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Nikolaus Hartmann, a single farmer, arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 8 August 1766.

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

Widower Nikolaus Hartmann, a farmer, is recorded on the 1767 census of Straub in Household No. 55 along with a note that his wife had died there on 25 October 1767. Another note records that he relocated to the colony of Warenburg in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Nikolaus Hartmann came from the German village of Rimbach in the Erbach region.

Widower Konrad Burger, a miller (Müller), and his children (Johann Christian, age 13; Anna Katharina, age 9) are recorded on the 1767 census of Straub in Household No. 54. They had settled there on 19 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Konrad Burger came from the German village of Rimbach in the Erbach region.

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

Johann Heinrich Bäcker (age 14) and his sister Margaretha (age 12) are recorded on the 1767 census of Straub in Household No. 14 along with their stepfather Karl Friedrich Schwab.

The 1767 census does not record from where these Bäcker children came.

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

Johann Philipp Nenner, a farmer, and his wife Maria settled in the Volga German colony of Susannental on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 11 along with stepdaughters Maria Bergheuser (age 6) and Anna Bergheuser (age 4).

The 1767 census records that Johann Philipp Nenner came from the German village of Buch.

Johannes Tersich, a tailor (Schneider), and his wife Maria are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 98 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Susannental in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Johannes Tersich came from the German village of Elz.

Johann Peter Petrÿ, a merchant (Kaufmann), and his wife Elisabeth settled in the Volga German colony of Susannental on 3 August 1767. They are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 22 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Basel in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Johann Peter Petrÿ came from the German village of Philippstein.

Christian Rumsch, a farmer, his wife Anna, and daughters (Anna Maria, age 12; Maria Eva, age 5) are recorded on the 1767 census of Susannental in Household No. 5. They had settled there on 3 August 1767.

The 1767 census records that Christian Rumsch came from the German village of Bernsdorf.

Gottfried Mettich, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Anna Rosina, age 18; Johann, age 14) are recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Paulskaya in Household No. 32.

Widower Gottfried Mettich is recorded on the 1798 census of Susannental in Household No. Ss14.

The 1767 census records that Gottfried Mettich came from the German village of Mockritz.

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