Person: Mary Wells Wolcott, Myaamia Name: Amehkoonsihkwa

• Oklahoma Allottee

  Kansas Allottee

  Treaty Reserve Recipient

  Myaamia Language Source

  Nationality: Myaamia
  Family Group:
• ID: 217
  

  Gender: Female

  Date of Birth: Year 1800
  Location of Birth: Fort Wayne, Indiana

  Date of Death: Knw 02-19-1843
  Location of Death: Maumee, Ohio
• Biography/Notes:
  Amehkoonsihkwa (Mary ‘Polly’ Wells) was born in kiihkayonki in 1800. Her father was Eepiihkanita (Capt. William Wells) and her mother was Wanangapeth* (aka Sweet Breeze). Polly’s mother had passed while Polly was still young and her father was killed assisting with the evacuation of Fort Dearborn in 1812. With both parents gone, Polly spent time with relatives in Kentucky for a time but eventually went to live with family in St. Charles, MO around 1817. In 1818 Polly received a section of land in the Treaty of St. Mary’s which was located near Delphi, IN. She married James Wolcott March 8, 1821 in St. Charles County, MO at the age of 21. By 1824 Polly and her husband had moved to Allen County, IN and by 1826 they traveled down the Maumee River on a large raft where they settled in Maumee, OH. They eventually built a house on the banks of the Maumee River which still stands today. Polly died February 19, 1843. Her home remains on a portion of her original property that is today the headquarters of the Maumee Valley Historical Society. There are many descendants of Polly and James still living in the Midwest and active with the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. (primary source: Crawford, Rachael B., The First Lady of the Wolcott House) Biography submitted by Daryl Baldwin, 2022.