Johannes EMMERICH / (Unknown)

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[1144] SOURCES: "The Empey Family," E. Keith Fitzgerald, gen. Revised Jan 1984.
"The Palatine Families of NY," Henry Z. Jones, p. 201.
"London Churchbooks and the German Emigration of 1709," John P. Dern.
NAME AND ORIGINS: Dr. Fitzgerald writes to Hank Jones, 10 Nov 1984, that at the baptism in Worms of Johannes, Johan Ernst is described as "Beisass", a word not known today. He writes: "Even on the 'phone the professor didn't know it as it was really old German. "As you can see he has come through for me." (We assume from the next paragraph that the translation had to do with being a "a foreign neighbor of fugitive.) He continues, "Another thought - with the name Empey being Irish Huguenot (and therefore French) - and thus this German info saying the Emichs were 'Foreign Neighbors' and possibly 'fugitives from a foreign country' - it makes me wonder if somewhere back in time they were not all from the same roots." He (the professor) has also found that the names Emig/Emich/ Ehmig (and I guess all those other variants) are the same name - and that is a short for for Emmerich."
The London Churchbook records state that Johan Ernst was of K�nigsberg, more recently Worms, Germany.
BIRTH: Recorded: London Churchbooks, P 39: "Emichen, Ernst, age 55." This was his age on June of 1709 when he arrived in London, making him born abt 1654.
BAPTISM: Hank Jones writes Dr. Fitzgerald, 20 November 1984: "I found Johannes Emmerich bpt 13 Nov 1664 at Bleichenbach near Hanau: his father was Johannes E., Sr., d. 23 Nov 1688, aged 74 years (Selters Chbk.)"
Does this mean he was born closer to 1664 instead of about 1654 as formerly thought?; The 1654 date was derived from the age given in the London Churchbooks in 1709. Could his age then have been 45, a more likely age of a father of young sons, or was he baptized at age 10?;
MARRIAGES: First wife was Maria Ursula Rosenbachin, by whom he had 4 children, Adam, Johannes, Ludovicus and Paulus. Maria and the 2 younger children died soon after they reached London.
On 21 August 1709, in London Johan Ernst married Margaretha Winter, with whom he and his two remaining sons emigrated to New York in July of 1710. They were settled in West Camp on the west side of the Hudson River, where Adam was confirmed 30 April 1711. By 1713, they had moved to Schoharie where "Joh. Emerich and wife Margaretha" were sponsors at a baptism for Anna Eva, daughter of Johannes Hess and Catarina Lilofin. Sometime between 1713 and 1715, his second wife died.
By 1715 he had married Anna Christina __?;__ by whom he had 2 children, Elizabeth, born 1 Oct 1716, and Christina, born about 1718. NOTE: David Kendall Martin believes that "the age of Johan Ernst Emichen in 1709, compared with the ages of his children, indicates that likely he had at least one wife before his wife of that year, Maria Rosenbachin.
BIOGRAPHICAL: Origins per Henry Jones:
"Johan Ernst Emick, widower of Konigsberg more recently Worms, Germany, md. Margaretha d/o Hans Carl Winter of Bach in Wurtembergschen, 21 Aug 1709 (London Chbks. and the German Emigration of 1709, by John P. Dern, p. 25). "Emick's ancestral origins then were at 6520 Worms and possibly 6301 Konigsberg near Wetzler. "Ernst Emichen aged 55, his wife, sons aged 9, 6, 5, and 1 1/2, Lutheran, husbandman and vinedresser, were in the 1st arrivals in 1709 (London Lists)". (HJ)
Ernst Emichen made his first appearance on the Hunter Lists #162, 1 July 1710 with 2 pers. over 10 yrs of age and 2 pers. under 10 yrs; the numbers changed to 3 pers. over 10 yrs and 1 pers. under 10 on 4 Oct 1710, and the last entries for the family in 1712 noted 4 pers. over 10 yrs of age. An old manuscript dated 1711 recorded that 1 lb of butter was given for Joh: Ernst Emichen (NY Col Mss., Vol 55, p. 29e).
Johan Ernest Emigen was nat. 13 March 1715/1716 (Albany Nats.). Johan Ernst Eingen and Anna Christiana with 2 children were at Neu-Heessberg, ca. 1716/17 (Simmendinger Register), per HJ, p 201. Fitzgerald notes that Lutheran Church records 1673-1735 rec'd from Worms, Germany, state that 3 children were born to Johan Ernst Emichen and Maria Ursula Rosenbachin; Johannes, 1702, Joh. Ludovicus, 1704, Joh. Paulus, 1707. Another son, Adam, was born in 1700. Adam and Johannes became patentees at Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., NY, in 1723, when the family moved to that area.
DEATH: David Kendal Martin writes to EKF: "Johan Ernst Emichen was a Stone Arabia Patentee in 1723, but was dead by 1744, as he was not on the Sommer's list of the Lutheran congregation." We don't know exactly where he died. If Johan Ernst Emichen and not his 21 year old son, Johannes, was the patentee, "J. Empie" (as listed on map) or "Johannes Emigen" (as written on list) who claimed Lots 6 and 46 in the Stone Arabia Patent, then it is likely he died in Stone Arabia. If his son made the claim, it is likely that his father moved from Schoharie to Stone Arabia to live with one of his sons, and died there.
NOTE: (BEG) There were 4 K�nigsbergs located all over Germany and also in what is now Poland. Hank Jones' researcher (at EKF's request) narrowed the field down to the one just north of Frankfort, Germany. His baptism record (recited) shows he was baptized at "Bleichenbach near Hanau". Hanau is just west of Frankfort so this probably the right K�nigsberg. The family moved to Worms later but weren't there long enough to leave any records except the children's baptisms.

- From "The Descendants of Johan Ernst Emichen : Volume II - The Loyalist Canadian Empey Family" - http://www.magma.ca/~ekipp/

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