer, a farmer, his wife Anna, children (Johann, age 15¼; Anna, age 10¼; Johannes, age 6), son Friedrich, and daughter-in-law Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 July 1766 aboard a Russian packet-boat named Svyataya Ekaterina (St. Catherine) under the command of Midshipman Alexander Trusov.

Friedrich Lederer [sic], a farmer, his wife Maria Magdalena, daughter Maria Christina (age 1), and brother Jakob (age 15) are recorded on the 1767 census of Dietel in Household No. 18. They had arrived in Dietel on 1 July 1767.

Johann Adam Kling and his wife Anna Katharina Hoffmeister immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) in 1760. Their son, Johann Adam, was born there on 11 November 1760 (another source records 29 January 1761 as his birth date).

In 1764, they joined the migration to Russia.

Adam Kling, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and son Johann (age 1¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 May 1766 aboard the Russian galliot named Katharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

Samuel Klinck, his [unnamed] wife, and 2 [unnamed] children immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Flensburg on 26 June 1762.

On 6 September 1763, they are recorded on the farmstead "Kleisten Hof" in the Danish colony of Königsbach.

The parish register of Hohn [Denmark] records on 4 July 1763 the baptism of Johann Jacob Klund [sic], son of Samuel & Anna Maria Klund [sic].

They requested permission to leave the Danish colonies on 1 May 1765 and joined the migration to Russia.

Johann[es] Kaiser, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children ([Jo]hannetta, age 9; Katharina, age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a barque named Fortitudo (Fortitude) under the command of Skipper John Scott.

Johannes Keiser [sic], his wife Anna Julianna, and daughter Eva Netta (age 9) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that father Johannes died en route.

It is not known in which colony this Kaiser family settled.

Johann Georg Wetlaufer, a farmer, his wife Anna Elisabeth, and [step-]son Johann Heinrich [Kaiser] (age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard a ship named Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Widower Georg Wetlaufer, a farmer, and his step-son Johann Heinrich Kaiser (age 7) are recorded on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No 158. They had arrived in Norka on 15 August 1767.

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

Johann Peter Kaÿser from Keffenroth & Catharina Weinberger from Kirchbracht were married on 28 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen. Catharina Weinberger is the daughter of the deceased Christoph Weinberger [see Weinberger family].

Peter Kaiser, a farmer, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a barque named Fortitudo (Fortitude) under the command of Skipper John Scott.

Heinrich Müller, from the district of Isenburg, and his wife Anna Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 22 September 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 214.

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

Johann Georg Müller, son of Johann Valentin Müller & Maria Johanetta Korber, was born on 4 November 1730 in Büdingen.

Julianna Winter, daughter of Johann Georg & Gertraut Winter, was born 25 February 1725 in Büdingen.

Johann Georg Müller and Julianna Winter married in Büdingen on 3 February 1757.  They had two children in Büdingen: (1) Catharina Elisabetha, baptized 22 January 1758; and (2) Johann Georg, baptized 31 May 1761.

Johannes Müller, son of Johann Gebhardt Müller, married in Burgbracht on 25 February 1740 to Anna Margaretha Schmidt, daughter of Lipps Schmidt.

The baptisms of their children are recorded in the parish register of Burgbracht: (1) Johann Ernst, baptized in November 1743; (2) Johann Georg, baptized 15 July 1746; (3) Anna Margaretha, baptized 17 November 1749; (4) Johann Georg, baptized 15 January 1752; (5) Johann Heinrich, baptized in April 1754; (6) Johannes, baptized 2 May 1756; and (7) Anna Elisabetha, baptized 12 November 1759.

Johann[es] Müller, a mason, his wife Anna Margaretha, and daughters (Anna Kunigunda, age 14; Anna Margaretha, age 5; Elisabeth, age 1) 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.

Johannes Müller, his wife Anna Margaretha, and children (Kunigunda, age 16; Margaretha, age 6; Elisabeth, age 3) are recorded on the 1767 census of Norka in Household No. 102. They had arrived in Norka on 15 August 1767.