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Christian Frei, a single mason, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 October 1766 aboard the English frigate Love and Unity with skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Christian Frey [sic] is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that he died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Christian Frei came from the German region of Nassau.

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

Johann Müller, a farmer, his wife Anna, and sons (Konrad, age 10; Heinrich, age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier.

Johannes Müller, his wife Catharina, and son Conrad (age 10¼) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that father Johannes died in route.

It is not known in which colony this Müller family settled.

Kaspar Flach, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Caspar Flach is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that he died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Kaspar Flach came from the German region of Riedesel.

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

Eb[er]hard Friedrich, a farmer, and his wife Gelle arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Widow Gela Friedrich is recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony she settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Eb[er]hard Friedrich came from the German region of Hessen.

Johann Rahn, a blacksmith, and his wife Katharina arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Johannes Rahn and his wife Catharina are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Rahn came from the German region of Darmstadt.

Heinrich Tent, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Heinr. Ludwig Tent and his wife Maria Gerdrut [sic] are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony this family settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Heinrich Tent came from the German region of Waldeck.

Widow Julianna Koch and her daughters (Anna, age 18; Elisabeth, age 16) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Widow Juliana Koch and her daughter Agness (age 17) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Juliana died in route.

It is not known in which colony surviving daughter Agness settled.

Johann Pecher, a blacksmith, his wife Elisabeth, mother[-in-law] Anna [Block], and sisters-in-law (Anna [Block], age 17; Gertruda [Block], age 15) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Goerg Pecher and his wife Elisabetha are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Pecher, a blacksmith, his wife Elisabeth, mother[-in-law] Anna [Block], and sisters-in-law (Anna [Block], age 17; Gertruda [Block], age 15) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Widow Anna Block and her daughters (Elisabet [sic], age 18; Gerdrut [sic], age 15) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Heinrich Bender, a farmer, and his wife Anna arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard the English frigate Love & Unity under the command of Skipper Thomas Fairfax.

Heinrich Bender and his wife Anna Catharina are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony this Bender family settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Heinrich Bender came from the German region of Nassau.