Individual Details

Namakeha

( - Jan 1797)



LINEAGE
Conflict: Buke Ku Auhau Hawaii, G-8, p 40 lists parents as Kanaluihoae and Kaokaulani.
LIFE
A. Namakeha was a high chief of Hawaii (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi).
B. He was a tabu chief of Maui. He caused a rebellion in Hawaii while Kamehameha was seeking to conquer Kauai. Kamehameha returned to crush the rebellion in September, 1796. Namakeha was sacrificed in January, 1797 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 173-174). The year of battle 1796 was confirmed by Dibble, History of the Sandwich Islands, p 71.
Conflict: He was slain in battle against Kamehameha in 1796 (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 222). Fornander, Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History lists his death 1796.

Events

DeathJan 1797Hawaii
Alt nameNamakehanui
Alt name"Kipi"

Families

SpouseKaneoalii ( - )
ChildHanna ( - )
FatherKanaluihoae ( - )
MotherKaupekamoku ( - )

Endnotes

1. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 174..

2. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 122..

3. The Polynesian, 13 May 1848, p 1, Hawaiian Chronological Table..

4. A. Forbes, "A Chronological Table of Remarkable Events Connected with the History of the Hawaiian Islands," in A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language, ed. Lorrin Andrews (1865)..

5. Chronology- 1784-1859 and 1555-1730. G1.4. (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..

6. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-9, He Kuauhau Alii o Hawaii Nei. Genealogy Books., p 21..

7. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-8, Buke ku Auhau Hawaii., p 40..