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Konrad Leinert, a single farmer, and his brothers (Jakob, age 15; Just, age 12) are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 151) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Konrad Leinert came from the German village of Wertheim.

There are no known surviving male lines of this Leinert families.

Heinrich Librand, a stocking maker, his wife Katharina, and son Heinrich (age 4) 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 Librand, his wife Catharina, and son Heinrich (age 4) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that they all died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Heinrich Librand came from the German region of Mainz.

Heinrich Schmidt, a mason (Maurer), and his wife Maria are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 125) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Schmidt came from the German village of Orb, but he has not been located in the Ortsfamilienbuch for Orb.

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

Orphan Maria Bellinger (age 14) is recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 132) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies. She is recorded in the household of Mattias Katzendorn. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Katzendorn and Bellinger families.

The 1767 census does not record from where Maria Bellinger came.

The Katzendorn family settled in the colony of Wittmann, and it is presumed that Maria Bellinger settled there as well.

Widower Johannes Kunkel, a teacher (Lehrer), and his children (Johannes, age 22; Maria, age 14) are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 121) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Kunkel came from the German village of Leibi.

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

Johannes Caspar Eck, son of Johannes Caspar Eck (25 August 1691 - 21 December 1749) & Susanna Acker (30 October 1713 - 17 March 1762), was born & baptized on 19 December 1741 in Orb.

Jakob Eck, a farmer, and his wife Margartha are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 130) that is appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Eck came from the German village of Orb.

Orphan Elisabeth Stuckart (age 10) is recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 110) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies. She is recorded in the household of Heinrich Pikner [sic]. The 1767 census does not record a relationship between the Stuckart and Pikner families.

It is not known in which colony she settled.

The 1767 census does not record from where Elisabeth Stuckart came.

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

Heinrich Pikner [sic], a farmer, his wife Maria, and an orphan Elisabeth Stuckart (age 10) are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 110) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Pikner [sic] came from the German village of Sterzenbach.

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