Johann Peter Kreick (son of Melchior Kreick) and Elisabeth Schäfer (daughter of Johann Conrad Schäfer) were married in Schlierbach on 24 July 1752. Elisabeth Schäfer was baptized in Hellstein on 7 July 1726. Johann Peter and Elisabeth had four children according to the Hellstein parish records: Johann Georg, baptized 19 November 1752 in Schlierbach; Johann Jacob, baptized 17 February 1754 in Schlierbach; Anna Magdalena, born 15 December and baptized 21 December 1755 in Hellstein; and Charlotta Friderica, born 18 October and baptized 24 October 1756 (died 8 December 1758) in Schlierbach. Johann Peter, Elisabeth, Johann Georg, and Anna Magdalena arrived in Russia on 9 Aug 1766. The family settler in Huck and are reported on the First Settler's List in Family #78.
Elisabeth Schäfer is the sister of Johannes Schäfer, Conrad Schäfer, and Wilhelm Schäfer, who also settled in Huck.
- Parish records of Hellstein (including Neuenschmidten, Schlierbach, and Udenhain) on Archion.de
- Pleve, Igor. Lists of Colonists to Russia in 1766: Reports by Ivan Kulberg (Saratov: Saratov State Technical University, 2010) p. 314
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 2 (Göttingen: Göttinger Arbeitskreis, 2001): p. 159