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The baptisms of the following children born to Johann Heinrich Weitzel (born 16 October 1703) & Anna Barbara Becker (born 2 November 1710) are recorded in the parish register of Stangenrod: (1) Johann Georg, born 26 February 1742; and (2) Eleonore Philippina, born 3 September 1744.

The marriage of Johann Georg Weitzel to Anna Elisabeth Mühl is recorded in Büdingen on 14 March 1766 along with the marriage of Johann Wilhelm Opfer to Eleonore Weitzel, also on 14 March 1766. [See Opfer Family.]

Phillip Bamberger, son of Caspar & Anna Catharina Bamberger, was born 14 December 1732 in Sprendlingen. He married on 9 February 1751 in Sprendlingen to Anna Gertruda Stellwagen, daughter of Adam & Anna Barbara Stellwagen. She had been born 17 May 1728 and died on 11 March 1763.

Johann Burkhardt Bock, son of Johann Berghard Bock & his first wife Anna Margaretha Waller, was born 13 September 1745 (baptized 15 September 1745). His half-sister Anna Christina Bock, daughter of Johann Berghard Bock & his second wife Anna Margaretha Braun, was born 26 January 1753 (baptized 28 January 1753). They were both baptized at the Lutheran Church in Altenhaßlau.

The births of the following children of Johann Heinrich Weisgerber are recorded in the parish of Wächtersbach: (1) Anna Maria, born 6 August 1741; (2) Johann Phillip, born 21 December 1749; (3) Johannes, born 20 August 1752; (4) Johann Heinrich, born 13 March 1755; and (5) Wolf Heinrich, born 27 November 1757.

There are two Eberhard families that arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research.

There are three Brotzmann families that arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg. They all settled in the Volga German colony of Huck on 1 July 1767.

(1) Christoph Brotzmann, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Anna, age 18; Christian, age 16) arrived in Oranienbaum.

His family is recorded on the 1767 census of Huck in Household No. 16.

Johann Georg Hayn, son of Mathes Hayn, married on 5 March 1750 in Wächtersbach to Anna Maria Jockel, daughter of Johannes Jockel.  The births of three of their children are recorded in Wächtersbach: (1) Johann Ludwig, born 2 May 1753; (2) Anna Catharina, born 4 April 1756; and (3) Christian Friedrich, born 19 September 1762. In Wächtersbach, the spelling of the surname varies: Haÿn or Hayn.

Two Hempel family settled in Huck. Their relationship to each other, if any, needs further research. They both arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard a snow-brig named Christina under the command of Skipper Jacob Stappenberg.

(1) Georg Hempel, a farmer, his wife Anna [Katharina], and children (Anna [Maria], age 16¼; [Anna] Gertrude, age 13; Johann [Peter], age 6; Elisabeth, age 5; August[a Magdalena], age ¼) arrived in Oranienbaum.

Johannes Streck, son of Johannes Streck & Elisabeth Limpert, was born 5 April 1733 in Gersfeld. He married on 11 May 1756 to Maria Elisabeth Klüber, daughter of tailor Johannes Klüber. She had been born 22 September 1739 in Gersfeld.

The births of three children born to Johannes Streck & Maria Elisabeth Klüber are recorded in the parish register of Gersfeld: (1) Johannes, born 7 June 1760; (2) Margaretha, born 12 December 1762; and (3) Johann Georg, born 23 January 1765.

The descendants of three Stellwagen families from the German village of Sprendlingen immigrated to Russia. Their relationship to each other, if any, requires additional research.

They all arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 9 June 1766 aboard a ship named Die Perle under the command of Skipper Gerhardt Hermann Thomsen.

(1) Susanna Elisabetha Stellwagen, illegitimate daughter of Johannes & Maria Veronica Stellwagen, was born 13 January 1752 in Sprendlingen.