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Johann Nicolaus Müller, son of Johannes & Anna Maria Müller, was born in November 1737 in Wiedermus. Anna Dorothea, daughter of Friedrich & Anna Margaretha Weÿgandt, was born on 4 March 1737 in Wiedermus. Johann Nicolaus Müller and Anna Dorothea Weÿgandt were married on 6 March 1760. The baptisms of three children, each born in Wiedermus, are recorded in the Eckartshausen parish records: (1) Anna Christina, born 29 February 1761; (2) Anna Catharina, born 1 August 1763; and (3) Johann Heinrich, born 20 March 1766.

Konrad Müller, a single farmer, 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.

He settled in the Volga German colony of Norka on 15 August 1767 and is recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 1 along with his new wife Elisabeth. He is serving as the mayor (Vorsteher) of Norka at the time.

Johann Nicolaus Hock, son of Johannes Hock, was born 28 October 1732 in Rendel.

He married on 6 December 1754 in Herrnhaag to Anna Katharina Euler.

The births of the following children born to Johann Nicolaus & Anna Katharina Euler are recorded in the parish register of Herrnhaag: (1) Anna Sibina, born 4 December 1754; (2) Andreas, born 27 September 1761; and (3) Johann Georg, born 24 April 1764.

Johann Hock, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck via Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 27 May 1766 aboard a pinque named Слон (Slon - Elephant in Russian) under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.

Adam Hock (age 27), a farmer, and his wife Anna Maria (age 26) are recorded on the 1767 census of Leichtling in Household No. 13. They had arrived in Leichtling on 14 May 1767.

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 11 June 1766 aboard a galliot named Der Junge Mattias (The Young Mattias) under the command of Skipper David Wohlert.

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.

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, a linenweaver (Leineweber), and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 20 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.

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

Johannes Rossmann, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and son Heinrich (age ¼) are recorded on the 1767 census of Frank in Household No. 109. They had arrived in Frank on 1 September 1767.

Christoph Heitzenröder, a farmer, his wife Anna, and son Johann (age 2¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard an English frigate named 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.