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Konrad Schindor [sic], his wife Sabina, and children (Anna, age 19; Konrad, age 17; Johann, age 12; Maria, age 9; Louisa, age 5¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29  August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper John Scott. [This entry isn't included in the list published by Igor Plehve.]

Nikolaus Müller, a farmer, his wife Eva Katharina, daughter Elisabeth (age 5), and wife's sister Anna Elisabeth [surname not recorded] (age 17) are recorded on the 1767 census of Stephan in Household No. 2. They had settled in Stephan on 24 August 1767.

Nikolaus Müller and his family (sons: [a] Johann Franz, age 29; Johannes, age 26; [b] Johann Adam, age 22; [c] Johann Christian, age 18; [d] Johann Georg, age 16) are recorded on the 1798 census of Stephan in Household No. Sp24.

Johann Mattias [sic] Haupt, a stonemason, his wife Maria Elisabeth, and daughters (Dorothea Louisa, age 16; Maria Elisabeth, age 11) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard the Danish galliot Nord Stern under the command of Skipper Detlev Belling.

Johann Martin [sic] Haupt, his wife Maria Elisabeth, and daughters (Johanna Louisa, age 17; Dorothea Elisabeth, age 12) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Kaspar Kraft, a farmer, his wife Anna, and son Johann (age 2) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the barque named Fortitudo under the command of Skipper John Scott.

Casper Kraft, his wife Anna Catarina, and son Johann Heinrich (age 2½) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both father Casper and son Johann Heinrich died en route.

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