Ahkeelenqua Ketchum (abt. 1786 - abt. 1825)

Ancestors

Died about 1825 at about age 39 in Miami, Miami, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Ahkeelenqua was Lenape.

Ahkeelenqua was born 1786, married Ninundekumen/Owl, A Miami. She was killed 1825 by a Miami Indian.

Aukeelenqua was born in 1786. She was the daughter of Twehullahlah Ketchum and Ahkechlungunaqua Killbuck. She passed away in 1825.

Sources

• http://lenapedelawarehistory.net/mirror/wilaquenaho.htm
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18112781&pid=1438692759
• 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