Peter was a grain farmer. He married Maria Elisabeth in Hesse about 1757 before emigrating to Norka. They travelled from Lübeck to the port of Oranienbaum aboard the Russian galliot Strelna under the command of Lieutenant Sornev, arriving on 9 September 1766.[1] Found on Kulberg transport list as "Bott Peter, Ref., farmer from Hessen, doc. No. 4988, wife: Maria Elisabeth, children: Peter, 5, Johann Adam, 2.5, Anna Eva, 4 weeks."[2] 49 y/o Peter arrived in Norka on 15 Aug 1767 with 33 y/o wife Maria Elisabeth and children, 7 y/o Peter and 1.5 y/o Anna Eva.[3] Like almost all Norkans, he was a member of the Reformed faith.
Children:
Peter, b. 1760, Hesse
Dorothea, b. 1765, Hesse, m. Eberhardt Döring
Anna Eva, b. 1766, Hesse
Johannes, b. 1768, Norka
Cunigunde, b. ca. 1769, Norka
Johann Heinrich, b. ca. 1772, Norka, m. Katharina Backer
Magdalena, b. ca. 1775, Norka
Anna Katharina, b. 1778, m. Johann Heinrich Albert
↑ Pleve, I. R. Lists of colonists to Russia in 1766: reports by Ivan Kulberg. Saratov, Russia: Saratov State Technical University, 2010. p. 317, #4988.
↑ Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2005): Vol. 3, p. 264, #132.
1767 Norka, Russia First Settlers List, Household No. 132
1775 Census of Norka, Household No. 185
1798 Census of Norka, Household No. 195
Family Group Sheet for Johann Peter Bott, Norka Database, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
Pedigree Chart for Anna Maria Aschenbrenner, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
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