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Jakob Hartmann, a farmer, and his wife Maria Katharina settled in the Volga German colony of Preuss on 12 May 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 30 along with a note that they relocated to the colony of Seelmann in 1768.

The 1767 census records that Jakob Hartmann came from the German village of Wengenroth in the Darmstadt region.

Ludwig Wilh. Zahn, a miller (Müller), & Charlotta Losch, both from the area of Darmstadt, were married on 20 August 1766 in Pastor Bruns's house in Lübeck. The marriage is recorded in the parish register of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church in Lübeck.

Ludwig Wilhelm Zahn, a miller (Müller), and his wife Charlotta arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 September 1766 aboard a ship under the command of Skipper Gabriel Wild.

Daniel Gartenhof and his children Joseph, a single farmer, Barbara (age 9), and Julianna (age 6) arrived from Reval [Estonia] at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.

Son Joseph (age 23) and daughter Barbara (age 10) are recorded on the 1767 census of Leichtling in Household No. 18 along with Joseph's new wife Friederika. They had settled there on 14 May 1767.

Philipp Roth, a stocking maker, his wife Margaretha, his son Johann (age 1½), and his wife's sister Anna (age 38) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard the pink Lev under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.

Philipp is recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 82 along with his new wife Wilhelmina.

They are recorded on the 1798 census in Households No. Gm062, Gm099, Gm107, and Gm155.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Philipp Roth came from the German region of Hanau.

Orphans siblings Katharina Schwartz (age 15) and Johann Valentin Schwartz (age 12), children of the deceased Valentin Schwartz, are recorded on the 1767 census of Grimm in Household No. 78 along with Heinrich Heintz, his wife Katharina, and Katharina's son Wilhelm Klein (age 15).

They are also recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 153 where both Wilhelm Klein and Valentin Schwartz are records as stepsons of Heinrich Heintz.

Valentin Schwartz is recorded on the 1798 census of Dönhof in Household No. Dh098.

Orphan Wilhelm Gleim (age 15), son of the deceased Wilhelm Gleim, is recorded on the 1767 census of Grimm in Household No. 78 along with his mother Katharina and stepfather Heinrich Heintz.

They are also recorded on the 1775 census of Grimm in Household No. 153.

Wihelm Gleim and his family have not been located on the 1798 census of the Volga German colonies.

Wilhelm Gleim and his family (sons: [a] Heinrich Konrad; [b] Wilhelm; [c] Johann Friedrich; [d] Jakob) are recorded on the 1834 census of Grimm in Household No. 322.

Further research is needed to determine the spelling of this surname.

Hans Michael Kolkepp, a single tailor (Schneider), arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 15 June 1766 aboard the ship Die Vergelte Weintraube under the command of Skipper Anderson.

He is recorded on the 1767 census of Seelmann in Household No. 15 along with his new wife Elisabeth and their new-born daughter (Maria Margaretha, age ¼). They had settled there on 15 July 1767.

In 1788, widow Elisabeth Kolkepp and her children moved from Seelmann to Neu-Kolonie.