Karl Henkel, a farmer, his wife Anna, and daughter Anna (age ¼) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 18 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Perle under the command of Skipper Thomson.
Friedrich Henkel and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kolb in Household No. Ko30.
The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Karl Henkel came from the German region of Zweibrücken.
[Some documents erroneously record this surname as Engel.]
Heinrich Hammel from Kolb is recorded on the 1798 census of Hussenbach in Household No. Hs128.
The widow and children of Johannes Hämmel are recorded on the 1798 census of Kolb in Household No. Ko46.
Adam Hämmel is recorded on the 1811 census of Kolb in Household No. 46 along with a note that the relocated to the colony of Hussenbach in 1802.
There are three Zechmann families recorded on the 1798 census of Kolb. They are presumed to be siblings, but further research is needed to confirm this relationship.
(1) Johann Zechmann (born about 1756) and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kolb in Household No. Ko45 along with a note that they are residing in the colony of Basel.
(2) Johanna Zechmann (born about 1763), wife of Nikolaus Kirschbaum, and her family are recorded on the 1798 census of Kolb in Household No. Ko39.
Heinrich Kell [sic], a physician, his wife Katharina, and children (Rudolph, age 21; Jakob, age 20; Friedrich, age 16; August, age 15; Ludwig, age 14; Augustina, age 12) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 24 July 1766 aboard a barque named Georg under the command of Skipper Adam Bairnsfair.
Heinrich Kell [sic], his wife Catharina, and children (Rudolph, age 21; Jacob, age 20; Friedrich, age 16; August, age 15; Ludewig, age 14; Augustina, age 12) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Wilhelm Heinrich Wagner [sic], his wife Anna, and daughter Elisabeth (age 5) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Franz Nikolaus Schröder.
Wilhelm Hein. Manger [sic], his wife Anna, and daughter Elisabeth (age 5¼) are recorded on a list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767 along with a note that daughter Elisabeth died en route.
This couple is believed to be the one that settled in Biberstein.
Johann Christoph Rebling, his wife Katharina, and children (Katharina, age 18½; Sophia, age 16¼; Dorothea, age 14; Maria, age 12; Friedrika, age 9) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 21 September 1766.
Johann Christoph Rebling, his wife Sophia Catharina, and children (Catharina, age 18½; Sophia,age 14; Dorothea, age12; Maria, age 9) are recorded on the list of colonists being transported from St. Petersburg to Saratov in 1767.
Today, Nieder-Weisel is administratively part of the municipality of Butzbach.
Gottfried Reuter, a single farmer, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 census of Nieder-Monjou in Household No. 57 along with a note that he relocated to the colony of Biberstein in 1768.
He is recorded there on the 1798 census in Household No. Bb21.
The death of Gottfried Reuter in 1831 is recorded on the 1834 census of Biberstein in Household No. 50.
The 1767 census records that Gottfried Reuter came from the German village of Nieder-Weisel.
Maria Elisabeth Ordnung, a single woman, is recorded on an appendix to the 1767 of Katharinenstadt in Household No. 50 along with a note that she relocated to the colony of Biberstein in 1768.
The 1767 census records that Maria Elisabeth Ordnung came from the German village of Lage.
There are no known surviving male lines of this family among the Volga German colonies.