Individual Details
Ahkechlungunaqua Nyeswanan Killbuck
(Abt 1760 - 22 Sep 1831)
Echelangonaockwe's mother was possibly Ahkechelungunaqua, a sister of Mehshaquowha (Captain Patterson). If this is so, then it appears that Mekinges/Makengis/Macunchis was her sister or half sister because they appear to have shared the same mother, Ahkechelungunaqua. It would then follow that Mekengis was Wilaquenaho's aunt. It is also possible that Betsy Wilaquenaho might have gone by the name of Ketchum because she was adopted or for some other reason. However, Mrs. Melinda Wilcoxen said in Perl Morgan, History of Wyandotte County, 1911, that her aunt and two of her cousins had married white men. These women are thought to have been Wilaquenaho and her daughters Anna Marshall and Rosanna Marshall, suggesting that they were of the Ketchum Family. In any event, it appears that Wilaquenaho was a Ketchum descendant. Helen York Rose in I Walked in the Footsteps of My Grandfather, p 178, says that her father was Twehullahlah. We are still trying to sort all of this out.
And, another approach, "As you know your Achechelungunaqua was the 2nd wife of Chief William Anderson ... her first husband was TWEE HUL LAH LAH nicked named Ketchum. Children, step children made no difference in those times...what a concept! Pratt gave us the last look at Chief William Anderson and wrote about his wives! " (Peggy Smith pjsmith@rmi.net ) A difficult person to research.
An additional entry for Wilaquenaho regarding her maternal grandmother Ahkechelungunaqua was submitted by Laurence D. Heady: She was of the Turtle Clan Unami and was sister to Meshaquowha-Captain William Patterson. He became Chief of the Cape Girardeau Delaware Band, after the death of Kikthawenund, Chief William Anderson. It is through Ahkechelungunaqua that our family is related to the prominent Ketchum Family.
190. Possibly (Delaware) Twehulalla (George) Ketchum "English: Could Run and Catch a Deer, i.e., Catch Them" was born in possibly Pennsylvania. He married Ahkechelungunaqua. 191. (Delaware) Ahkechelungunaqua died about 1805.
MEKINGEES/MEKINGES/MEKINGIS Elizabeth possibly KETCHUM--[Data are being entered and edited. This is a difficult entry. I would appreciate any of your comments or ideas. Editor swifthahn@aol.com ]
Revised 12 November 2002. Mekinges and its other spellings, is a variation of the Lenape word Macunchis, meaning "Last Born," that is, "the Youngest". Her English name is Elizabeth (possibly Ketchum). She was born after 1780. Some have said that Mekinges may have been the daughter of Chief William Anderson, but there is evidence to the contrary and nothing to support the Anderson connection. (See end notes 1 and 2 for a further discussion of her ancestry). In any event, she grew up in Chief Anderson's home on the White River in Indiana on the lands reserved to the Delaware.1 Mekinges's mother was Ahkechelungunaqua. Her mother is said to have been the sister of Mehshayquowha (Captain Patterson) and the widow of Twehullalla or Tweehulala (George Ketchum). William Anderson married second Ahkechelungunaqua who brought with her two sons, Lapahnihe (Big Bear) Ketchum and Queshatowha (John Ketchum), and a daughter, Aukeelenqua ( Nancy Ketchum).2
From Vickie Peach 3-22-20
Her correct name: Ah ke che lun ua qua
She was the sister of Meh shay quo wha, also known as Captain Patterson.
She is the daughter of Chief White Eyes.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Echelangonaockwe's mother was possibly Ahkechelungunaqua, a sister of Mehshaquowha (Captain Patterson). If this is so, then it appears that Mekinges/Makengis/Macunchis was her sister or half sister because they appear to have shared the same mother, Ahkechelungunaqua. It would then follow that Mekengis was Wilaquenaho's aunt. It is also possible that Betsy Wilaquenaho might have gone by the name of Ketchum because she was adopted or for some other reason. However, Mrs. Melinda Wilcoxen said in Perl Morgan, History of Wyandotte County, 1911, that her aunt and two of her cousins had married white men. These women are thought to have been Wilaquenaho and her daughters Anna Marshall and Rosanna Marshall, suggesting that they were of the Ketchum Family. In any event, it appears that Wilaquenaho was a Ketchum descendant. Helen York Rose in I Walked in the Footsteps of My Grandfather, p 178, says that her father was Twehullahlah. We are still trying to sort all of this out.
And, another approach, "As you know your Achechelungunaqua was the 2nd wife of Chief William Anderson ... her first husband was TWEE HUL LAH LAH nicked named Ketchum. Children, step children made no difference in those times...what a concept! Pratt gave us the last look at Chief William Anderson and wrote about his wives! " (Peggy Smith pjsmith@rmi.net ) A difficult person to research.
An additional entry for Wilaquenaho regarding her maternal grandmother Ahkechelungunaqua was submitted by Laurence D. Heady: She was of the Turtle Clan Unami and was sister to Meshaquowha-Captain William Patterson. He became Chief of the Cape Girardeau Delaware Band, after the death of Kikthawenund, Chief William Anderson. It is through Ahkechelungunaqua that our family is related to the prominent Ketchum Family.
190. Possibly (Delaware) Twehulalla (George) Ketchum "English: Could Run and Catch a Deer, i.e., Catch Them" was born in possibly Pennsylvania. He married Ahkechelungunaqua. 191. (Delaware) Ahkechelungunaqua died about 1805.
MEKINGEES/MEKINGES/MEKINGIS Elizabeth possibly KETCHUM--[Data are being entered and edited. This is a difficult entry. I would appreciate any of your comments or ideas. Editor swifthahn@aol.com ]
Revised 12 November 2002. Mekinges and its other spellings, is a variation of the Lenape word Macunchis, meaning "Last Born," that is, "the Youngest". Her English name is Elizabeth (possibly Ketchum). She was born after 1780. Some have said that Mekinges may have been the daughter of Chief William Anderson, but there is evidence to the contrary and nothing to support the Anderson connection. (See end notes 1 and 2 for a further discussion of her ancestry). In any event, she grew up in Chief Anderson's home on the White River in Indiana on the lands reserved to the Delaware.1 Mekinges's mother was Ahkechelungunaqua. Her mother is said to have been the sister of Mehshayquowha (Captain Patterson) and the widow of Twehullalla or Tweehulala (George Ketchum). William Anderson married second Ahkechelungunaqua who brought with her two sons, Lapahnihe (Big Bear) Ketchum and Queshatowha (John Ketchum), and a daughter, Aukeelenqua ( Nancy Ketchum).2
From Vickie Peach 3-22-20
Her correct name: Ah ke che lun ua qua
She was the sister of Meh shay quo wha, also known as Captain Patterson.
She is the daughter of Chief White Eyes.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Echelangonaockwe's mother was possibly Ahkechelungunaqua, a sister of Mehshaquowha (Captain Patterson). If this is so, then it appears that Mekinges/Makengis/Macunchis was her sister or half sister because they appear to have shared the same mother, Ahkechelungunaqua. It would then follow that Mekengis was Wilaquenaho's aunt. It is also possible that Betsy Wilaquenaho might have gone by the name of Ketchum because she was adopted or for some other reason. However, Mrs. Melinda Wilcoxen said in Perl Morgan, History of Wyandotte County, 1911, that her aunt and two of her cousins had married white men. These women are thought to have been Wilaquenaho and her daughters Anna Marshall and Rosanna Marshall, suggesting that they were of the Ketchum Family. In any event, it appears that Wilaquenaho was a Ketchum descendant. Helen York Rose in I Walked in the Footsteps of My Grandfather, p 178, says that her father was Twehullahlah. We are still trying to sort all of this out.
And, another approach, "As you know your Achechelungunaqua was the 2nd wife of Chief William Anderson ... her first husband was TWEE HUL LAH LAH nicked named Ketchum. Children, step children made no difference in those times...what a concept! Pratt gave us the last look at Chief William Anderson and wrote about his wives! " (Peggy Smith pjsmith@rmi.net ) A difficult person to research.
An additional entry for Wilaquenaho regarding her maternal grandmother Ahkechelungunaqua was submitted by Laurence D. Heady: She was of the Turtle Clan Unami and was sister to Meshaquowha-Captain William Patterson. He became Chief of the Cape Girardeau Delaware Band, after the death of Kikthawenund, Chief William Anderson. It is through Ahkechelungunaqua that our family is related to the prominent Ketchum Family.
190. Possibly (Delaware) Twehulalla (George) Ketchum "English: Could Run and Catch a Deer, i.e., Catch Them" was born in possibly Pennsylvania. He married Ahkechelungunaqua. 191. (Delaware) Ahkechelungunaqua died about 1805.
MEKINGEES/MEKINGES/MEKINGIS Elizabeth possibly KETCHUM--[Data are being entered and edited. This is a difficult entry. I would appreciate any of your comments or ideas. Editor swifthahn@aol.com ]
Revised 12 November 2002. Mekinges and its other spellings, is a variation of the Lenape word Macunchis, meaning "Last Born," that is, "the Youngest". Her English name is Elizabeth (possibly Ketchum). She was born after 1780. Some have said that Mekinges may have been the daughter of Chief William Anderson, but there is evidence to the contrary and nothing to support the Anderson connection. (See end notes 1 and 2 for a further discussion of her ancestry). In any event, she grew up in Chief Anderson's home on the White River in Indiana on the lands reserved to the Delaware.1 Mekinges's mother was Ahkechelungunaqua. Her mother is said to have been the sister of Mehshayquowha (Captain Patterson) and the widow of Twehullalla or Tweehulala (George Ketchum). William Anderson married second Ahkechelungunaqua who brought with her two sons, Lapahnihe (Big Bear) Ketchum and Queshatowha (John Ketchum), and a daughter, Aukeelenqua ( Nancy Ketchum).2
From Vickie Peach 3-22-20
Her correct name: Ah ke che lun ua qua
She was the sister of Meh shay quo wha, also known as Captain Patterson.
She is the daughter of Chief White Eyes.
And, another approach, "As you know your Achechelungunaqua was the 2nd wife of Chief William Anderson ... her first husband was TWEE HUL LAH LAH nicked named Ketchum. Children, step children made no difference in those times...what a concept! Pratt gave us the last look at Chief William Anderson and wrote about his wives! " (Peggy Smith pjsmith@rmi.net ) A difficult person to research.
An additional entry for Wilaquenaho regarding her maternal grandmother Ahkechelungunaqua was submitted by Laurence D. Heady: She was of the Turtle Clan Unami and was sister to Meshaquowha-Captain William Patterson. He became Chief of the Cape Girardeau Delaware Band, after the death of Kikthawenund, Chief William Anderson. It is through Ahkechelungunaqua that our family is related to the prominent Ketchum Family.
190. Possibly (Delaware) Twehulalla (George) Ketchum "English: Could Run and Catch a Deer, i.e., Catch Them" was born in possibly Pennsylvania. He married Ahkechelungunaqua. 191. (Delaware) Ahkechelungunaqua died about 1805.
MEKINGEES/MEKINGES/MEKINGIS Elizabeth possibly KETCHUM--[Data are being entered and edited. This is a difficult entry. I would appreciate any of your comments or ideas. Editor swifthahn@aol.com ]
Revised 12 November 2002. Mekinges and its other spellings, is a variation of the Lenape word Macunchis, meaning "Last Born," that is, "the Youngest". Her English name is Elizabeth (possibly Ketchum). She was born after 1780. Some have said that Mekinges may have been the daughter of Chief William Anderson, but there is evidence to the contrary and nothing to support the Anderson connection. (See end notes 1 and 2 for a further discussion of her ancestry). In any event, she grew up in Chief Anderson's home on the White River in Indiana on the lands reserved to the Delaware.1 Mekinges's mother was Ahkechelungunaqua. Her mother is said to have been the sister of Mehshayquowha (Captain Patterson) and the widow of Twehullalla or Tweehulala (George Ketchum). William Anderson married second Ahkechelungunaqua who brought with her two sons, Lapahnihe (Big Bear) Ketchum and Queshatowha (John Ketchum), and a daughter, Aukeelenqua ( Nancy Ketchum).2
From Vickie Peach 3-22-20
Her correct name: Ah ke che lun ua qua
She was the sister of Meh shay quo wha, also known as Captain Patterson.
She is the daughter of Chief White Eyes.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Echelangonaockwe's mother was possibly Ahkechelungunaqua, a sister of Mehshaquowha (Captain Patterson). If this is so, then it appears that Mekinges/Makengis/Macunchis was her sister or half sister because they appear to have shared the same mother, Ahkechelungunaqua. It would then follow that Mekengis was Wilaquenaho's aunt. It is also possible that Betsy Wilaquenaho might have gone by the name of Ketchum because she was adopted or for some other reason. However, Mrs. Melinda Wilcoxen said in Perl Morgan, History of Wyandotte County, 1911, that her aunt and two of her cousins had married white men. These women are thought to have been Wilaquenaho and her daughters Anna Marshall and Rosanna Marshall, suggesting that they were of the Ketchum Family. In any event, it appears that Wilaquenaho was a Ketchum descendant. Helen York Rose in I Walked in the Footsteps of My Grandfather, p 178, says that her father was Twehullahlah. We are still trying to sort all of this out.
And, another approach, "As you know your Achechelungunaqua was the 2nd wife of Chief William Anderson ... her first husband was TWEE HUL LAH LAH nicked named Ketchum. Children, step children made no difference in those times...what a concept! Pratt gave us the last look at Chief William Anderson and wrote about his wives! " (Peggy Smith pjsmith@rmi.net ) A difficult person to research.
An additional entry for Wilaquenaho regarding her maternal grandmother Ahkechelungunaqua was submitted by Laurence D. Heady: She was of the Turtle Clan Unami and was sister to Meshaquowha-Captain William Patterson. He became Chief of the Cape Girardeau Delaware Band, after the death of Kikthawenund, Chief William Anderson. It is through Ahkechelungunaqua that our family is related to the prominent Ketchum Family.
190. Possibly (Delaware) Twehulalla (George) Ketchum "English: Could Run and Catch a Deer, i.e., Catch Them" was born in possibly Pennsylvania. He married Ahkechelungunaqua. 191. (Delaware) Ahkechelungunaqua died about 1805.
MEKINGEES/MEKINGES/MEKINGIS Elizabeth possibly KETCHUM--[Data are being entered and edited. This is a difficult entry. I would appreciate any of your comments or ideas. Editor swifthahn@aol.com ]
Revised 12 November 2002. Mekinges and its other spellings, is a variation of the Lenape word Macunchis, meaning "Last Born," that is, "the Youngest". Her English name is Elizabeth (possibly Ketchum). She was born after 1780. Some have said that Mekinges may have been the daughter of Chief William Anderson, but there is evidence to the contrary and nothing to support the Anderson connection. (See end notes 1 and 2 for a further discussion of her ancestry). In any event, she grew up in Chief Anderson's home on the White River in Indiana on the lands reserved to the Delaware.1 Mekinges's mother was Ahkechelungunaqua. Her mother is said to have been the sister of Mehshayquowha (Captain Patterson) and the widow of Twehullalla or Tweehulala (George Ketchum). William Anderson married second Ahkechelungunaqua who brought with her two sons, Lapahnihe (Big Bear) Ketchum and Queshatowha (John Ketchum), and a daughter, Aukeelenqua ( Nancy Ketchum).2
From Vickie Peach 3-22-20
Her correct name: Ah ke che lun ua qua
She was the sister of Meh shay quo wha, also known as Captain Patterson.
She is the daughter of Chief White Eyes.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Echelangonaockwe's mother was possibly Ahkechelungunaqua, a sister of Mehshaquowha (Captain Patterson). If this is so, then it appears that Mekinges/Makengis/Macunchis was her sister or half sister because they appear to have shared the same mother, Ahkechelungunaqua. It would then follow that Mekengis was Wilaquenaho's aunt. It is also possible that Betsy Wilaquenaho might have gone by the name of Ketchum because she was adopted or for some other reason. However, Mrs. Melinda Wilcoxen said in Perl Morgan, History of Wyandotte County, 1911, that her aunt and two of her cousins had married white men. These women are thought to have been Wilaquenaho and her daughters Anna Marshall and Rosanna Marshall, suggesting that they were of the Ketchum Family. In any event, it appears that Wilaquenaho was a Ketchum descendant. Helen York Rose in I Walked in the Footsteps of My Grandfather, p 178, says that her father was Twehullahlah. We are still trying to sort all of this out.
And, another approach, "As you know your Achechelungunaqua was the 2nd wife of Chief William Anderson ... her first husband was TWEE HUL LAH LAH nicked named Ketchum. Children, step children made no difference in those times...what a concept! Pratt gave us the last look at Chief William Anderson and wrote about his wives! " (Peggy Smith pjsmith@rmi.net ) A difficult person to research.
An additional entry for Wilaquenaho regarding her maternal grandmother Ahkechelungunaqua was submitted by Laurence D. Heady: She was of the Turtle Clan Unami and was sister to Meshaquowha-Captain William Patterson. He became Chief of the Cape Girardeau Delaware Band, after the death of Kikthawenund, Chief William Anderson. It is through Ahkechelungunaqua that our family is related to the prominent Ketchum Family.
190. Possibly (Delaware) Twehulalla (George) Ketchum "English: Could Run and Catch a Deer, i.e., Catch Them" was born in possibly Pennsylvania. He married Ahkechelungunaqua. 191. (Delaware) Ahkechelungunaqua died about 1805.
MEKINGEES/MEKINGES/MEKINGIS Elizabeth possibly KETCHUM--[Data are being entered and edited. This is a difficult entry. I would appreciate any of your comments or ideas. Editor swifthahn@aol.com ]
Revised 12 November 2002. Mekinges and its other spellings, is a variation of the Lenape word Macunchis, meaning "Last Born," that is, "the Youngest". Her English name is Elizabeth (possibly Ketchum). She was born after 1780. Some have said that Mekinges may have been the daughter of Chief William Anderson, but there is evidence to the contrary and nothing to support the Anderson connection. (See end notes 1 and 2 for a further discussion of her ancestry). In any event, she grew up in Chief Anderson's home on the White River in Indiana on the lands reserved to the Delaware.1 Mekinges's mother was Ahkechelungunaqua. Her mother is said to have been the sister of Mehshayquowha (Captain Patterson) and the widow of Twehullalla or Tweehulala (George Ketchum). William Anderson married second Ahkechelungunaqua who brought with her two sons, Lapahnihe (Big Bear) Ketchum and Queshatowha (John Ketchum), and a daughter, Aukeelenqua ( Nancy Ketchum).2
From Vickie Peach 3-22-20
Her correct name: Ah ke che lun ua qua
She was the sister of Meh shay quo wha, also known as Captain Patterson.
She is the daughter of Chief White Eyes.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1760 | Netaawtweese Town, Pennsylvania, Northwest Terretory (Now Miami Valley Ohio) | |||
| Marriage | Maybe 1771 | Nah ko wha "George Ketchum" Ketchum | |||
| Marriage | 1810 | William "Chief" Anderson |  | ||
| Death | 22 Sep 1831 | Wyandotte, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States | |||
| Alt name | Ahkechlungunaqua | ||||
| Alt name | Mary Dancing Feather Dauoneahyes Nyeswanan "Coquehagechton White Eyes Anderson" Killbuck | ||||
| Alt name | Mary I. | ||||
| Alt name | Ah Ke Ch Lung A Qua |
Families
| Spouse | Nah ko wha "George Ketchum" Ketchum (1755 - 1812) |
| Child | Paopaneach Ketchum (1771 - 1826) |
| Child | Queshatowha "John" Ketchum (1780 - ) |
| Child | Echelangonaockwe "Nancy" (1782 - 1825) |
| Child | Betsy Echelongonaowellaqua Ketchum (1796 - 1875) |
| Spouse | William "Chief" Anderson (1747 - 1831) |
| Child | Swan Nuck Anderson (1777 - 1841) |
| Child | Machingwe Pooshies Anderson (1780 - 1832) |
| Child | Secondyan Anderson (1782 - ) |
| Child | O- Ne- Hye Anderson (1783 - ) |
| Child | John "Sarcoxie" Anderson (1784 - 1867) |
| Child | Walks Straight Anderson (1785 - 1825) |
| Child | Absalom Anderson (1785 - ) |
| Child | So Se Cum Anderson (1787 - 1824) |
| Child | Nancy Elizabeth Anderson (1788 - 1818) |
| Child | Mekinges Anderson (1783 - 1855) |
| Child | Rebecca Nancy Anderson (1814 - 1870) |
| Child | Stephen Anderson (1817 - 1895) |
| Child | George Ketchum (1787 - 1831) |
| Father | Chief Gelelemend Killbuck Jr. (1737 - 1811) |
| Mother | Rachel Killbuck (1742 - 1800) |
| Sibling | Christian Gottlieb Henry Killbuck (1733 - 1823) |
| Sibling | Miotoka Nyeswanan (1740 - 1779) |
| Sibling | Charles Henry Killbuck (1760 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Henry- Killbuck (1781 - 1799) |
Endnotes
1. "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F67R-C2Y : 12 December 2014), William Anderson in entry for Absalom Anderson and Bessie Maude Graham, 03 Sep 1906; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,558,670..
2. "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F67R-C2Y : 12 December 2014), William Anderson in entry for Absalom Anderson and Bessie Maude Graham, 03 Sep 1906; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,558,670..
3. "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F67R-C2Y : 12 December 2014), William Anderson in entry for Absalom Anderson and Bessie Maude Graham, 03 Sep 1906; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,558,670..