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Johann Tobias Lenz, son of Johannes Lenz, married in Eckartsborn on 7 December 1747 to Adelgunda Beckel, daughter of Johannes Beckel.

The Schwickartshausen parish register records the baptisms of four of their children, each born in Eckartsborn: (1) Johannes, born 26 March 1749, baptized 28 March 1749; (2) Johann Jacob, born 6 March 1751, baptized 9 March 1751; (3) Conrad, born 26 February 1756, baptized 28 February 1756; and (4) Elisabetha Margaretha, born 4 February 1761, baptized 6 February 1761.

Johann Georg Linnenberg and Anna Margaretha Schabbach (additional spellings on various records Schabach and Schabag) were married 21 August 1746 in St. Vitus Catholic Church in Willebadessen, today in the German state of Nordrhein-Westphalia, northwest of Kassel. Both Johann Georg and Anna Margaretha had been confirmed in this same church.

Wilhelm Ferdinand Leopold Lich and Anna Maria Lorey were married in Leisenwald (part of the Spielberg parish near Wächtersbach) on 2 April 1750. They had five children whose baptisms in Leisenwald are recorded in the parish register of Spielberg: (1) Johann Adam, baptized 8 November 1750; (2) Elisabeth, baptized 25 June 1752; (3) Susanna, baptized 28 July 1754; (4) Johann Georg, baptized 3 October 1756; and (5) Johannes, baptized 29 July 1761.

Heinrich Conrad Lichtenwald, son of Johann Heinrich Lichtenwald & Marie Marguerite L'oiseau, was baptized on 8 September 1740 in Friedrichstal.

He immigrated with his parents and siblings to Denmark (today part of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany) where he married on 12 August 1762 to Margaretha Barbara Altergott, daughter of Georg Friedrich Altergott & Elisabeth Gorgus. [See Altergott Family.]

There are two Ley families from the German village of Gelnhausen that settled among the Volga German colonies. They are presumed to be related, but additional research needs to be done to verify that presumption.

(1) Friedrich Christoph Carl Ley, son of master baker Johann Heinrich Ley & Maria Dorothea Rühl, was born on 24 December 1739 in Gelnhausen, east northeast of Frankfurt.

Johann Leister, a cobbler, his wife Barbara Katharina, and daughters (Maria Katharina age 8; Maria Barbara, age 3) arrived from Lübeck on 14 August 1766 aboard a 2-masted merchant ship named Die Jungfer Frederika (The Maiden Frederika) under the command of Skipper Hans Christian Korsholm.

Johann Leister, his wife Barbara, and daughters (Catrina, age 9; Maria Barbara,age 3) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Wilhelm Leinweber, son of Johann Simon Leinweber & Anna Catharina Weistgerber, was baptized 20 June 1725 in Sankt Julian, near Eisenbach. He married in Annweiler on 4 November 1749 to Anna Margaretha Zang, daughter of Johann Peter Zang.

The following children were born in nearby Offenbach am Glan: (1) Johann Ludwig, baptized 9 August 1750; (2) Johann Wilhelm, baptized 6 January 1753; (3) Johann Peter, baptized 13 January 1755; and (4) Maria Elisabeth, baptized 29 June 1757.

Johann Heinrich Leiker, son of Johann Georg Leiker & Anna Elisabeth Velte, was born 16 February 1720 in Wehrheim. He married 4 April 1741 in Wehrheim to Anna Margaretha Dietz. They had 3 children born in Wehrheim: (1) Konrad Heinrich, born 25 July 1747; (2) Jakob; and (3) Barbara. Anna Margaretha died, and Johann Heinrich remarried to Elisabeth. They had two daughters before leaving: (1) Maria; and (2) Margaretha.

Henrich Leicker, with his wife Elisabeth and four children, left Wehrheim in June 1766.

Johann Philipp Leichner, son of Johann Philipp & Catharina Leichner, was baptized 27 February 1727 in Haichen. He married in Lindheim on 13 November 1753 to Maria Margaretha Bauer, daughter of Jost Andreas Bauer. She had been baptized in Lindheim on 16 August 1723.

The baptisms of the children of Johann Philipp Leichner & Maria Margaretha Bauer are recorded in the parish register of Lindheim: (1) Anna Catharina, baptized 8 December 1754; (2) Johann Christian, baptized 12 June 1757; and (3) Johannes, baptized 19 October 1764.

Johannes Peter Lederhos, son of Philipp Lederhos, married on 10 February 1744 in Hilsbach to Anna Maria Basenmeyer, daughter of Heinrich Basenmeyer. The baptisms of their children are recorded in the Catholic Church in Hilsbach: (1) Ferdinand Georg, baptized 2 February 1745; (2) Maria Magdalena, baptized 29 March 1747; (3) Maria Eva, baptized 17 April 1749; (4) Eva Regina, baptized 2 May 1751; (5) Johannes Matthias, baptized 22 August 1753; (6) Joseph, baptized 9 January 1756; (7) Johannes, baptized 18 December 1757; and (8) Maria Regina, baptized 18 June 1760.