There are reasons to believe Elisha may have found the
truth. William Ijams decedents married into lines that
also had royal claims through the Duke of Buccleuch.
Lady Stewart was from the Murray Clan The Duke of Buccleuch
married into the Scott Clan. The Murray and Scott Clans were
the powerful families near Selkirk Scotland.
The Duke of Buccleuch proclaimed himself King and wound up
with his head chopped off in 1685.
It makes sense that these guys would flee to America and change their names.
By the way, the current President of the USA is from this
line. The man in charge of his campaigns is from this
line too as well as me.