Johan George Brosius ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: to America in the ship Lydia sailing from Rotterdam, last from Dover, James Alien, master, and arrived, 27 Sep 1740, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ On the ship's roster were 18-year old Johann Adam Schnyder and 19-year old Daniel Schnyder and their stepfather Hans Georg Brosius (age 42) with their mother. Traveling with them is Christoph Geist (age 23) whose son later marries Daniel's granddaughter; the Geists later settle into Northumberland County with the Schneiders. The ship also carried Johann Gerhard Schnyder (age 42) and Arnold Scheider (age 22); further research can reveal if they were related.

Johan married Anna Catharina Simon, daughter of Hans Adam Simon and Anna Catharine Hoehn, on 31 Oct 1724 in Weierbach, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. (Anna Catharina Simon was born on 26 Sep 1692 in Unterjeckenbach, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, christened on 26 Sep 1692 in Herren-Sulzbach, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany and died after 1750 in , Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.)