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Ma-Mdz

Ma_uril^FN: see Masuri.

Maar, Lauterbach: is 2 km N of Lauterbach city and was said by the Stephan FSL to be home^UC to a Becker{Conrad} man.  Maar must have belonged to the city of Lauterbach since both the FSL and the Buedingen ML give Lauterbach as its country.

Maas^FN: said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Berlin, [Preussen Kingdom].  He probably died prior to the 1798 Volga censuses.

Maas^FN: the wife was said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Hamburg [Imperial City]. 

Maas^FN: also see Matz.

Maaser^FN: see Maser.

Maass^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Massenheim with a Jaeger stepson living in the household. I could not find the Maass  family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Maastricht^GL, Holland: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC (no locality mentioned) to a Bakler family.

Macheleit^FN: see Machleit.

Machelmann ^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be a stepson in the Peise? household.

Machka(?)^GL, Preussen: an unidentified place said by the Kratzke FSL to be home^UC to a Frisch family.

Machleit^FN: said by the Pleve version of the Jagodnaja Poljana FSL to be from^UC Rudolstadt.  Said by the Kromm version to be from Rohrbach, Rudolstadt.  Later spelled Macheleit.

Machleit^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Schwindeberg?.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Macht^FN: Herr Macht was said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Brueckenau, Fulda, and his frau’s maiden name was given as Wisgemann (no origin given).

Machtlos, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to home^UC to a Wiederholt/Wiederhold family.  This would have been either 11 miles NE of Bad Hersfeld, or in Hersfeld Principality 10 miles SW of Bad Hersfeld.

Machzen(?)^GL: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Kiedemann family.  Pleve thought this might be Minden.

Mack^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Kraft FSL to be from^UC Ansbach.  According to the Buedingen ML this man was from^UC Anspach and married in 1766 a Dietz woman from^UC the Lauterbach area (Mai&Marquardt#670).

Mack^FN: also see Mann.

Mackendorf ^GL: see Meckendorf.

Mackweiler^GL, Zabern [Amt], Elsass: now Mackwiller, France, some 23 miles SE of Saarbruecken city, and proven by the GCRA to be home to the Hofmann family which went to Bergdorf; see their book for more details.

Madar^BV: the original Turkish name for Kulm^BV, Bessarabia.

Mader^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Barpach?, Fetzburg? with a Stieber orphan girl in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Madrizi^GL, Polen: an unidentified place said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Seifert family.

Maegerkingen, Wuerttemberg Duchy: see Mekerkingen.

Maehler^FN: see Mahler.

Maehren [i.e. Moravia Margraviate] ^GS: said (no locality mentioned) by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Hoffmann and Schantz families. 

Maehringen: is 5.5 km SE of Tuebeingen saud by KS126 to be home^UC to Efferen{Johann}.

Maerker^FN: see Merk and Merker.

Maertensheim{Katharina}:  this widow was said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Nanenburg? (Lk68). Not found in any FSL and I could not find her or any likely descendant associated with any Volga colony.

Maerz{Johannes}^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Kirchhausen.  I could not find him  in Mai1798 in Zug (Zg19) as the wife of Meis{Peter}.

Maerz^FN: said by the Cheisol FSL to be from^UC Sierck, Frankreich.   Spelled Mertz (Mai1798:Hr5) and Markus (Ls30) in 1798.

Maerz^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Fuerth, Ansbach.

Maerz^FN: also see Merz.

Maeule: said by the Bergdorf census (KS:665, 363) to be from Bietigheim, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg. This origin was confirmed by the GCRA using FHL 1,184,899.  See their book for detail.  Also spelled Meile.

Magar{Christoph}: said by the Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been from^UC Neustadt and to have gone to Luzern in 1768(Lk63); they are probable Luzern first settlers.  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Bizar (Mai1708:Lz19). Kuhlberg said this was in Isenburg.

Magdeburg^GS [Duchy]: was a large duchy (held by a sub-branch of the Brandenburg family) centered on the city of the same.  The city itself is some 79 miles SW of Berlin.  None of the following references mentions a locality.  Said  by the Doenhof FSL to be home^UC to a Rudeloff family. Said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Schoenefeld family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Binemann, Blankenstein, Holtner and Reimer? families. Said by Kulberg75 to be home^UC to Horn{Christian+w}. Said  by the Merkel FSL to be home^UC to Beckmann, Frank, and Redlov? families. Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Glueck family;  a Luebeck ML says this man married a Bauer woman in 1766; she died enroute to Russia (Mai&Marquardt#77).  Said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to Baer, Hartke, Helwig, and Teich? families.  Said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to an Altfoerst family.  Said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to Schaefer and Spahn families, and perhaps an orphaned Staff brother-in-law.  Said by the Warenburg FSL to be home^UC to Frisch, Koch{F.Wilhelm} and  Wiegener families, and possibly to Koch’s Goebel step-children.

Magdeburg^GS, Brandenburg: Said (no locality mentioned) by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Walwetz? family.  Said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Reckling family.  This is the same duchy as the previous entry.

Magel^FN: said by one or both versions of the Balzer FSL to be from Duedelsheim, Isenburg-[Buedingen County]:.  Bonner proved he was baptized, married and had a child baptized there.  Wagner1 concured with the baptism and marriage, giving the dates for both, his parents and presenting his wife as a Stoffel from^UC Stammheim.

Magel^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Giessen, [Hessen-]Darmstadt.  I could not find this family in the 1798 censuses.

Magenhoefer{Margaretha}: daughter of Christoph Magenhoefer a cobbler in Ammerndorf in Woehrd on 7 May 1766 married Bauer{Wilhelm} (Mai&Marquardt#801, KS119).  I could not find this Catholic couple in any published FSL.

Magstad^FN: see Magstadt.

Magstadt^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#65) and KS:363 without origin.  The GCRA found a Kassel record which indicated that a son had been born in “Loss”; they wonder if this might have been Losse, NW of Berlin, or Lossa between Eurfurt and Halle or by Leipzig???  Also spelled Magstad.  See the GXRA book for more.

Magulze?^GL, Schwaben: an unidentified place said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to a Weitenkeller? family.

Mahler^FN: according to the Buedingen ML, a Mahler woman, no origin given, married in 1766 a Galler man; later the couple went to Leichtling; another source gives her name as Maehler (Mai&Marquardt#394).

Mahler ^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Hamburg [Imperial City].  I could not find members of this family in  Mai1798.

Mahler^FN: said by the 1798 Stephan census to be the maiden name of frau Kuehnholz . (Mai1798:Sp2)

Mahler^FN: also see Maler.

Mahling ^FN: see Malin.

Mahlinger ^FN: see Manlinger.

Mahndorf^GL, Anhalt-Zerbst: said by the Jost FSL to be home^UC to Broese family.  There is such a name some 3 miles W of Halberstadt city that might have been in a tiny isolated part of Anhalt-Zerbst.

Mahr^FN: see Mohr.

Mai^FN{Christian}: said by the Balzer FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality indicated).  Bonner proved that this May man married a Krimp? woman in Lindheim, [Staden Ganerbschaft] in 1766 prior to going to Balzer, otherwise his origin remains unproven.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bz25, 43.

Mai^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Iderstuf?, [Kur-]Trier.    Spelled May in 1798 (Mai1798:Bn21, Dl11).

Mai^FN{J.Georg, J.Georg, J.Peter}: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Spachbruecken, Darmstadt.  According to the Buedingen ML in 1766 one of these May/Mey men from^UC Spachbruecken married a Walther woman (Mai&Marquardt#584), and another married a Held woman (Mai&Marquardt#586).  Mai family members later moved to Kratzke and their Spachbruecken origin has been confirmed by Brent Mai.

Mai^FN{Gottfried}: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Oranienbaum, [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality].  May have been spelled Mein in 1798 [Mai1798:Kn16?].

Mai^FN{Wilhelm}: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Grefath.

Mai^FN{Adam}: said by the Kolb FSL to be from^UC Langenbach, Isenburg.

Mai^FN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Trautmueller (Mai1798:Ms70).

Mai^FN{Georg}: said by the Moor FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned) and to have gone to Schilling in 1768.

Mai^FN{Anton}: this widower was said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Gladbach?.  He may be the man who in 1766 in Luebeck married a Sievert woman (Mai&Marquardt#74).

Mai^FN{Norka}: said by the Norka FSL to be from^UC Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  Later spelled May (Mai1798:Nr9).

Mai^FN{Andreas}: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Kernbach.

Mai^RN, Brent has confirmed that the origin of the Michaelis family that came to Kratzke was from Monsheim in the Kurpfalz, that the Mai family came to Holstein from Spachbruecken, Darmstadt, and that the Steinmetz and Foos families that came to Dietel came from Heimkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate.

Mai & Marquart^RN: Brent Alan Mai and Dona Reeves-Marquardt complied the very helpful German Migration to the Russian Volga (1764-1767) which is a translation and compilation of marriage and similar records of Germans on their way to the Volga.  Each entry is numbered from 1 to 1365.

Mai1798: Brent Mai’s splendid two-volume compilation of all known 1798 censuses of the German Volga villages.  In this index, “later spelled” usually refers to the spelling in these volumes.

Maibach^FN: see Meibach.

Maiber^FN: see Schleibor.

Maibeer^FN: see Schleibor.

Maienstockheim: might be Mainstockheim, Wuerzburg Bishopric, 14 km E of Wuerzburg city, with Ansbach Margraviate lands nearby.  Gerhard Lang proved that Ditmer{J.Jakob} was born here in 1708.

Maier^FN: interfiled with Meier.

Maierbach, Free Noble Province of Ancient Knights: This would be Maiersbach 3.6 km NW of Gersfeld.  Kammerzell{Amelia} 1^st wife of Gutmann{J.Martin} was born here on 3 November 1747.

Maihofer^FN: see Mayhoefer.

Maikammer, Bistum Speyer: is 21 km W of Speyer city and was said by the Straub FSL to be home^UC to a Stertz family.

Maimre^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Pikburg?, Daenemark.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Mainstockheim: see Maienstockheim.

Maintsch{K.Margarethe}: married 17 July 1766 Grummet{J.Gottfried} (Mai&Marquardt#191). In the 1798 census she was listed as a widow of Herr Honighaus from Susannental, and named both {K.Margaretha} and{K.Maria}  (Mai1798:Bt29). 

Mainz^FN: said by the Dinkel FSL to be from^UC Begant(?), Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Mainz^FN: said by the Leitsinger FSL to be from^UC Fladungen?, Wuerzburg[Bishopric], with Kunzelmann step-sons in the household.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses. and possibly 44a

Mainz^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Loewenstein(?) (no locality mentioned).

[Kur-]Mainz^GS: (aka Mainz) a German Catholic country seated in the city of the same name some 19 miles SW of Frankfurt-am-Main.  Its Princebishop ruled over a small area around Mainz city – the Niederstift – plus a much larger area on the banks of the Main river extending north of Frankfurt-am-Main and east of it centered on Aschaffenburg – the Oberstift – which extended N to Salmuenster and S to Miltenberg, as well as other smaller territories including Erfurt in Thueringia and the Eichsfeld.  None of the following references mention a locality:  Said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to Albert, Apfel, Bitner/Bittner, Dietrich, Haber, Herr/Hercher, Lautenschlaeger, Schreiber, Siegfried, Trinz, Vogt, Wagner, Weiss, Wenzel, and possibly Ephraim families.  Said  by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Bathauer and possibly a Neubert family.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Simon family. Said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Derr family.  Said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to Bester and Kohl families. Said by the Keller FSL to be home^UC to a Herwig family.  Said by the Leichtling FSL to be home^UC to a Miller family.  Said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Wolf family.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to a Heinrich family. Said  by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Staedt family.  Said.by the Preuss FSL to be home to Kladibali? and Kuntz families.  Said by the Schuck FSL to be home^UC to a Sieben family.  Said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to the Mueller{Jacob} family.  Said by the Seewald FSL to be home^UC to a Millek/Milek family and by the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL to be home^UC to Rein{Jakob}.  Said by the Recruiter Beauregard list (Lk111) to have been home^UC to the Klein{Conrad}family who may have been  Wittmann first settlers.

Mainzrecht?^GL, Gommern?: an unidentified place said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Stengle family.

Maiwald^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Wikansdol?, Sachsen.

Major^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Friedberg (no locality mentioned).  Richard McGregor says that this family came from Beienheim, near Friedberg, having settled there in 1672, having  previously fled from the Liege region of Belgium when the French army invaded there;  He also says they briefly stayed in Friedberg itself before moving to Beienheim.

Makarovka^VV: a variant of the Russian name for Merkel^VV.

Makarowkaka^VV: a variant of the Russian name for Merkel^VV.

Makowsky^FN{Michael+w+5c}: Kulberg19 said they were Catholic from^UC Danzig.  Said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Danzig.

Makroth^FN: said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Wegeleben, [Kur-]Brandenburg.  I could not find them in Mai1798. 

Makroth ^FN: his wife was said by the Urbach FSL to be from^UC Hochhausen, Darmstadt[sic?]. 

Makrus^FN: see Markus.

Makstein?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Seitz family.

Malberg: an unidentified place said by the Recruiter Beauregard list to have been home^UC to the  Ahlborg(Johann} family (Lk29). There is one Malberg in Germany and one now  in the Netherllands.

Malbork^GL, see Marienburg, Polen.

Malbrun?^GL, Wuerttemberg: an unidentified place said by the Enders FSL to be home^UC to a Rieger family.

Malchin^GL, Mecklenburg[-Schwerin Duchy]: is some 8 miles ESE of Teterow city and some 35 miles SE of Rostock.  Said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be home^UC to a Herter family; Kuhlberg said this was in Mecklenburg. Malchin, Mecklenburg[-Schwerin Duchy]: Said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Lippert1 man.  Proven by the Walter Research Group to be home to a Pohlman family that went to Walter.

Malchus^FN: said by the Hildman FSL to be the maiden name of frau Kisser.

Malchus^FN: see Markus.

Maler^FN: said by the Anton FSL to be from^UC Hirschfelde, Hessen.  In 1798 spelled Mahler (Mai1798:An52).

Malin ^FN: said by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Neulomnit?, Schweden.   Spelled Mahling in 1788 (Mai1798:Mv2698).

Malin^FN: the wife, Anna Ailueva, was said by the Schwed FSL to be from^UC Simbirsk, Russland.

Maljawski/Malyavski^FN: said by the Kratzke FSL to be from^UC Elben/Elbin, Preussen.

Malkhin^GL, Mecklenburg: said by the Walter FSL to be home^UC to a Folrat family.  Proven by the  to be a Polman family from Malchin, Mecklenburg.

Mallad^FN: said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg. 

Malm^FN: said by the Galka FSL to be from^UC Schlech?, Preussen.  I could not find this widow in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Malmo, Schweden: is 28 km SSE of Kopenhagen city and was said by the Rosenheim FSL to be home^UC to frau Tralbaum.  Said by the Schwed FSL to be home^UC to a Schmidt man.

Malo^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#54) and KS:365 without origin.  Using FHL#753,734 the GCRA proved origin in Gundershofen, Hagenau [Kreis], Elsass.  See their book for more.

Malque^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Luxembourg (no locality mentioned).  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Malsbach?^GL: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be home^UC to a Spaar family.  The only Malsbach I found was 26 miles NW of Regensburg city, then in the lands of the Regensburg Imperial Abbey.

Malta, Sonnenburg, Oststernberg Kreis, Prussia: was 8 miles ENE of Sonnenburg; the GCRA found that the Torno family from here was not the one that settled in the Glueckstal colonies.

Maltes?^GL, Wuerzburg [Duchy]: an unidentified place.  See Roth.

Mamberg?^GL, [Kur-]Mainz: said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to a Fuchs and possibly to a  Demerlin family.  This might be Momberg (which was some 11 miles NW of Alsfeld) then in Hessen-Kassel Landgrviate but just outside an exclave of Kurmainz where it may have been easier to get travel papers?

Manau, [Kur-]Sachsen: said by the first transcription of the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#21) to be home^UC to Rein{Jakob}.

Mandenberger^FN: a typo in the 1816 Neudorf census (#208) for Landenberger.

Mander^FN: see Martel.

Manderscheid^GL, Kurtrier:  said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to Pfannenstiel and Weiss families.  This Mandersheid probably is the one that is some 24 miles NNE of Trier city.

Manderscheid, [Kur-]Trier: Said by the Seelmann FSL to be home^UC to a Heim family.

Manderscheid County^GS: probably seated in the town of Manderscheid 26 km SW of Gerolstein town. It was ruled 1488-1760 by the Count of Manderscheid, Blankenheim and Gerolstein.  Blankenheim and Gerolstein were counties NE of Mandersheid town.  In 1760 control of these counties passed to the Count of Sternberg who evidently maintained  them as separate political entities until 1802.

Manen^FN: see van der Manen.

Mangen?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Filinger family.  Kuhlberg said Mangren was in Kreutzen.

Manhalter^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:668, 365) without origin. Origin in Riederich, Urach [Amt], Wuerttemberg, proven by GCRA using FHL(1,475,231 and 1,475,285-6).  See their book for details.

Manhard^FN: see Mansgard.

Mankein?^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Niederraden.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Mankerbach^FN: see Unkelbach.

Manlinger^FN: said by the Hoelzel FSL to be from^UC Audressein?, Frankreich with Mueller orphans in the household.  Spelled Mahlinger in 1798 (Mai1798:Nk48).

Mann^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Krasensahl which Kohlberg said was in Mecklenburg.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bt28.

Mann^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Penzlin, Mecklenburg.  Spelled Mack in 1795 and 1798 (Mai1798:Mv335,Pl32,Bx25).

Mann^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:672, 365) to be from Schwieberdingen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,056,787), the GCRA verified this origin; see their book for more detail.

Mann^FN: this family name was found recorded in Schlitz marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip.

Mannenger^FN: said  (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Mecklenburg.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Mannenger{Georg}: KS:82 and nnn say this party of 5 from^UC Mechlenburg in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder. 

Mannes^FN: see Manus.

Mannhausen^GL:  said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller{Michael});  There is a Mannhausen 25 miles NW of Magdeburg city.

Mannheim, [Kurpfalz]^GL: said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC to Bleichroth, and Lutz families. Said by the Koehler FSL to be home^UC to a Pretz and possibly a Roemer family;  the Buedingen ML said he was from^UC Heimersheim and she was from^UC Vogtstadt (Mai&Marquardt#632).  Said by the Mariental FSL to be home^UC to a Reger family.  Said by the Pfeiffer FSL to be home^UC to Kaufamnn and Naumann families. Said by the the Rohleder FSL to be home^UC to Lederhose/Lederhos, Nief, and Schneider families, as well as to frau Brunner.  This surely was Mannheim, Kurpfalz.

Mannheim^GL, Kurpfalz: is some 11 miles SSE of Worms city and in the 1760’s it was the seat of the Palantine imperial Electors and was a major cultural center.  It is some 45 miles SSW of Frankfurt-am-Main.  Said by the Boaro FSL to be home^UC to a Lachert family.  Said by the Graf FSL to be home^UC to Eckel, Heidel, Peil, Schnepp, Sutner?, Vogel, Wolf, and possibly Haaley families, as well as to frau Hatzer.  Said by the Herzog FSL to be home^UC to a Dinkel and possibly a Beier family. Said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC to a Meier family.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to a Rowein/Rohwein family.  Said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to Horn, Thomas and Uhrig/Uhrich families – for these three families at least Mannheim must have stood for the capital of the Kurpfalz – for instance, Horn apparently was from^UC a small village in the Kurpfalz to the SE of Darmstadt – a considerable distance from Mannheim city.  Said by the Reinwald FSL to be home^UC to the Koerber{Andreas}and Schwebel families, as well as frau Kraus{Johannes}, and perhaps a Holzwarth{Martin} family.  Said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to frau Bauer{Conrad}.  Said by the Schuck FSL to be home^UC to Derr/Doerr, and Schuch families.  Said by the Seewald FSL to be home^UC of Didion and Ostertag families.

Mannheim^GL, Wuerttemberg: this is the previous entry, 50 years later!

Manrich^FN: see Kieffert.

Manschau?^FN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be from^UC Alsheim, Kurpfalz.

Mansfield [County]: It was said (no locality mentioned) by the Urbach FSL to be home^UC  to a Graef man.

Mansfeld County^GS: its territory lay along the SW bank for the Saale River NW of Halle up to Mansfeld town.  It was a client state of Kurbranenburg.

Mansgard^FN: listed by both the 1816 Kassel census (#102) and KS:366 without origin.    Also spelled Manhard and Manshard.  See the GCRA book for a bit more.

Manshard^FN: see Mansgard.

Manus^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Remich, Luxembourg.  Later spelled Mannes.

Manus^FN: his mother, frau Larsen, was said (no locality mentioned) by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  I could not find him in Mai1798.

Manweiler^FN: four households said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Zweibruecken (no locality mentioned).  In 1798 the maiden name of one of the wives was given as Grabbe (Mai1798:Ms50).  Brent Mai using LDS films #193845 and #193879 proved their origins in Finkenbach-Gersweiler and Meisenheim; for more information see cvgs.cu-portland.edu/origins/m/manweiler_messer.cfm. The maiden name of another was given as Meisterling (Mai1798:Ms54). The maiden name of another was given as Renner (Mai1798:Ms56).

Manz^FN said by the Frank FSL to be from^UC Hirschfeld, Freie Adelprovinz der alten Ritter(?).

Manz^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Fulda (no locality given), and his frau’s maiden name was given as Voelker (no origin given); and a Siefert orphan was living in their household.  I could not find the Manz family name in the 1798 censuses.

Manzenburg(?)^GL:an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Meier and possibly a Wensen family.

Marbach(?)^GL, Isenburg: an unidentified place said by the Kukkus FSL to be home^UC to a Wetter family.  I cannot find a Marbach in Isenburg territory.

Marbach-am-Neckar^GL, Wuerttemberg: is some 10 miles NE of Stuttgart, and 1 mile from Murr, Baden-Wuerttemberg.  Also see Marbach, Wuerttemberg.

Marbach Oberamt^GL, Wuerttemberg: is Marbach-am-Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, some 10 miles NE of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, was a District administrative center, and was home to a Kloss/Closs family that settled in Gueldendorf, Odessa.  Said by the Lauwe FSL to be home^UC to a Jaeger family.

Marburg^GL, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]: Marburg-an-der-Lahn is some 17 miles NNE of Giessen.  Said by the Bettinger FSL to be home^UC to a Eckhardt family.  Said by the Grimm FSL to be home^UC to Lipp and possibly Stiel families.  Said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be home^UC to a Kaiser and possibly to a Mueller family. Said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Schneider family and possibly a Lindeman family.

Marburg^GL, Hessen[-Kassel Landgraviate]: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Kichler? family.  Same place as the previous entry.

Marburg, Hessen-Kassel [Landgraviate]: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Holzmann family.  Same place as the previous two entries.

Marburg^GS: I can find no such state, only the Hessian city of Marburg-an-der-Lahn.

Marchand^FN: said by the Franzosen FSL to be from^UC Lion, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Marckhoebel: see Markhoebel.

Mardorf: an unidentified place  said by Recruiter Beauregard’s list to have been home^UC to Reimer{Johannes}  (Lk153). 

Margardt^FN: see Morgart.

Margenau^GL, Tiegenhoff Amt: now Marynowy, Poland, and was some 3 miles SSW of Tiegenhoff city.  Said by the Orloff  FSL to be home^UC to an Ensz family.  Better spelled Marienau.

Margetenhaun^GL, Fulda: is in Hessen some 3 miles ENE of Fulda city, and said by the Goebel FSL to be home^UC to a Schaefer and perhaps a Hellferich family.

Margheim^FN: said by the Merkel FSL to be from^UC Dresden, Saxony.

Markgrafschaft Baden-Durlach^GS: is Baden-Durlach Margraviate.

Mariaberg Barony^GS:  a tiny barony, scarcely larger than its town, 13 miles N of Sigmaringen city.

Maribo, Holstein [Duchy]: is 102 km NE of Kiel city and was said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be home^UC to the Marz family.  However, in the 1760s Maribo was in the Kingdom of Denmark, not in the Duchy of Holstein; this family surely was traveling with a party almost all of whom were from the Duchy.

Marienau^GL: see Margenau.

Marienbrunn^BV, North Caucasus:

Marienburg^GL: an unidentified place said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be home^UC to an Arndt family, a daughter of which married Sperling in Oranienbaum.

Marienburg^GL, Polen: nka Malbork, Poland, some 27 miles SE of Gadansk and said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC to Baumgaertner/Baumgardt, Klein, Rakuszewski/Rockowshew, and Tuhn families.  Said by the Kamenka FSL to be home^UC to Lex/Leks, Nowak/Novak, and Urban families.

Marienburg, [Marienburg Amt,] West Prussia: the GCRA found it associated with a Lippert family in 1812.  See next entry.

Marienburg Amt^GL, West Prussia: is now Malbork, Poland but after Prussian annexation in 1772 it was a District administrative center some 17 miles SW of Elbing city.

Mariendorf, Filehne [Kreis], Posen Province, Prussia: nka Marianowo, Poland, and was 1.4 miles NW of Filehne.  The GCRA has reason to believe that the Just/Gust family that settled in Kassel may have come from^UC here.

Marienfels, Kurpfalz[sic?]: (said by the Straub FSL to be home^UC to an Orscheid family.  The only Marienfels I can find  is 9 km S of Nassau town and appears then to be within a Condominium shared by two Principalities: Nassau-Dillenburg and Nassau-Usingen, not in Kurpfalz.

Marienhagen^GL,  Hesse-Darmstadt Langraviate: is some 25 miles WSW of Kassel city.

Marienhafen?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Mueller{Philipp} family.  Kuhlberg said this was in Darmstadt.  This probably was Marienhagen.

Mariental^FN: said by the Caesarsfeld FSL to be from^UC Tauberbischofsheim.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Mariental^VV (aka Dubowoi, Marienthal, Pfannensteil, Tonkoshurovka,  or Tonkosurovka): a Russian German village of the Roman Catholic faith situated on the eastern side of the Volga, founded in 1766.  Its  FSL is now published in Pleve, Einwanderung …, vol.III, pp. 95-118.  According to this, the first settlers were from the following places with the family names shown here in parens. A name within square brackets following a family name is an alternate spelling usually from a later source.  Origin information which Prof. Pleve derived from the Kuhlberg lists is italicized.  The number with the name is their household number in the FSL:

from Ansbach: (Stoeckel42, Thalheimer[Dahlheimer,Dollheimer])62;

from Arzdorf, Kurpfalz: (Semle73);

from Bamberg: (Tuebelein50);

from Bitsch, Lothringen: (Hermann[Herrmann]43, Zwinger33);

from Blasien?: (Erne19, Walter8);

from Bleifeld-bei-Hoffnungsthal: (Wachter[Waechter]4);

from Blieskastel: (Reinhard[Reinhardt]36, Schmidt9);

from Bludenz?, Oesterreich: (Maurer6);

from Bruessel: (Becker14);

from Buedesheim, Kurtrier: (Pfannenstiel10);

from Busendorf, Frankreich: (Risch[Riesch,Rische]82a);

from Busendorf, Lothringen: Rohr18);

from Cassel, Kurtrier: (Herz40);

from Dagsburg, Frankreich: (Gaertner12);

from Dinkelsbuehl, Schwaben: (Scheuermann84);

from Dudeldorf?, Kurtrier: (Herz7a);

from Echternach, Kurtrier: (Hansel58);

from Eger: (Hartung44, Klepphahn[Klephahn]48);

from Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, Preussen: (Kohl90);

from Freiburg: (Weiler1);

from Geseke, Koeln: (Hanses[Ganz]25);

from Geske: (Spikermann76);

from Grimburg, Kurtrier: (Zimmermann55);

from Hamburg: (Heitz45);

from Hessen-Kassel: (Weber28);

from Hofheim, Wuerzburg: (Bender78);

from Hohenburg: (Gerhauser[Herrhausen]71, Meier[Maier]72);

from Kaufbeuren: (Reisach54);

from Kirchberg, Schwaben: (Boxler16);

from Kirchroth, [Kur-]Bayern: (Trier11);

from Kissingen, Wuerzburg: (Schunk85);

from Kolberg[Colberg], Preussen: (Marquart88);

from Kottenheim?, Kurtrier: (Reichert53);

from Ladenburg: (Kantitlin89);

from Ladenburg, Kurfalz: (Erlenbach5);

from Linne: (Schumacher67);

from Luxembourg: (Bersch21, Dreher[Hieronymus]83, Hermann[Herrmann]79);

from Mainz: (Wolf56);

from Manderscheid, Kurtrier: (Pfannenstiel7, Weiss15);

from Mannheim: (Reger52);

from Medebach: (Oberlieser80);

from Mergelz?, Frankreich: (Leber39);

from Merzig, Kurtrier: (Asselborn[Aselborn]38,75, Breit22, Siehr[Zier]35);

from Muehlingen: (Stengel74);

from Neuburg, Kurpfalz: (Wunderlich92);

from Ochsenhausen: (Rittmann49);

from Poduch?, Kurmainz: (Wenzele91);

from Prag, Boehmen: (Janus59);

from Prensach?, Oesterreich: (Haury64);

from Raude?, Kurmainz: (Schirmer27);

from Regensburg: (Hecht3, Kohlbeck47);

from Rixingen, Lothringen: (Klein[Cleyn, Kleyn]69;

from Runzen: (Wantemut?31);

from Saarburg, Kurtrier: (Telf[Teller]20);

from Saargemuend, Lothringen: (Bach66, Staub63, Tihl[Diehl]30);

from Steinbach, Zweibruecken: (Schwemmling46);

from Steinheim, Kurmainz: (Jaeger2);

from Steinsberg: (Peter17);

from Steyr, Oesterreich: (Hunger51);

from Straubing, [Kur-]Bayern: (Dessert[Desert]87, Meier[Maier]68);

from Tof?, Wuerzburg: (Katzeberg57);

from Trarbach, Kurpfalz: (Schueler[Schuler]77);

from Trier: (Nilis[Nilizin?]29);

from Ueberlingen: (Berger32);

from Ulm, Schwaben: (Scheibele[Schaeuffel]70);

from unknown origins: (Knauf52a, Schaefer[Scheff]20a, Schneider55a);

from Weilburg, Nassau: (Mueller82);

from Weissenburg, Frankreich: (Enselinger[Enslinger]86, Gassmann81);

from Willebadessen: (Linenberg[Lueneberg]24);

from Wittlich, Kurtrier: (Dinkel23, Kappes[Kippes]13, Martis[Mertz,Mertes]41);

from Wuerzburg: Dillmann[Dittmann]61, Rizler65, Schilling37, Schneider60);

from Zweibruecken: (Oblinger26).

Marienthal^VV: an alternate Russian name for Mariental^VV.

Marienwerder^GL, Preussen: : is 24 miles NNE of Berlin city centre, then in Kurbrandenburg which was controlled by Prussia.   Said by the Fischer FSL to be home^UC to a Stahlbaum family.  Said by the Husaren FSL to be home^UC to a Schiefelbein/Schiebelbein/Scheipelbein family.

Marienwerder Regierungsbezirk, Westpreussen: an administrative region in West Prussia, S of Marienburg.

Mariondorf, Filehne, Poland: apparently was a misprint for Mariendorf.

Marisfeld^GL: said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to a Jordan family.  There is a Marisfeld some 6.5 miles E of Meiningen city.

Mark^FN: said by the 1798 Seelmann census (Sm15) to be the maiden name of frau Brenner.

Mark?^GL, Holstein: an unidentified place said by the Dreispitz FSL to be home^UC to a Peterson family.

Markaler?^FN: see Markolf?.

Markert^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Ansbach.  Later spelled Marquardt.

Markert^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Ostheim, Eisenach, Sachsen. Later spelled Marquardt.

Markert^FN:  said by the Urbach FSL to be an orphan girl in the Weinert household.  I could not find her in Mai1798.

Markgraf^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Homburg.

Markgrafschaft Baden-Durlach^GS: is Baden-Durlach Margraviate.

Markgrafschaft Muehren^GS: i.e. Muehren Margraviate, this is a country which I cannot identify.

Markgroeningen^GL, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg:  is some 5 miles W of Ludwigsburg city, and was proven by the GCRA as the birthplace^UC of the Wikeler/Wichsler who went to Bergdorf.  The GCRA proved that the Bader family was here before leaving for Glueckstal.  The GCRA also proved this to be origin to the Gaup, Gutjahr, Kaul, Laux, Mattheis, Schaefer, and Staus families that went to Glueckstal; and the Veit family may have been from^UC here as well.   They also proved that this was home to a Behringer family.  See the GCRA book for more details.

Marklein Banghein(?)^GL, Ansbach: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be home^UC to a Soltner family.

Marklibisch?: an unidentified place said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Heilmann family. Kuhlberg said this was in the state of Sachsen.

Marklkofen^GL, is 92 miles SE of Nuernberg cityand said by the Frank FSL to be home^UC to a Zeiler family.

Markloff ^FN: see Markolf?.

Markoebel: aka Marckhoebel, is 10 km NNE of Hanau city and said by KS124 to be the place from whence Clandy{Christoph}  left [no date specified]. 

Markolf? ^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC [Hessen-]Darmstadt.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Nm41 and Sk16 when spelled Markloff and Markaler? and frau Markaler’s maiden name was given as Schmidt[Anna Barbara}. 

Markowitz^GL, Krzepien Amt, Suedpreussen: an unidentified place for which the GCRA found evidence in the death record a Dollinger son that he was born here.  This might be nka Markowice 4 miles S of Inowroclaw, Poland?

Marks^VV: a alternate name for Katharinenstadt^VV.

Markstadt^VV: a alternate name for Katharinenstadt^VV.

Markstaetter^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC the Pfalz (no locality mentioned).

Markstaller^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Murrhardt?, Herzogtum Wuerttemberg.  For 1788 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2458,Rm49,52 and 11, Sz16.

Markus^FN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be from^UC Aschaffenburg, [Kurmainz]. Spelled  Makrus (Mai1798:Hd10) and Malchus (Hd30, 35) in 1798.

Markus^FN: said by the Krasnoyar FSL to be from^UC Schlitz.

Markus^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Wiesenthau, Ansbach.

Markus ^FN: his likely widow, the wife of Kreinert, was said by the Schaefer FSL to be from^UC Kiel, Holstein[-Gorttorp Duchy].  

Markus^FN: said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Stettin, Preussisch Pommern.  For 1798 see Mai1798: Sz16,22,6,17.

Markus^FN: the wife was said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Boern, Daenemark [Kingdom]. 

Markus^FN: also see Maerz, Martz and Marx.

Marmis^FN: said by the Herzog FSL to be from^UC Schaerflond(?), Frankreich.

Marnsaberg(?)^GL, von Gutstein(?) Domaene, Pfalz: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Simon family.

Marqua ^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Schoeneberg.    Spelled Marquardt in 1798 (Mai1798:Om40).

Marquardt^FN: see Markert, Marqua, Mechwart, Merhardt and Morgart.

Marquart^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Holstein (no locality mentioned).

Marquart^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Kolberg[Colberg], Preussen, but his wife (no maiden name given) was said to be from^UC Wiesbaden (no other locality mentioned).

Marquart^FN: said by the Norka FSL to be the orphaned son of Johannes Marquart living in a Berger household.  Kuhlberg said he was from Isenburg (no locality mentioned).  For 1798 see Mai1798:Kt19.

Marquardt{Andreas}^FN: I could not find him in any FSL, but he is in the 1798 Urbach census (Mai1798:Ur25).

Marschall^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC Schanpin.

Martel^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Stadtbach?/Statzbach?, Kurmainz.    Spelled Martell (Mai1798:Dl18, 21, 45?, 15) and Mander (Dl15) in 1798.

Martel^FN: listed in the 1816 Kassel census (#2, 78) without origin but was said by KS:366 to be from^UC Simonsfeld, Calw [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  However, using FHL#1,070,127, the GCRA proved his origin in Kutzenhausen, Sulz [Amt] Elsass.  And, using FHL#771,551, they proved the origin of frau Martel (nee Dietz) in Keffenach, Sulz [Amt], Elsass.  See their book for more.

Martell^FN: see Martel and Matle.

Martens^FN: said by the Holstein FSL to be from^UC Necken(?).

Marth^FN: this family name was found recorded in Tann marriage records 1762-1767; see Flegel trip.

Martin^FN: according to the Bettinger FSL there was a Martin orphan girl living with a Bettinger family that was from^UC Dresden, Sachsen.  I could not find her in  Mai1798es.

Martin^FN: said by the Boaro FSL to be from^UC Steinberg, Nidda, Darmstadt.   I did not identify his 1798 whereabouts.

Martin^FN: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Eberfeld.

Martin{J.Martin}: in Glueckstal for a time, this family was said by KS:367 to be from [Ober]Gruppenbach, Heilbronn [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  This origin was proven by the GCRA using FHL 1,860,469; see their book for detail.

Martin^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Orb.

Martin^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Paderborn, Hanau.

Martin^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Laubenheim, Kurmainz.  For 1798 see (Mai1798:Nk2).

Martin{Ludwig+w+1c}: Kulberg141 said they were from^UC Erbach.   I did not find them in T orin any published FSL.

Martin^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Eberbach, Kurpfalz; there was a Morasch step-son living with them, so frau Martin must earlier have been frau Morasch.

Martin^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Oberbrennbach?.

Martin^FN: said by the Paulskaya FSL to be from^UC Bischberg.

Martin^FN{Philipp}:  said by the 1798 Schwed census to have left Schwed in 1788 but I can not find him in any FSL

Martin^FN{Johannes}: this son of {Valentin} was listed with his wife (the widow of Sierwald?{J.Georg} at Stahl-am-Karaman (#46).

Martin^FN{Melchior/Wilhelm}: this son of {Valentin} was listed with his wife  at Stahl-sm-Karaman (#47).

Martin^FN{Valentin}:  the earliest version of the Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#45 & 45a) said he had recently died  and his widow had remarried Seibel{Johannes} bringing her Martin daughter into the blended Stahl-am-Karaman FSL (#45.  The new husband was said by the Pleve version of the FSL to be from Dienheim.

Martinus^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC [Anhalt-]Dessau [Principality] with a Schapp orphan in the household.   Spelled Martins in 1798 (Mai1798:Sh27, Mv1155).

Martins{M.Eva}: she and her Stecklein husband are in the 1798 Zug census; her first husband, any earlier colony, and origins are unknown at this time.

Martins^FN: also see Martinus.

Martinstein: is 24 km WSW of Bad Kreuznach and only 1.5 km NW of Merxheim.   My guess is that it was not then in Kurpfalz, but was in the same little country as Merxheim.  Today they  both are in Rhineland-Palatinate.  It was proven by Brent Mai to be home to Fuchs(J.Nicolaus & A.Eva} and their children who settled in Yagodnaya Polyana FSL (#80).   

Martis^FN: said by the Mariental FSL to be from^UC Wittlich, Kurtrier.  The family name was later spelled Mertes and Mertz)  Mai1798:Mt47,59,68).  The 1798 Mariental census gives his wife's maiden name as Bauer (Mai1798:Mt68).

Martz^FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Asbach.  Spelled Markus and Marx in 1798 (Mai1798:Mv1907,Ka112).

Martzulff^FN: mistakenly said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#77) and KS:367 to have come from^UC Ingenheim, Bergzabern [Amt], Rheinpfalz. Using FHL#721,154, the GCRA proved their origin in Ingolsheim, [Birlenbach parish], Weissenburg [Kreis], Elsass.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Marzolf and Merzluff.

Maruenskoje^VV: the Russian name for Zug^VV.

Marusch^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Luxembourg.

Marx^FN: said by the Bettinger FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Bt15.

Marx{Michael+w}: Kulberg135 said they were from^UC Lobach.  Not found in T.   Said by the Kano FSL (#48) to be from^UC Robesburg?, Lobach.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Marx{Wilhelmina}: she with her Hammerschmidt{Zacharius} husband was a Kano first settler (kn114), but as his widow in 1771 left Zug (where her son remained to be in the 1798 census) with her daughter reportedly to go to Schoenchen (Mai1798:Mv3048).

Marx{Heinrich}: the Zug 1798 census said his wife’s maiden name was Paul and that he had moved in from  Katharinenstdt (Mai1798:Zg10) found in no FSL and no earlier colony being mentioned, he may well have been among the Katharinenstdt first settlers.

Marx{Michael+w}: Kulberg135 said they were from^UC Lobach.  Not found in T.

Marx^FN: said by the Louis FSL to be from^UC Kirchberg, Baden-Durlach, while his wife (maiden name not given) was said from^UC Saarburg, Kurtrier.

Marx{Johannes}: see  Mertz{Johannes} of Luzern.

Marx^FN: in Rohleder, see Mohr{Katharina}.

Marx^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be from^UC Ni?, Markgrafschaft Muehren, and  his wife who was said to be from Regensburg and whose maiden name was given as Matters. For 1798 see Mai1798:Rm27, 59 and Zr91.

Marx{Johannes}: he left Zug to go to marry in Luzern in 1776 (Mai1708:Mv3056); he is found in no FSL so may be a Zug first settler.  In 1798 his name was also given as Mertz (Lz8).

Marx^FN: also see Martz.

Marx^VV: an alternate name for Katharinenstadt^VV.

Marxstadt^VV: an alternate name for Katharinenstadt^VV.

Marz ^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Maribo, Holstein [Duchy].  I could not find members of this family in  Mai1798.

Marzolf^FN: see Martzulff.

Merzluff ^FN: see Martzulff.

Masch{Johann+w}:  Kulberg49 said they were from^UC Oderberg.  Not in T.   Said by the Messer FSL (#29) to be from^UC Brandenburg (no locality mentioned).

Masch{Juliana}: she was in Zug in 1798 (Zg12), but she is listed in no FSL nor in T, nor is there any indication she moved to Zug from another colony, so she and possibly her parents are possible Zug first settlers.

Maschbach^GL: an unidentified place said by the Paulskaya FSL to be home^UC to a Widlein? family.

Maser^FN: said by the Kukkus FSL to be from^UC Loehnfeld(?), Kurpfalz.  Eleanor Sissell (2010)  has proven the place is Lengfeld, which in modern times is in Hessen. She has the Maser family, prior to their coming to Lengfeld in church records of Switzerland.  The children born in Kurpfalz were spelled Maaser while the FSL spells it Maser.

Mason^FN: see Masson.

Massenheim^GL: an unidentified place said by the Boregard FSL to be home^UC to Maass and Sommer{David} families, and possibly Elscheidt and Jaeger families.

Massold^FN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be from^UC the Pfalz (no locality mentioned).

Masson^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Relinbach?, Lothringen.  Spelled Mason in 1798 (Mai1798:Dl46).

Mast^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Walenkepr?, [Kur-]Braunschweig.  For 1793 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2994,Wr85,114 and St40.  In 1766 a daughter was born to the Masts in Luebeck; frau Mast’s maiden name was given as Bersck (Mai&Marquardt#1308); neither the daughter nor her mother made it to 1768.

Masuri^FN: said by the Seelmann FSL to be from^UC Wallerfangen, Lothringen.  Spelled Ma_uril in 1798 (Mai1798:Sm28).

Matasch^FN: see Matheas.

Mater(?)^GL, Kurpfalz: an unidentified place said by the Dietel FSL to be home^UC to a Weissbeck family.

Matern?^FN: see Mattern.

Mathe^FN: see Mathes.

Matheas^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Wiesthal, [Kurmainz].  Spelled Matasch & Mattias in 1798 when the maiden name of the wife was given as Felbaitel (Mai1798:Om54).

Mathes^FN: said by the Buedingen ML to be the maiden name of the woman who in 1766 married Menges, later of Shcherbakovka (Mai&Marquardt#598).  KS:145 said her maiden name was Mathe.

Matheus ^FN: also see Mattheus and  Matthias.

Mattheis: said in the 1798 census (Bn65) to have come from Seelmann but I could find this family name in no FSL

Mattheus/Matheus{Gottlieb}^FN: said by Anhalt-Dessau records to have moved from somewhere in [Kur-]Sachsen to Rehsen in Anhalt-Dessau where he married a Pussker woman and fathered two children by her before he deserted them (Mai&Marquardt#1120). For the children see Matthias{Gottlieb, A.Sophia}.

Mathien^FN: said by the Koehler FSL to be from^UC Strassburg, Frankreich.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Mathis^FN: said by the Ober-Monjou FSL to be from^UC Ockstadt.  Spelled Mattias in 1770 (Mai1798:Mv2034).

Mathius ^FN: said by the Keller FSL to be from^UC Offenbach, Isenburg.

Mathres^FN: said by the Brabander FSL to be from^UC Petting.  I could not find this family in the 1798 Volga censuses.

Matle?^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Kollmar, Elag(?).  May have been  spelled Martell in 1798 (Mai1798:Mr15).

Matleheim ^FN said by the Roethling FSL to be from^UC Kurmainz (no locality mentioned).

Matli^FN: see Matle.

Mattern^FN {Heinrich}: said (no locality mentioned) by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Danzig.

Mattern^FN: said by the 1798 Boregard census to be the maiden name of frau Engel{Adam}.

Mattern ^FN {Wilhelm}: said by the Boregard FSL to be from^UC Weisbaden.

Mattern^FN: said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Petersburg, Russland.  I could not find them in Mai1798.

Mattern^FN: the wife was said by the Schulz FSL to be from^UC Memel, Preussen [Kingdom]. I could not find her in Mai1798.

Mattern^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Butzbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].   Spelled Matern? in 1798 (Mai1798:Bz14).

Matters^FN: said by the Rosenheim FSL to be the maiden name of frau Marx who was from^UC Regensburg.

Mattes^FN: this family name was found recorded in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Mattheas^FN: a Mattheas woman from Mettenheim, Wartenberg [County] married in 1768 in Russia a Schlund man; they lived in Bauer.  She was the illegimate daughter of a Franz woman who lived in Mettenheim, Wartenberg [County] – no indication is given as to where the mother and her Bernard husband went in Russia (Mai&Marquardt#1239 & 1243).

Mattheis^FN: said by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:673, 676, 368) to be from Markgroeningen, Ludwigsburg [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Using FHL(1,056,750-1), the GCRA verified this origin. See the GCRA book for more details.  Also spelled Matthes.

Matthes^FN: this family name was found recorded in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

Matthes^FN: also see Mattheis.

Matthias^FN: said by the Schuck FSL to be from^UC Bitsch, Lothringen.  Also spelled Mattias.  The wife’s maiden name was given as Schreiner in 1798 (Mai1798:Vm23).  Pleve’s first translation had the place as Bich/Bichl(?).

Matthias{Gottlieb, A.Sophia}^FN: said by Kuhlberg to be from [Kur-]Sachsen, and said by the Urbach FSL to be step-children in the Kraemer household  For 1798 see Mai1798:Ur21 and Bb7.  Anhalt-Dessau records say they were born in Rehsen in Anhalt-Dessau Principality and that their father had come to Rehsen from somewhere in [Kur-]Sachsen (Mai&Marquardt#1120).

Matthiesen^FN: said by the Reinwald FSL to be from^UC Griesburg?, Darmstadt.  In 1798 a descendant may have been at Rw11?

Matthisen{Johann} ^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Luebeck .  I could not find members of this family in  Mai1798.

Matthissen{J.Arent}^FN: said by the Stahl-am-Tarlyk FSL to be from^UC Lenzen, [Kur-]Brandenburg.  For 1790 see Mai1798:Mv2826.

Mattias^FN: also see Matheas, Mathis and Matthias.

Mattis^FN: said by the Kano FSL to be a step-son in the Baschka/Pashka^FN household.

Mattiss{M.Margaretha}: married Bruner{Johann} in Rosslau on 28 May 1765 (Mai&Marquardt#856, KS123.  I could not find this couple in any published FSL.

Mattwich^FN:  listed in the Bergdorf 1858 census (KS:669, 368) without origin.  The GCRA found some evidence of his origin in Ehrbardorf, Posen, Prussia.  See their book for details.

Matz^FN: said by the Preuss FSL to be from^UC Holtzhausen, Kur Trier.  Later spelled Maas.

Matz^FN: said by the Rothammel FSL to be from^UC Raumbach, Zweibruechen.

Matz^FN: see also Maas.

Maubach, Backnang [Amt], Wuerttemberg: is 2 miles S of Backnang city, and was proven by the GCRA to be home to the Kerner/Koerner family that settled in Kassel.

Mauch^FN: said by the Lauwe FSL to be from^UC Winzenburg (no other place mentioned).  In 1798 the family name was given as Mauck (Mai1798:Lw16).  This Mauch man apparently was a godparent in 1766 in Luebeck to a Schauscheck son (Mai&Marquardt#1347).

Mauch{Christian}^FN: said by KS:368 to have been born both in^UC Labiszyn, Szubin, Poland, and in Nussdorf, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  Some other source said he was born in^UC Strelno, Bromberg, Prussia;  the family arrived in Kassel about 1809, were listed as Meig in the 1816 Kassel census (household #42); and in about 1834 they went to Arcis, Bessarabia -- all according to the GCRA.  See their book for more detail.

Mauch{Emmerich}^FN: said by KS:368 to have come from^UC Aurich, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg settling^UC in Kassel – the GCRA found that this family never went to Kassel, but evidently did find their origin in Nussdorf, Vaihingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See their book for more detail.

Mauck^FN: see Mauch.

Mauer^FN: said by the Bauer FSL to be from^UC Alzey, Kurpfalz.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Br1.

Mauer^FN: said by the 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Hoffmann of Bettinger (Mai1798:Bb33).

Mauer{Susanna Katharina}: a Woehrd ML says this woman from^UC Nuernberg married on 6 June 1766 Braeutigam{J.Christian}; by 1767 this couple was in Katharinenstadt FSL #137 (Mai&Marquart#824).

Mauer{J.Adam}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Hetzerode?[sic], Hessenburg[sic].  For 1788 and 1798 see Mai1798:Mv2773, Lb26.

Mauer{J.Peter}^FN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be from^UC Hetzerode?[sic], Hessenburg[sic]. I could not find him in Mai1798.  According to a Friedburg ML he married in 1766 a Schwartz woman and was from the former county of [Sayn-]Hackenburg (Mai&Marquardt#323).  That county had been dissolved in 1715 and contained Heuzert which most likely home^UC to both Mauer men who settled in Warenburg.

Mauer{Daniel}^FN: may have been the offspring of an early Zurich settler family.  In 1798 he was said to be from Zurich (Mai1798:Nb26) –but the family name does not appear in the Naeb FSL and he himself is too young to be in a FSL.

Mauer^FN: see Dening of Louis.

Mauerer^FN: this family name was found recorded in 1700s Berstadt parish records; see Flegel trip.

Mauerer^FN: also see Maurer.

Mauerwelt(?)^GL: an unidentified locality which according to the Frank FSL was in the principality of Fulda and was home^UC to a Knopf family.

Maul^FN{Konrad}: said by the Kutter FSL to be from^UC Braunfels.

Maul^FN{Karl and Georg}: said by the Norka FSL to be two brothers, one living in a Weigandt household, the other in the Hamburger household.   For 1798 see Mai1798:Nr39.

Maul ^FN{Valentin}: said by the Straub FSL to be from^UC Niederbeerbach, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate].  In 1798 the wife’s maiden name was given as Wallenberg (Mai1798:Sr13).

Maul^FN: said by the Schlitz ML to be from^UC “Russbach” and marrying  in 1766 a Bonert woman from^UC “Russbach“ (Mai&Marquardt#749).  I have seen no evidence that this couple survived the trip to Russia.

Maul{Michel}: KS:82 and nnn say this party of 2 from^UC Mechlenburg in 1764 was sent on to the Saratov area as part of  the group of colonists transported under the command of  Captain Paykul and Cornet Rehbinder.  I have not found them in any published FSL.

Maulbronn^GL, Kurpfalz: is an unidentified place said by the Anton FSL to be home^UC to a Redler family.  Said by the Schaefer FSL to be home^UC to the Welsch family.  The Kurpfalz may be in error and this may be the following entry:

Maulbronn^GL, Wuerttemberg: home of a famous monastery, and some 8.6 miles NE of Pforzheim, Baden Wuerttemberg.  It was also a District administrative center.

Mauren^FN: said by the Kamenka FSL to be from^UC Alzey.

Maurer^FN{Jacobina}:  said by the Balzer 1798 census #42 to be the wife of Karl{Christoph}.

Maurer^FN{Johann}:  said by the Kano FSL to be from^UC Tuebingen, [Wuerttemberg Duchy.  In 1798 this family may have been in Schaffhausen (Mai1798:Sh02).

Maurer^FN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be from^UC Nuernberg.

Maurer{J.Heinrich+w}: Kulberg142 said they were of the Reformed faith from^UC Holstein.  Not found in T nor in any published FSL.

Maurer{Philipp Jacob}:  said by the Mariental FSL (#6) to be from^UC Bludenz(?), Oesterreich.

Maurer{Michael}: KS127 & 145 said he was from^UC  Mecklenburg and Euler{Margaretha} was his wife.  I did not find him in any published FSL.

Maurer^FN: said by both the 1816 Neudorf census (#14) and KS:369 to have come from^UC Medard, Meisingheim [Amt], Baden.  The census said they came via Dorschau, Ungarn.  The GCRA believes he was born in Hungary, and using FHL#493,330, they found that there were Maurer families in Medard, however they found no way to definitely identify this man’s parents..  See their book for much more.  Also spelled Mauerer,  especially so in Medard.

Mauderer{Christoph}: in Danish records said by Danish records to be from Klein Gartach like Kober/Cober{Conrad} who was said to be his farmhand (EEE pp.372, 514).

Maurer{J.Adam}: said by the Warenburg FSL (#126) to be of the Reformed faith from^UC Hetzerode(?), Hessenburg.

Maurer{J.Peter}: from^UC Hachenburg County on 21 April 1766 in Friedberg he married Schwartz{M.Elisabeth} from^UC Muntzfelden (Mai&Marquardt#323).  Said by the Warenburg FSL (#125) to be of the Reformed faith from^UC Hetzerode(?), Hessenburg.

Maus^FN: said by the Grimm FSL to be from^UC Darmstadt (no locality mentioned).  According to Buedingen birth and death records, a son of this man from^UC Storndorff near Alsfeld died in 1766 (Mai&Marquardt#1230).

Maus^FN: said (no locality mentioned) by the Neidermonjou FSL to be from^UC Hannover with a Gen? orphan girl in the household.

Mauswinckel^GL, Isenburg-Birstein?: now in Hessen some 4 miles SE of Gedern and said by the Buedingen ML to be home^UC both to a Kaltenschnee man and an Eisenhuth woman who married in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Dobrinka; Stumpp says Mauswinckel was near Waechtersbach (Mai&Marquardt#507).

Mauter^FN: said by the Messer FSL to be from^UC Frankenlict? (no locality mentioned).

Mavetz(?)^GS: German for Mainz is Mayence … this may have been a Russian attempt to spell Mayence???

Max^FN: said by the Dehler FSL to be from^UC Waterheim?, Leningen.  For 1798 see 1798Mai:Dl14, 40.

Maxger?^GL: an unidentified place said by the Kano FSL to be home^UC to a Sick family.

May{Johanna E.}:  said by KS131 to be wife of Grasmueck{J.Jakob}.  They settled in Balzer FSL (#63).   Bonner proved this woman was both born and married in Rohrbach, Isenburg[-Buedingen County].

May ^FN: said by the Shcherbakovka FSL to be from^UC Assling?.  For 1798 see Mai1798:Fk89 and Sv52.  This Mey man in 1764 in Luebeck married a Rehl woman (Mai&Marquardt#1).

May{Johannes}:he left Zug in 1792 to go to Katharinenstadt (Mai1798:Mv3068,Ka76); he cannot be found in any FSL, thus he may have been a Zug first settler. 

May^FN: this family name was found recorded in Schotten parish records for many generations prior to 1767; see Flegel trip.

May^FN: also see Mai and  Mey.

Mayer^FN: interfiled with Meier.

Mayhoefer^FN: she is listed in the 1816 Neudorf census (#55) as frau Benz, with her two Wetzler daughters.  The GCRA proved her the widow of Johannes Wetzler and using FHL#1,732,275, they also proved her origin in Brittheim, Sulz [Amt], Wuerttemberg.  See the GCRA book for more.  Also spelled Maihofer.

Mazow, Mazow, South Prussia: the GCRA found it associated with a Herrmann family in 1803.  Jerry Frank thinks this might be Mazew, South Prussia, 17 km SW if the large town of Kutno.

McGinnis{Sean}: author of The Founding Families of Catharine, Kansas (2007)  he shows that Beilmann{J.Peter} was born in Frei-Laubersheim, Kurpfalz on 5 December 1725.

Updated 10/2012