Johann Andreas Metzler, son of Johann Heinrich Metzler & Anna Magdalena Nenner, was born on 27 April 1719 in Langstadt, north of Gross-Umstadt in Hessen. He married first to Elisabetha Catharina Dörr, daughter of Andreas Dörr & Maria Margaretha Daniel, on 17 February 1750 in Groß-Bieberau, southeast of Darmstadt. She had been born there on 6 February 1721.
Heinrich Mertes, son of Anton Mertes, married Sophia Baur, a daughter of Dionysii Baur, on 4 February 1750 in the Catholic Church in Bombogen, 9 kilometers east of Wittlich. They had six known children, the four oldest were baptized in Bombogen, and the two youngest in Wittlich: (1) Andreas, on 9 December 1750; (2) Susanna, on 8 September 1753; (3) Anna Catharina, on 9 April 1755; (4) Anna Catharina (again), on 22 November 1757; (5) Maria Agatha, on 21 March 1760; and (6) Johann Peter, on 23 January 1762.
Jost (Jacob) Mentzer left Wehrheim in June 1766 with his wife and two children. He arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 on a ship under the command of Hans Karholm, with wife Anna and one son, Friedrich (age 3).
During the journey between Oranienbaum and Saratov, son Friedrich died. Jakob and Anna Maria settled in the Volga German colony of Grimm where they are recorded on the 1775 census in Household No. 64.
Jakob Mentzer (the father) is recorded on the 1798 census of Grimm in Household No. Gm142.
Johann Gottlob Meisner, son of Johann Michael Meisner & Anna Katharina Haag, was from Reichelsheim, southeast of Darmstadt. He married Anna Christina Fischer, daughter of Hans Georg Fischer & Anna Regina Dobler. She had been born 27 January 1697 in Langen-Brombach. They had one son, Johann Nicolaus Meisner who was born 31 January 1727 in Kirch-Brombach and died 11 February 1727 in Kirch-Brombach.
Johann Valentin Meisinger, son of Johannes & Margaretha Meisinger, was baptized in Aulendiebach on 3 March 1706. He married Anna Catharina Hart, daughter of Jacob Hart in Aulendiebach on 6 October 1734.
The baptisms of the children of Johann Valentin Meisinger & Anna Catharina Hart are recorded on the parish register of Aulendiebach: (1) Anna Appolonia, baptized 24 October 1737; (2) Johannes, baptized 11 September 1740; (3) Anna Maria, baptized 23 August 1744; (4) Anna Margaretha, baptized 27 November 1747; and (5) Anna Elisabeth, baptized 19 March 1750.
Johann Valentin Mayer, son of Johann Mayer & Anna Maria Sigler, was born 8 September 1701 in Pfaffenhofen (southeast of Heidelberg and currently in Baden-Württemberg). He married there on 28 November 1724 to Anna Margaretha Reoth, daughter of Christian Reoth. She died there on 18 January 1763.
The surname Maurer is not actually found in Balzer because it is the maiden name of one of the original settlers: Jacobina Maurer. She was born 15 February 1734/1735 in Kirchardt, Baden, a small village in the hills to the east of Heidelberg, and baptized there on 19 February 1734/1735. She married Christoph Karle. [See Karle Family.]
They arrived in Balzer on 28 August 1765.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Maurer family among the Volga German colonies.
Andreas Maul, a son of Johann Peter & Anna Maul, was baptized on 28 January 1705 in the Evangelical Church in Nieder Modau, 12 kilometers southeast of Darmstadt. He married Anna Margaretha Glaser, a daughter of Michael Glaser, on 4 February 1734 in the same church.
Johann Heinrich Martin, son of Georg Pancratius Martin & Elisabetha Schraub, was baptized 15 November 1719 in Neulußheim, across the Rhein River southeast of Speyer in what today is the German state of Baden-Württemberg. He married there on 16 February 1745 to Maria Christina Kuppinger, daughter of Johann Thomas Kuppinger & Anna Maria Bertsch. Maria Christina had been born in Neulußheim on 29 August 1725.
Johann Heinrich Manz, son of Johann Caspar Mans & Barbara Schüssler, was born 11 May 1735 in Bodenhof, a village that is part of the Gersfeld Parish. He married Anna Katharina Hochgraber.
Heinrich Manz, a farmer, his wife Katharina, and children (Johann, age 8; Katharina, age 5¼; Barbara, age 3) 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.