Emig Emich Amick Emmick

Johan Georg Emig was born in Germany on July 13 1715. He married Maria Elisabeth in Germany around 1735. They had two children in there the first Johan Heinrich was born about 1737 the second Johan Philip was born about 1741. Johan Georg with his wife and two young children took the ship Christian from Rotterdam and arrived in Philadelphia on the September 13 1749. Georg Emig took the oath of allegiance upon his arrival. Most of the passengers were from the Palatine region or Rhine Valley. Georg built a grist mill on Tohickon Creek in Bucks County outside of Philadelphia. Georg passed the mill down to his son Henry when he died. Henry Emig son of Henry who was the son of Georg was also a miller inherited his father’s grist and saw mill on Tohickon Creek in Bucks County.