I have a list of ancestors with this name that is spelled about any way you can imagine
here we had mainly so I will use it
begin Johann Hartman Emmal-b circa 1710 Prussia/germany marr Margarethe circa 1738 migrated 1753 Hamburg to Phila Pa on Friendship-Johann Martin Emmal b 1740 Prussia
m Rosina Catherine circa 1770 then m Eliz pre
1808 Fairfield NJ (name Emal,Emmons,Emmins on records)Emmons seems to be name they often
used at times -Anglicized I presume