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Noelle, from various records, the Iiams that first settled in Maryland has a variety of spellings for the surname, Eyoms, Ijams, Ijames. "Iams" or "Imes" was not found in the early records. As to the connection to the Innes, some earlier researchers believed that there was a connection and other will argue this point. Arguments never resolved a problem. To offer more tangeable evidence would be a great contribution to all that are trying to find the answer. That is what this message board represents, a discussion group offering views and comments. I believe that there is a connection!
I found the following on CDs: Both CD are Family Archives from Family Tree Maker.
Notable British Families, 1600's-1900s [Burke's Peerage] page 527: "I'ans [Whitestone] descended from Robert Innes, Esq., Master of Ordnance to Queen Elizabeth, and one of Her Majesty's Privy Councel in Ireland." Crest: Gu on a bend around three cornish choughs sa.
In the Colonial Families of Maryland, 1600s-1900s on page 68 "Europeon Origins" "The Ijams [Ijam, I'Ans] family came from the Parish of Stratford, Cornwall, Eng."
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