Individual Details
Ulumaheihei
(1775 - Abt 3 Jan 1840)
LINEAGE
Conflict: Phillips Collection Book, G-4, p 28 lists mother as Keliiokahekili.
LIFE
A. Hoapili means "close adhering companion," from his friendship with Kamehameha (Jarves, History of the Hawaiian and Sandwich Islands, p 214).
B. He was given great power by Kamehameha I and Kamehameha III in access to the king (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 288). For both, he led the king's army against rebels and won. When Kamehameha I was old and feeble, this chief was the only one he could trust (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 353).
C. "He belonged to the priesthood of Nahulu and was an expert in priestly knowledge. He had been taught astronomy and all the ancient lore.... He was proficient in the genealogies of chiefs even where they were obscure" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 354).
D. He instructed David Malo (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 210).
E. Keopuolani took him as mate about 1820. "Kamehameha gave him Keopuolani as his wife in order to guard the ruling tabu family of Hawaii" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 261,352).
F. He was appointed governor of Maui and Hawaii to fill the vacancy when Kahekili Keeaumoku, Kaahumanu's brother, died in March 1823 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 254). He was sent to Maui as a governor in March 1823 (Jarves, History of the Hawaiian and Sandwich Islands, p 235).
G. After the death of Keopuolani, he was the "the leading representative of the Christian faith" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 270).
H. After Keopuolani died in 1823, Kaheiheimalie Kaniu took him as mate and they became known as Hoapilikane and Hoapiliwahine (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 263).
I. He was a warrior and trusted agent of Kaahumanu. Peacefully, he put down the rebellion by his daughter (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 205). The Christian alii sought to promote righteous living, but at times they offended the chiefs, which caused the rebellion. Ulumaheihei was the one person that could appease the rebels (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 300-303).
J. He and his wife governed Maui (Dibble, History of the Sandwich Islands, p 61). Governor of Maui 1836-1940 (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xv).
K. He died on 2 or 3 January 1840 in his sixty-fourth year. He was born in 1775 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 352).
Conflict. Death year 1842 was approximated in Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 230).
Conflict: Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, 13 July 1865, p 4, Ka papa kuhikuhi makahiki o na mea Kaulana o Hawaii nei! (Kamakau) indicates death year as 1776 and The Polynesian, 13 May 1848, p 1, Hawaiian Chronological Table shows it as 1778.
Events
| Birth | 1775 |  | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1820 | Keopuolani | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1824 | Kaheiheimalie | | ||
| Death | Abt 3 Jan 1840 | | |||
| Alt name | Ulumeheihei Hoapilikane | | |||
| Alt name | Hoapilikane | | |||
| Alt name | Hoapili | | |||
| Alt name | Ulumaheihei Hoapili | | |||
| Alt name | Ulumeheihei Hoopilikane | | |||
| Alt name | Lumaheihei | |
Families
| Spouse | Kailikauoha ( - ) |
| Child | Liliha (1802 - 1839) |
| Spouse | Keopuolani (1778 - 1823) |
| Spouse | Kaheiheimalie (1778 - 1842) |
| Father | Kameeiamoku (1720 - ) |
| Mother | Keliiokahekili ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 352..
2. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 261..
3. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 263..
4. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 352..
5. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 284..
6. The Polynesian, 13 May 1848, p 1, Hawaiian Chronological Table..
7. 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)..
8. Chronology- 1784-1859 and 1555-1730. G1.4. (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..
9. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..
10. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 210..
11. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 210..
12. Genealogies, etc., 1918, M397-2-17, Hawaii State Archives..
13. W. D. Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (New York: American Book Company, 1891)., p 205..
14. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 188,352..
15. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-8, Buke ku Auhau Hawaii., p 16..
16. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 68..
17. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 261..
18. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1986), vol. 2., p 130..