Conrad Schlegel, his wife Christina, and children (Louisa, age 24; Johann, age 16; Dorothea, age 8; Maria, age 6) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.
They settled in the Volga German colony of Messer on 18 June 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census along with 3 children (Johannes, Anna Dorothea, and Anna Elisabeth) in Household No. 53.
Three Schneider families came from the village of Herbstein, between Giessen and Fulda. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.
(1) Lorenz Schneider, son of Lorenz & Maria Margaretha Schneider, was baptized 30 January 1727 in Herbstein. He married on 23 May 1746 in Herbstein to Catharina Elisabetha Staubach. Their children, each born in Herbstein, were: (1) Johann Mattheaus, born 7 July 1747; (2) Johann Paul, born 27 August 1748; (3) Johann Heinrich, born 7 January 1757; and (4) Maria Ursula, born 23 December 1761.
Johann Conrad Schmunck, son of Johann Peter Schmunck & Anna Dörr, was born 15 June 1722 in Erlau. He married on 20 April 1751 in Fränkisch-Crumbach to Anna Elisabetha Margareth Lortz, daughter of Philipp Lortz & Anna Catharina Daum of Asbach. She had been born on 6 February 1726 in Asbach.
Johann Caspar Schnegelberger, son of Hans Nicolaus Schnegelberger (born 1693) & Anna Christina Wahl, was born in Angersbach 4 September 1714. His grandfather was Eccard Schnegelberger who had been born in Rixfeld in 1655.
Johann Caspar married in 1754 to Anna Maria Becker who had been born 22 January 1729 in Angersbach. That same year, son Johann[es] was born followed by Johann Conrad in 1757 and daughter Anna Catharina in 1763.
Johannes Reuss from Lorbach near Büdingen married in Vonhausen on 30 July 1761 to Anna Elisabeth Scheidt, the daughter of Johann Scheidt.
Johann Reuss, a farmer, his wife [Anna] Elisabeth, and their daughter Albertina (age 7) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 4 July 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax. They were travelling with Elisabeth's father, widower Johann Scheidt.
The births/baptisms of two sons of Johann Nicolaus Reuter & Susanna Elisabetha Engelmann are recorded in the parish register of Gemünden: (1) Johann Christoph Reuter, born 10 February 1740, baptized 11 February 1740; and (2) Christian, baptized 30 March 1742.
Dr. Hermann Wäschke records that Hans George Richter, a tenant (Mietsmann), with his wife, and two children (one son & one daughter), from Mosigkau in the district of [Anhalt]-Dessau, immigrated to Russia.
Georg Richter, a farmer, his wife Sophia, and children (Henrietta, age 15½; Gottlieb, age 3) are recorded on the 1767 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. 51. They had arrived in Orlovskaya on 7 June 1767.
Maria Richter, daughter of the deceased Gottlieb Richter, is recorded on the 1798 census of Orlovskaya in Household No. Or13.
Christoph Ries (born in 1731) and his wife Anna Guntin (born in 1733) lived in the village of Wössingen.
They and their son Urban (born in 1749) immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) and settled in the colony of Neuduvenstedt.
The marriage of Johann Urban Ries, son of Christoph Ries & Anna Gunther, to Christina Diesler, daughter of Jacob & Susanna Diesler, is recorded in Bünsdorf on 27 June 1765. Christina died in 1766.
Johann Conrad Ritter, son of Jacob & Maria Magdalena Ritter, was baptized on 9 November 1717 in Ladenburg. He married there on 30 July 1754 to Elisabeth Zeissel. She was born in 1719 and died on 1 March 1758 in Ladenburg. He remarried in Ladenburg on 27 June 1758 to Margaretha Kriegbaum, daughter of Adam & Anna Catharina Kriegbaum. She had been born in Elmshausen on 17 May 1727.
The baptism of one daughter to Johann Conrad Ritter & Margaretha Kriegbaum has been located in the parish register of Ladenburg: Eva Elisabeth, baptized 20 June 1756.
The births of two sons to Hans Georg & Anna Rupertus is recorded in the parish register of Schriesheim: (1) Johann Stephan, born 27 January 1740; and (2) Johann Georg, born 13 December 1742.
Father Hans Georg Rupertus died 14 January 1752, and his widow remarried on 8 May 1753 to Leonhard Eisenhauer. Anna died in Schriesheim on 10 November 1767.
Johann Stephan Rupertus and his family immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein), arriving in Fredericia on 2 November 1759. Johann Georg followed, arriving in Fredericia on 1 May 1760.