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Thomas Iiams (1708 - 1768)

Thomas Iiams aka Ijams
Born in South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Marylandmap
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Son of and
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 17 Apr 1730 [location unknown]
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Father of , , , , and
Died at age 60 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Marylandmap
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Biography

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Thomas Iiams was a Maryland colonist.

1708 Birth and Parents

Thomas Ijams was born 7 August 1708 in All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland., He was the son of William Ijams, born 1671 in Anne Arundel County and died 17 May 1738. His mother was Elizabeth Plummer, born 19 January 1678 in All Hallows Parish, and died 22 September 1762 in Anne Arundel County. They married 276 August 1696 in All Hallows Parish.[1]

Thomas Iiams (aka Ijams) was born August 7, 1708 on Bridge Hill Plantation at All Hollows, Ann Arundel CO, MD [2]

Thomas Iiams, son of William and Elizabeth (Plummer) Iiams, was born August 7, 1708 at Bridge Hill, All Hallows Parish, and was named after his maternal grandfather. [3]

William and Elizabeth Plummer Iiams were married in Maryland on 27 August 1696.

1768 Death

He died 1768 in Anne Arundel County. [1]

Thomas Iiams made his will on October 27th 1766, and bequeathed his estate to his four named sons. By a codicil he made his daughter, Susannah Pumphreys, an heir. The instrument was proved at Annapolis November 28, 1768. The inventory of the personal estate was taken on July 14, 1769, with his son , Thomas Iiams, as executor. Elizabeth and John Iiams signed as the kinsmen. At the final esttlement in 1770, the state was distributed among seven unnamed representatives. [3]

Children

  1. John Iiams married Elizabeth Hampton [3]
  2. Thomas Iiams married Catherine Hampton [3]
  3. Richard Iiams married Eleanor [3]
  4. William Iiams married Mary Hampton [3]
  5. Susannah Iiams married Pumphreys [3]
  6. Mary Iiams married William Penn. License Apr 8 1788, Balto. Co. [3]
  7. Charity Iiams Not listed by Newman, who does recognize that there was a 7th child.

Research Notes

Harry Wright Newman reports that the name of Thomas Iiam's wife has not been proved. [3]. However, three women are currently linked as wives on WikiTree.

1730 Marriage to Elizabeth Hill

  • Elizabeth Hill [4]

She was born about 1710 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland [4]

In 1730 Elizabeth Hill in Anne Arundel, Maryland married Thomas Ijams, born 7 August 1708 in Anne Arundel County.

She died in 1795 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Children of Thomas Ijams and Elizabeth Hill Ijams, born between 1742 and 1760

  1. Susanna IJAMS b: 15 DEC 1742 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (No children)
  2. Richard IJAMS b: 15 FEB 1748/49 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (No children)
  3. John IJAMS b: 2 JUL 1750 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (No children)
  4. William IJAMS b: APR 1751 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (No children)
  5. Mary IJAMS b: 10 JUN 1752 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (No children)
  6. Thomas IJAMS b: 26 DEC 1754 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (No children
  7. Richard IJAMS b: 1756 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (No children)
  8. Prudence IJAMS b: 1760 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (No children)

1730 Marriage to Artridge Waters

On April 17, 1730, Thomas married Artridge Waters. [5]

  • Artridge Franklin Waters[6]
  • Artridge /Waters/[7]
  • Artridge [8]

She was born 1712 in West River, Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland. [6]

She was the daughter of Robert Franklin and Artridge Giles of West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. [6]

On 17 April 1730 Artridge Waters married Thomas Iiams. They had one child, Thomas Iiams. <rfef name="s46"/>

In 1732 she married Samuel Waters (1707-1773) [6]

She died 17 May 1790 in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. She was buried in the West River Meeting Graveyard, Lothian, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Profile for Thomas Ijams Accessed 2 October 2023 jhd
  2. ↑ "The Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families" by Howard L. Leckey p. 480-2
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Harry Wright Newman. Anne Arundel Gentry: A Genealogical History of Twenty-Two Pioneers of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and their Descendants. Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press. Maryland Pioneer Series, 1933. Reprinted Apple Manor Press, Markham, Virginia, 2009. pp. 401-402
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Barber, McDonald, Lewis, Penn Connections Elizabeth Hill Accessed April 1, 2018 jhd
  5. ↑ Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Find A Grave Artridge Waters Memorial ID 127204936. Accessed April 1, 2018 jhd
  7. ↑ Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.;
  8. ↑ Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000

See also:

  • Maryland Genealogical Society: Md-MAP (Members’ Ancestry Project), Maryland Members’ Ancestry, (<http://www.mdgensoc.org/genealogyfortng/getperson.php>, bullock_b000 database, last updated 27 Jan 2004), accessed 17 Dec 2006 by Eric J. Montgomery <clanmontgomery.md at gmail.com

Maryland State Archives[1], in 1732, "'Duvall's Delight' part of" "Conveyed from Charles Carroll to Thomas Ijams April 17th.", Anne Arundel, B 151 - 114 C

Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Iiams-34 created through the import of Hummel_Goerl_Cecil_Miller Fami(3).ged on Jun 12, 2011 by [[Hummel-129 | Angela Hummel




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