Neckargemünd is a little more than twenty air miles south of the region around Eich, where the Kimmels lived for several generations.
He apparently arrived in Philadelphia in 1743 aboard the Robert and Alice, commanded by Martly Cussack. The source includes a note: "Qualified Septr. 30, 1743." (Source: Pennsylvania German Pioneers Original Lists of Arrivals to Phila 1727-1808, Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Ed. Wm. John Hinke, 2nd Printing, 1980, Genealogical Publ. Co., Inc. 1980 via USGenWeb Archives.)