Richard Iiams

This family line has not been well documented.

Death date revised per http://genforum.genealogy.com/ijams/messages/425.html

Children surviving (past 1761) and still residing in Anne Arundel:

• John
• William
• Mary
• Charity
• Sarah
• Elizabeth

The others may have died, moved away, or (in the case of daughters) been sufficiently provided for by their husbands' families.

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1658-1758 Charles County MD Families "The first 100 years": Wills, Court, Church, Land, Inventories & Accounts

Includes early Northern Neck VA, records for counties bordering the Rappahannock & Potomac Rivers: The 1656-1692 Old Rappahannock County Deeds & Minutes were just added. These county records were selectively added, focusing on the North bank, but upsteam you will see now day Caroline and King George County records up to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania county. Currently adding 1652-1714 Lancaster County records

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1. ID: I52879
2. Name: Richard Ijams
3. Sex: M
4. Birth: 1673 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
5. Death: 1761 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
6. Note:

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   Last Will and Testament of Richard Ijams, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, March 30, 1747:

   In the name of God Amen, I Richard Iiams of Ann Arundle County in the Province of Maryland planter Being of perfect Mind and Memory and Calling to Mind the Mortality of My Body Knowing tis appointed for all men Once to Die Do Make Constitute and Ordain this my last will and Testament in the following Manner and form Imprimus I bequeath my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it me, and my Body to the earth To be buried in a Christian Like and Decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter Named and Touching Such worldly goods as it hath Pleased God to bestow upon me (after my Just Debts Being paid) I Give Dovise and Dispose of them as following --- I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Wife Eliza [Elizabeth, abbreviated] Iiams During her Natural Life all my personal Estate whatsoever Except the following Legacies provided my Said wife lives Single and remains unmarried But in Case She thinks Proper to Marry again immediately after Such Marriage or at the time of her Death I Bequeath all my personal Estate to be Equally Dovided Between my Sons John and William and Daughters Mary and Charity all Equally <nowiki>------------</nowiki> Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah one Cow and Calf also one Shilling Currant Money <nowiki>-------------</nowiki> Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Eliza: one Cow and Calf Also one Shilling Currant Money <nowiki>-------------</nowiki> Item I Give and Bequeath my Now Dwelling Plantation Containing one hundred Acres of Land to be Equally Dovided Between my Sons John and William I give William my Dwelling house and orchard on his part of the Land --- If Either of my Sons should Die without Heirs Lawfully Begotten of their Body then his part of ??? Land Shall Fall to the other and his Heirs for Ever <nowiki>---------</nowiki> Lastly I Constitute and Ordain my Wife Executor of this my Last will and Testament and do Utterly Disallow Revoke and Disanull all and Every other former Testament will Legacies and Executors by me in any Wise Named willed and Bequeathed Ratifying this and No other to be my Last will and Testament in Witness where of I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Thirty Day of March 1747

   Signed Sealed published pronounce'd and Declaird to be ??? oy [small y with an o half set above to the left] Last will and Testament of the Sd Rich'd Iiams in Presence of Us <nowiki>----</nowiki>

   Richard Iiams

   Wm Iiams

   Thomas Iiams

   ? Iiams

   Rebeca Iiams

Father: William Ijams b: ABT 1640 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Mother: Elizabeth Cheney b: 30 OCT 1652 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Marriage 1 Anne Cheney b: 18 MAY 1691 in South River Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

   * Married: 16 JAN 1706/07 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Marriage 2 Elizabeth Gaither b: ABT 1703 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

 * Married: ABT 1718 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

GEDCOM Note

Last Will and Testament of RICHARD IIAMS of Anne Arundel county dated 30 March 1747

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Possible citation for this Richard (did he have a wife named Anne?): Iiams, Anne wife of Richard Burial: Oct. 16, 1713 Source: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (All Hallow's Protestant Episcopal Church Collection) Parish Register 1700-1724, p. 10 [MSA SC 2458 M 221]

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From "Anne Arundel Gentry: A Genealogical History of Some Early Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Vol. 1" by Henry Wright Newman; pages 323 : "Richard Iiams2 (1673-1731) and His Descendants Richard Iiams, son of William and Elizabeth (Cheyney) Iiams, was born about 1673, having deposed in 1733to be 60 years of age. By the will of his father in 1703 he received 100 acres of land near the Patuxent in then Prince George's County. On January 16, 1706, according to the register of All Hallow's Parish, he married his cousin, Anne, born May 18, 1691, daughter to Richard and Mary Cheyney. The following children whose births or baptisms were recorded in the register are proved of her body. Children of Richard and Anne (Cheyney) Iiams 1. Elizabeth Iiams, born Aug. 12, 1707. 2. Mary Iiams, bapt. Sept. 1712, married Dec. 22, 1726, Richard Wright. 3. Richard Iiams, bapt. Sept. 1712, married Jan. 19, 1737, married (sic) Mary Nichols. 4. Rachel Iiams, bapt. Sept. 1712. 5. William Iiams, bapt. July 22, 1713. 6. Cheyney Iiams, bapt. Nov. 14, 1718.

[Note: the following info on the marriage between Richard Iiams and Elizabeth Gaither is at best suspect because Newman cites no source - and no one has since found one - and the Elizabeth Gaither he references was born after the marriage!]

His wife, Anne, died and was buried on October 16, 1717, according to the parish register. He married secondly Elizabeth, who is placed as the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Duvall( Gaither and who was the Elizabeth Iiams whose heirs unnamed were representatives of the estate of Benjamin Gaither, bachelor, in 1793. Children of Richard and Elizabeth (Gaither) Iiams 7. John Iiams, q.v. 8. Charity Iiams. 9. Sarah Iiams. 10. Aaron Iiams, bapt. All Hallow's June 24, 1721; another entry reads: 'if not already baptized Aug. 22, 1732'. 11. William Iiams married Elizabeth

On October 1, 1700, Richard Iiams purchase of Benjamon Burgess, Mariner, for £70 an improved portion of 'Burgess' Purchase; on South River Ridge which became known as 'Iiams' Purchase'. In 1704 he sold a portion of 'Iiams' Purchase' to John Jacob Jr. which was renamed 'Jacob's Lot'. At the same time he purchased from Benjamin Burgess for £55 a portion of 'Burgess' Choice' which was renamed 'Iiams' Last Purchase'. It began at a bound tree of "Iiams' Purchase', of 61 acres, which he had formerly bought of Benjamin Burgess. On June 7, 1710, Richard Iiams, of Anne Arundel, conveyed to Henry Fitch, of Prince George's, for £25 a portion of 'Iiams' Choice', lying in Prince George's. he signed the deed, while his wife, Anne, made her mar In 1729 a law suit developed over the boundary of 'Cheney's adventure', belonging to the heirs of Richard Cheney. Richard Iiams swore that he was aged 56 years, whereas his brother, William, swore to be 59 years. Joseph Jacob, then aged 14 years, swore that a certain oak was the mark, as he was present with Charles Chewney when George Burgess made the survey. On June 8, 1727, he and his wife, Elizabeth, conveyed 'Iiams' Last Purchase' to Richard Snowden, Gent., for a consideration of £45/11/-. In 1742 he purchased of Richard Snowden and Elizabeth his wife, the plantation known as 'Birmington', of 100 acres. Richard Iiams executed his last will and testament on March 30, 1747, in the presence of Richard Iiams, William Iiams, John Iiams and Rebecca Iiams.

To wife Elizabeth during widowhood the entire personal estate, then to sons John and William and daughters Mary and Charity. To daughter Sarah personalty. To daughter Elizabeth personalty. To sons John and William the dwelling plantation equally.

He did not die until a number of years thereafter at which time he was into his eighties. On January 19, 1761, he added a codicil stating that 'for the benefit of my beloved wife that is as I think one third part of my land will not be sufficient for her support my will is that my two sons John Iiams and William Iiams shall pay their mother forty shillings a piece every year during her widowhood for the use of the other two-thirds or turn of the said land during her widowhood but in case she should marry again they shall injoy (sic) two-thirds of my plantation without paying their mother anything'. The witnesses were John Iiams, Thomas Donaldson, William Iiams Jr., and Plumber Iiams. The instrument was proved in court in Anne Arundel County in August 1761, by Thomas Iiams, John Iiams and Rebecca Iiams and at the same time Thomas Donaldson and Plummer Iiams certified that they saw Richard Iiams sign the codicil. The widow was rather reluctant to take out letters of administration and after several citations by the court, the administration bond was issued on December 14, 1763, with Captain John Iiams and Thomas Elliott as her sureties. The inventory of the personal estate, rather meagre for that period, was passed at court on March 14, 1764, with Thomas Iiams and John Iiams approving as the kinsmen. On January 24, 1780, his granddaughter, Sarah Iiams, of Anne Arundel, claimed equity in two of his plantations. On that date, Sarah Iiams, spinster, conveyed to Gassaway Rawlings all her rights, inasmuch as Richard Iiams Sr. mortgaged to Richard Snowden land which had been bought from Benjamin Burgess, being part of 'Burgess' Choice', containing 50 acres and also which he bought on February 7, 1704, from Benjamin Burgess called 'Iiams' Last Purchase', also a portion of 'Burgess' Choice' of 61 acres, therefore Sarah Iiams, 'granddaughter of the said Richard Iiams' conveyed her equity.

Sources: Wills, Liber 31, folio 463; A.A. Co. Deeds, Liber 1B no. 5, folio 673."

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