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Johann Georg Krieger, a farmer, his wife Eva, [step-]sons (Johann Jakob [Zink], age 18; Joseph [Zink], age 12), and son Johann Peter (age ½) are recorded on the 1767 census of Schuck in Household No. 5. They had arrived in Schuck on 18 June 1766.

Jakob Zink and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schuck in Household No. Su24.

Michael Zink is recorded on the 1811 census of Dehler in Household No. 23 along with a note that he had arrived in Dehler from Schuck in 1811.

Peter Zink from Schuck and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Marienfeld.

Jacob Bandel (age 32), a cobbler (Schuhmacher), his wife Appolonia Brotz (age 48), and stepchildren [surname Schechtel] (Heinrich, age 16; Sophia, age 13; Barbara, age 9; Peter, age 6; Wilhelm, age 6) are recorded on a list of colonists dated 23 September 1765 who were gathering in the town of Worms.

The following are also believed to be sons of Peter Reichenborn:

In 1787, Johannes Wagner and his family and Heinrich Wagner and his family moved from Schulz to Pobochnaya.

They are recorded on the 1798 census of Pobochnaya in Households No. Pb23, Pb31, and Pb32.

In 1787, Christoph Thiel moved from Reinwald to Schwed.

Christoph Thiel from Reinwald and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Schwed in Household No. Sw13.

In 1797, Gottfried Holtmann moved from Urbach to Boisroux.

Gottfried Holtmann from Urbach is recorded on the 1798 census of Boisroux in Household No. Bx18.

The children of Christian Herr are recorded on the 1798 census of Urbach in Household No. Ur19 along with a note that Johann Just Herr is working in Krasnoyar.

Johann Peter Schmidt was baptized 11 December 1708 in Hoch-Weisel. He married in Hoch-Weisel on 11 November 1734 to Anna Maria Gross. This Schmidt family lived at Butzbacher Straße 5 in Hoch-Weisel.

The fourth child of Johann Peter Schmidt & Anna Maria Gross was Christian who was baptized 17 February 1746 in Hoch-Weisel.

Christian Schmidt & Anna Elisabeth Becker were married on 21 May 1766 in the Lutheran Cathedral (Evangelische Kirche Dom) in Lübeck.

In 1794, widow Katharina Elisabeth Rittger and her sons moved from Susannental to Meinhard.

The widow of Martin Rittger and his sons are recorded on the 1798 census of Meinhard in Households No. Mn 24 & Mn28.