Individual Details

Koa

(Abt 1227 - )



LINEAGE
Conflict: "...that Koa, Ole, and Kukohou were son, grandson, and great-grandson of Pili, as the Hawaiian genealogy current at the court of Kamehameha, and quoted by David Malo, has it, I think historically impossible.... Pili therefore must have been contemporary with the grandchildren of Maweke of the Nanulu line, established on Oahu and Kauai, with Keoloewa of Molokai, with Haho of Maui..... Kanipahu of the Pili posterity married Hualani, the great-granddaughter of Nuakea, who was granddaughter of Maweke and wife of Keoloewa, there is no room on a correct pedigree for Koa and Ole as being son and grandson of Pili" (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 39).
LIFE
Birth year 1227 estimated with Stokes' standard 20 years prior to son Ole. Although his birth is estimated as 37 years from the birth of his father Pili, it is not out of the question that when chief Pili was brought by Paao to Hawaii, he left his family in Kahiki (for that was common in those days) and joined with a Hawaiian chiefess. Inasmuch as Paao sought for a chief to rule in Hawaii it is reasonable that Pili would have been in his 30s when he arrived in Hawaii.

Events

BirthAbt 1227
Alt nameKoa LauaPili
Alt nameHe Koa

Families

SpouseHinaaumai ( - )
ChildLoe (1247 - )
ChildHinamailelii ( - )
ChildHinakeuki ( - )
ChildKaleahale ( - )
FatherPili (1190 - )
MotherHinaauaku ( - )
SiblingHinaaumai ( - )

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