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Anton Frohndorf, a farmer, and his wife Maria arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 10 August 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Nikolaus Peter Pinkom.

Joh. Anthon [sic] Trohndorff [sic] and his wife Rosina [sic] are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

Johann Anton Friesendorf [sic], a gardner (Gärtner), and his wife Maria are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 70) that is appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

Mattias Bugert, a farmer, and his wife Katharina are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 68) 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 Mattias Bugert came from the German village of Mößling.

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

Johann Elias Eckhardt, a single stocking maker, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Elias Eckhardt is recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Johann Elias Eckhardt came from the German region of Zweibrücken.

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

Heinrich Wasmuth, a single wheelwright, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

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

It is not known in which colony he settled.

The 1767 census records that Heinrich Wasmuth came from the German region of Friedeburg.

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

Johann Feldbusch, a farmer, his wife Anna Gertruda, son Johann Peter (age 3), and sister Anna Margaretha (age 23) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Johannes Feldbusch, his wife Anna Gerdrutha [sic], and sister Anna Margaret. are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that Johannes died in route.

It is not know in which colony the surviving women settled.

Widow Susanna Dreiling and her son Johann Kaspar (age 7½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 29 July 1766 aboard the ship Apollo under the command of Skipper Friedrich Detloff Mörenberg.

Susanna Dreiling and her son Hans Caspar (age 7) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that both of them died in route.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Susanna Dreiling came from the German region of Fulda.

Christian Braun, a farmer, and his wife Maria are recorded on a list of Beauregard recruits (Household No. 37) appended to the 1767 census of the Volga German colonies.

It is not known in which colony they settled.

The 1767 census records that Christian Braun came from the German village of Debing in the region of Württemberg.

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

Johann [Hartung] (age 11) and Magdalena [Hartung] (age 7) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 12 September 1766 aboard an English frigate under the command of Skipper Adam Beerfeier along with their stepfather Kaspar Kaiser.

Conrad [Hartung] (age 11) and Magdalena [Hartung] (age 7) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from Oranienbaum to Saratov in 1767 along with their stepfather Casper Kayser [sic].