The immigrant ancestor Johannes (Jacob) Schwab (1720-1785) was born in Germany, and came to America on the ship "Halifax" arriving in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1754. In 1760/61 he appears as a renter on the Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., Pa. tax list. He appears on the Bethel Twp. tax list from 1762 until his death in 1785. Descendants and family members live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Montana and elsewhere.
Jacob Fyock (1741-1818) was born in Froshen, Thaleischweiler, Germany. In about 1764 he immigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania. He married Barbara Blartrah and they were the parents of five children, one of whom was John Fyock (1772-1852) who was born on the family farm in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. John married Susannah Messenbaugh (1778-1858) and they were the parents of thirteen children. John also had a mistress with whom he fathered an illegitimate child. Descendants live in Pennsylvania and other parts of the United States.
Eberhardt Rhiem settled in Lancaster Pennsylvania in the early part of 1700. He is known as the father of the clan in America. Variant spellings of the name are Rim, Ream, Reem, Rheam, Reams, Remm, Remmey and Remy.
John Stukey (1710-1786) came to Pennsylvania from Switzerland in 1736 and settled in Lancater County. He was born between Thun and Berne in the canton of Berne. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere. Hans Andreas Riem (1642-1719) was born in Leimen, Germany. His descendants Johann Eberhard Ream (1687-1779) was born in Leiman, Germany. He married Anna Elisabeth Schwab (1692-1761). They immigrated to Pennsylvania ca. 1717-1718. Johann Davidt Clem or Klemm immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1747 and later settled in Powell's Fort Valley, Virginia. He died n 1789. Christian Grove (died 1786) married (1) Ann Rodes and (2) Esther Musselman and lived in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Includes family of his brother, Marks Grove (died 1808). John Denniston (died 1853) was born in Pennsylvania. He lived in New Bethlehem and married Mary Millison (1809-1868). Some of his family then settled in Missouri. Also includes the family of Heinrich and Barbara Lerch Leinbach who lived in Langenselbold, Prussia, Germany.
