Achechelungunaqua, the daughter of Chief Captain Patterson. Mekinges, also known as Elizabeth Anderson, married William Conner, a white trader, and had six children by him.[citation needed]
Her mother AH KE CH LUNG UN A QUA had been married to a
Ketchum before she married Chief Anderson. This mother was a half sister to Capt
Patterson of the Turtle Clan. [1]
From the work of Thomas Strong Swiftwater Hahn by Kirt Fetterling
An additional item on Mekinges was submitted by Descendant Laurence C. Heady:
MeKingEes (sometimes spelled Mekinges) English name was Elizabeth Anderson Conner. She was the only daughter of Kikthawenund-Chief Anderson and his last wife Ahkechelungunaqua, and was born sometime around 1780. Mekingees grew up on the White River in Indiana and eventually married the white trader, William Conner, when she was still in her teens. Conner settled in Chief Anderson's Town operating a trading post there with the help of Mekingees. The first of their six children was born in 1802. After the 1818 Treaty of Greenville, the Delaware prepared for the Tran Mississippi removal. Mekingees and her children were among those to leave Indiana. However, her husband had become involved in political and economic development there and decided to send hi [something missing here]
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The children of Mekinges and William Conner were:
1. John (Jack) Conner born 1802 at Wapeminskin, near present Anderson, IN[2]!
2. Harry or Howard Conner.
3. Nancy Conner - The birth date for Nancy Conner is not known, but it would probably have been between 1805 and 1815 in the White River area of Indiana near present Noblesville. She died in 1833 or 1834 in Delaware Territory (in probably present Wyandotte County, Kansas). Nancy was also known as Elizabeth Ketchum. She was probably the third of six (possibly seven) children. She married Mutsetutsese (on son William Adam's Cherokee Roll File), a Delaware from Missouri, a son of Paymarhting. [3] The children of Nancy Conner and Mututsesse are to be added. Editor] [4]
4. William Marshall Conner, undoubtedly named after William Conner's partner and friend, William Marshall.
5. James Conner born 1817.
6. Eliza Conner was born in 1818. [5] Eliza Conner was probably the sixth of six (but possibly seven) children. She was born at her father's trading post in Indiana. Eliza was only two years old during the migration of the Delaware People from Indiana to Missouri. She grew up on the banks of Big Stranger Creek [in Missouri]. When she was about twenty-one years old, she married Delaware Bill Halfmoon. It is not known what became of Bill Halfmoon, but one child, Sarah Halfmoon, was born of that union. Eliza then married Delaware Tom Wilson. He was killed soon thereafter ,by a bull buffalo. Eliza then married Pendoxie, or George Bullette. He was one-half Delaware and one-half French and much older than Eliza. He was a trader on Spavinaw Creek. Pendoxie had commanded Delaware warriors in the battle of Claremore Mound in 1818 and had fought in the Mexican War. Pendoxie raised Eliza's children, Sarah Halfmoon and Laura Wilson, and he fathered four children with Eliza. Pendoxie died in 1855. Eliza died in 1877.[6]
[Timothy Crumrin of Conner Prairie, said that they had seven children.] One of their children was:
1. HALFMOON, Sarah - Sarah Halfmoon was born on the Delaware Indian Reservation near Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in October of 1839 or 1840. Her mother was Eliza Conner, the daughter of Mekinges and granddaughter of Ahkechelungunaqua of the Turtle Clan, matrilineal descent. Sarah's father, Bill Halfmoon, died either shortly before or after her birth. Her stepfather was George Bullette, a man of French and Lenape heritage. During the final removal of the Delaware in the late 1860s, she moved with members of her family to lands along the Verdigris River, Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (Nowata County, Oklahoma). She was noted for her eccentricities, including the fact that she would speak only Lenape of French and pretend not to understand English. Sarah could not abide fools and often advised others not to trust anyone who didn't like horses or dogs. She was officially a full-blood Delaware. She was married several times to mixed-blood Cherokee and Delaware men. She apparently already had two children by the time of her first marriage to Albert Compston. (See the Biography of their daughter Ella Eliza Compston, just below) Tradition holds that she was a great supporter of the Dalton Boys, often giving them, food and shelter when they were fugitives. After their violent death on the streets of Coffeyville, an ordinance was passed making it a crime to decorate their graves. Ignoring the law, Sarah continued to place flowers on the outlaws' graves until she died. She was a devout Baptist for over 80 years. She died in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on December 7, 1934, the oldest member of the Delaware Tribe. [7]
↑ For documentation or further comment or questions on this item, please contact Laurence Heady lenapelh AT hotmail.com with an information copy to the Editor swifthahn AT aol.com
↑ For documentation, comments, or questions, contact Descendant Laurence D. Heady lenapelh AT hotmail.com with an information to Editor, swifthahn AT aol.com. Larry has additional personal information that he will share with family members.
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The booklet "Trails to Hoosier Heritage" by Harry G. Black,1981, has a little information on this woman. William Conner married a Delaware Indian woman named Mekinges; six children were born out of this union." He was a fur trader, a scout, and interpreter for Gen. William Henry Harrison. He was a successful general merchant and land speculator in later years. " Indian treaties signed in 1818 caused Mekinges and her six children to joinher people in their migration west. William gave his Indian family 60 ponies upon their departure. This act, by the standards of that day, made Mekinges and her six children a wealthy family. Noland 588.
Anderson-2238 and Anderson-33655 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same person, so please clear the duplicate. Her husband is Connor, as I have sources attached. This family has many duplicates that I am trying to merge. These are all my ancestors.
Anderson-2238 and Anderson-33655 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same person, so please clear the duplicate. Her husband is Connor, as I have sources attached. This family has many duplicates that I am trying to merge. These are all my ancestors.