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Johann Just Hartmann, a single man, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder. He was traveling with Anna Magdalena Hartmann, a single woman.

Johann Jost [sic] Hartmann and Anna Magdalena Hartmann are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Just Hartmann, a cooper (Böttcher), and his [new] wife Philippina are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Househod No. 8.

Georg Hornlein and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 August 1766 aboard a galliot named Eva Maria under the command of Skipper Franz Christopher Schröder.

Georg Hornlein and his wife Anna are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Anna died en route.

Johann Georg Hornlein, a barber (Friseur), and his [new] wife Maria are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 29 along with his stepson Nikolaus Müller (age 14).

Christoph Lenert and his wife Anna [?] arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Christoph Lenert is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Christian Dudhort [sic], his Margaretha, and sons (Georg, age 17¾; Hans, age 13) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.

Christian Diethorn, his wife Margaretha, and sons (Johann Gregorius, age 16; Georg, age 13) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Margaretha died in route.

Friedrich König (age 3) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 34 aong with his mother and stepfather Christian Diethorn.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

There are no known surviving male lines of this König family among the Volga German colonies.

Margaretha Roth, widow of an unnamed farmer, and her daughters (Anna, age 11; Katharina, age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Widow Anna Marg. Roth and her children (Anna Margaretha, age 12; Anna Catharina, age 4; Johannes, newborn) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that newborn son Johannes died in route.

Andreas Müller, a farmer, his wife Anna, and sons (Johann, age 14; Georg, age 4) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.

Andreas Müller, his wife Kunigunda, and sons (Johannes, age 15; Johann Georg, age 5) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Kunigunda died en route.

Barbara Zeiser (age 15) is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Beauregard in Household No. 37 along with her mother and stepfather, Ziborius Würtz.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Zeiser family among the Volga German colonies.

Two Wirth families arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser. Their relationship to each other, if any, requires additional research.

(1) Sibelius Wirth [sic], his wife Katharina, son Lorenz (age 4), and [step-]daughter Barbara [Zeiser], (age 15¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 16 August 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Prinz Carl (Prince Carl) under the command of Skipper Christopher Losser.