Johann Egidius Grim

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Johan Egidius Grim, the Emigrant Ancestor of this branch of the Grim Family, arrived in America on September 11, 1728, on the ship "James Goodwill", David Crocket, master. (Pa. Arch., Ser. 2, Vol. 17, page 15).
On November 19, 1730, he took out a Land Warrant in Bucks County, Pa., for 200 acres in Macungie township, in the name of Gitti. Krim; an additional 100 acres in the name of Gite Krim, on August 13, 1734; an additional 100 acres in the name of Gedy Krim, on October 28, 1746.
His possessions later included land in Macungie township, Bucks county, now Lehigh county, and in Maxatawny township, now in Berks county, Pennsylvania. (Pa. Arch. Ser. 3, Vol 24, pages 137, 138, 139).
He was married to Anna Catharina before his arrival in America, and it is said that she was a fairly well educated woman, also that on the trip to America, a storm arose, and it was then that she wrote the hymn "Nur in Vergnuglichtkeit ist meine Freindenzeit."

They had five children as follows:
Jacob Grim
Henry Grim
Jonathan Grim
Margareth Grim
Elizabeth Grim

Adapted from "The History of the Grim Family."

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