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Müller (Moor)

Johann Nicolaus & Catharina Müller had two children who immigrated to Russia: (1) Martin, born in 1737 in Kressenbach; and (2) Catharina, born 5 January 1748 in Kressenbach.

(1) Martin Müller from Wiedermus married on 8 April 1766 in the Lutheran Church of Büdingen to Anna Catharina Knaus, daughter of Johann Hermann Knaus & Anna Margaretha Hoffmann. Anna Catharina had been baptized in Düdelsheim on 9 February 1738.

Mildenberger (Kautz)

Jacob Miltenberger married Anna Maria Schmitt on 8 July 1755 in the Catholic Church of Alsheim, a village between Mainz and Worms. They had one son, Johann Georg, who was baptized on 5 October 1756 in the Alsheim church.

Jakob Mildenberger, a farmer, his wife Anna, and son Johann (age 10½) 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.

Metzler (Straub)

Johannes Metzler, a son of Heinrich Metzler & Kunigunda Bötigler, was born on 14 July 1746, and baptized on 17 July 1746 in the Langstadt Evangelical Church, north of Gross-Umstadt in Hessen. Johannes married to Catharina Elisabetha (surname unknown).

Johann Metzler, a farmer, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Jungfer Friederika under the command of Skipper Hans Christian Korsholm.

Meier (Shcherbakovka-1)

Christoph Maier, son of Ulrich & Margaretha Maier, was born on 17 May 1732 in Eisingen, southeast of Karlsruhe.

He married on 29 April 1755 in nearby Berghausen to Elisabeth Margaretha Reichenbacher, daughter of Jacob & Catharina Reichenbacher. She had been born on 26 March 1732 in Reichenbach.

The baptisms of three children born to Christoph Maier & Elisabeth Margaretha Reichenbacher in Söllingen have been located: (1) Margaretha, born 26 April 1754; (2) Georg Michael, born 15 June 1758; and (3) Johann Christoph, born 29 December 1760.

Mai / Maÿ (Balzer)

The marriage of Christian Maÿ & Anna Elisabeth Krimp, daughter of Melchior Krimp, is recorded in the parish register of the Lutheran Church in Lindheim on 29 January 1766.

Christian Maÿ, a farmer, and his wife Elisabeth arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 June 1766 aboard the galliot named Die Fortuna under the command of Skipper Peter Stahl.

Christian Maÿ, a farmer, and his [new] wife Anna Maria are recorded on the 1767 census of Balzer in Household No. 71. They had arrived in Balzer on 18 June 1767.

Lotz (Katharinenstadt)

Justus Lotz married Anna Elisabetha Bramm on 25 September 1749 in the Evangelical Church of Alsfeld, about 47 kilometers west of Giessen.

They had four children whose baptisms are recorded in the parish register of Alsfeld: (1) Justus, born 19 December 1750, baptized 20 December 1750; (2) Georg Dieterich, born 23 March 1753, baptized 25 March 1753; (3) Johann Heinrich, born & baptized on 26 August 1755; and (4) Maria Elisabetha, born 12 October 1757, baptized on 13 October 1757.

Knaus (Moor)

Johann Hermann Knaus, son of the deceased Johann Heinrich Knaus of Düdelsheim, married in Hochst near Büdingen on 7 February 1737 to Anna Margaretha Hoffmann, daughter of the deceased Johann Heinrich Hoffmann & Catharina Schäffer. Anna Margaretha Hoffmann had been baptized in Hochst on 3 June 1712.

The baptisms of two children born to Johann Hermann Knaus & Anna Margaretha Hoffmann are recorded on the parish registers of Düdelsheim & Diebach: (1) Anna Catharina, baptized 9 February 1738 in Düdelsheim; and (2) Johann Adam, baptized 22 October 1747 in Diebach.

Gerlach (Balzer & Moor)

Johannes Gerlach, son of Johannes & Anna Elisabetha Gerlach, was born 13 November 1706 in Düdelsheim.

Johannes Gerlach married Anna Maria [surname unknown] on 12 March 1733.

Joh. Christophel Gerlach, son of Johannes & Anna Maria Gerlach, was baptized in Aulendiebach on 2 October 1735. He married there on 4 October 1763 to Anna Sybilla Diehl, daughter of Johannes & Wilhelmine Diehl. She was baptized on 7 March 1739 in nearby Wenigs.

They had a daughter, Wilhelmina, who was baptized in Aulendiebach on 26 November 1763.