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Johann Georg Röder, son of Johann Philipp & Anna Maria Röder, was born on 18 October 1722 in Groß-Bieberau, about 15 kilometers southeast of Darmstadt. He married Anna Margaretha Dorsam. The births of the following children to Johann Georg Röder and Anna Margaretha Dorsam are recorded in the parish register of Groß-Bieberau: (1) Elisabetha Catharina, born 17 March 1750; (2) Elisabetha Margaretha, born 7 January 1755; (3) Anna Catharina, born 12 September 1757; and (4) Johann Adam, on 26 May 1759.

Johann Andreas Michel, son of Johann Martin & Anna Maria Michel, was baptized on 10 February 1737 in the Evangelical Church of Rockenhausen. His brother, Johann Jacob, was baptized on 15 January 1752 in the Evangelical Church of Kerzenheim. Both villages are just a short distance north-west and north-east of Winnweiler located about 15 kilometers north-east of Kaiserlautern.      

Andreas Müll, son of Andreas Müll & Eva Fentzling, was born on 8 September 1732 in Kork, Hanau-Lichtenberg (about 6 kilometers east of Strasbourg, France, across the Rhein River in Germany). Andreas was married in Kork on 28 January 1755 to Eva Krieg, daughter of Cornelius Krieg & Barbara Heitz. She had been born in Kork on 28 August 1732.

Johann Georg Müller was born in 1721 in Hilsenhain, southeast of Weinheim. He married on 12 February 1752 in Heiligkreuzsteinach to Anna Elisabeth Münch. She had been born in 1720 in Rippenweier. The immigrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) in 1761.

They immigrated to Russia in 1763, settling in the colony of Anton on 7 September 1764 along with their daughters: Anna Katharina, Eva Katharina, and Elisabeth. They are recorded on the 1767 census of Anton in Household No. 8.

There do not appear to be any male descendants of this family.

Johann Georg Moninger was baptized in Gemmingen (west of Heilbronn) on 24 April 1732. He married Elisabeth Rödel who had been born on 12 December 1727 in Hassmersheim.      

Georg Moninger, his wife Maria Elisabetha, and children (Georg Adam, age 5; Albertina Margaretha, age 3; Philippina, age 1) migrated to Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein) arriving in Fridericia on 10 June 1760. They are last recorded among the Danish colonies on 26 April 1763. They joined the migration to Russia.

There are three Morasch families that immigrated together to Russia in 1766. They arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum aboard the Russian galliot Citadel on 11 August 1766. Their relationship to each other needs additional research.

Johann Conrad Morckel, son of Hans Georg & Anna Maria Morkel, was born 2 January 1727 in Spielberg, east-south-east of Büdingen in Hessen.  He was married there on 2 April 1750 to Anna Katharina Werth, daughter of Johann Heinrich Werth.

They had a number of children baptized in Spielberg: (1) Anna Kunigunda, baptized 2 May 1751; (2) Anna Maria, baptized 11 June 1752; (3) Johann Heinrich, baptized 27 December 1753; (4) Anna Catharina, baptized 6 March 1757; (5) Johann Peter, baptized 20 August 1758; and (6) Anna Maria, baptized 18 September 1763.

Philipp Müller, son of Johann Konrad Müller & Anna Birgitta Hedrich, was baptized on 21 December 1727 in Niedergirmes, north of Wetzlar. He married there on 10 January 1755 to Anna Maria Walbracht, daughter of Johann Peter Walbracht & Anna Catharina Hopf of Naunheim. They have at least the following children, each born/baptized in Niedergirmes: (1) Katharina, born 18 September 1755; (2) Katharina Wilhelmina, born 5 September 1756; (3) Annlißbett, born 4 January 1762; and (4) Johann Philipp, born 19 July 1765.

Johann Georg Langholff married Maria Magdalena Keyser, daughter of Lorentz Keyser, on 16 February 1740 in the Evangelical Church of Dörrenbach, 32 kilometers west of Karlsruhe. They had seven known children, each baptized in the same church: (1) Johannes (Christoph), on 12 December 1740; (2) Johann Michael, on 18 July 1743; (3) Johann Georg, on 17 July 1746; (4) Johann Jacob on 13 April 1749; (5) Maria Elisabetha on 1 November 1751; (6) Maria Ursula on 17 July 1754; and (7) Maria Margaretha, on 6 May 1757.

Johann Wilhelm Neeb was born in Kestrich bei Romrod on 27 November 1744 and baptized there on 1 December 1744. He was the son of Johannes & Anna Catharina Neeb who had been married there on 29 July 1741.

Johann Wilhelm Neeb [sic] from Kestrich near Romrod & Anna Catharina Wentzel, daughter of Adam Wentzel from Ober Breitenbach, married on 13 May 1766 in Büdingen where they gathered before departure to Russia.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Kraft on 18 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 12.