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The name EMINO OR EMON is said to mean "rich protector" and the final "s" signifies "son of". In England a number of variations of the spelling are found, such as, Imans, Emans, Emyns, etc.
In the English records of the sixteenth century mention is found of Nicholas Emum, who was married St Alban's in 1559 to the widow Cicilia Fitch, Also George Emans of Thorington, before 1594, who was the father by his wife Dyonys of Robert, William and Olyver Emans. Also a william Emyn, vinter, who married the widow Ann Robson of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, in 1597 or 1598.
In the following century there is recorded an agreement between Thomas Hooker and William Imyn, Plaintiffs, and other parties concerning pasture. This is recorded in Kings Court at Westminster, Michaelmas, in the fourteenth year of James I (1617). An earlier agreement with the same plaintiffs was in the 33rd year of Elizabeth (1591). At London are found several records as follows: John Emins a church warden at French Lane, Cornhill, in 1612. Benjamin Emmons, a smith, who married Rose Ives at St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, in 1620. John Emyn whose wife Mary died in 1625. Susan Emans, who was buried at Cornwall in 1642. John Emmings who married Mary Conclade at St. Peters, Cornwall, in 1642. John Emans was a notary public in London in July, 1646. John Emmings who died in London in 1673.
It is inferred that some Emans immigrants were among those Englishmen who left their native England and emigrated to Holland between the years 1603 and 1609 to enjoy religious liberty and to avoid persecution. They eventually settled at or near Leyden, Holland, and remained there longer than the Plymouth Colony. The name "Emans" seems to have been of ancient English origin, yet the name "Andries" would indicate a Celtic connection. The "Johannes" probably comes from the Dutch influence.
This is from: Corwin J Emmons, An Emmons Genealogy, 1969, Updated by Wilbur D. Emmons, 1981.