“Anna”

The wife of Chief Broom is well documented, she was born about 1740-1750 and was named Ajosta. She was baptized by the Moravian missionaries as "Anna" in 1822. Her parents are unknown. She had a daughter named Nan ye hi, anglicized to Nancy, born about 1770 who married Charles Renatus Hicks, a Cherokee chief. Nancy Broom Hicks was baptized by the Moravians in 1821 and given the named of "Anna Felicitas."

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Ajosta Moytoy [uncertain] formerly Ajosta Born about 1740 in Brooomtown, Cherokee Nation (East)map Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Wife of Broom Cherokee — married [date unknown] [location unknown] DESCENDANTS descendants Mother of Na-Ye-Hi (Broom) Hicks Died about Mar 1824 in Womankiller Ford Ocowee River Cherokee National, Polk, Tennessee, United Statesmap

Biography Very little is known of the Cherokee woman called Ajosta. We know about her only because her daughter married a prominent man. She was probably born between 1750-1755 (her daughter was born in 1770) in Broomtown, located in what is now northwest Georgia. She was a member of the Wolf Clan and a wife of Chief Broom. Her daughter, Nancy, married Charles Renatus Hicks, a Cherokee who became Principal Chief of the Cherokee nation. C.R. Hicks was very supportive of the Moravian missionaries and was baptized in 1813. His wife and her mother were baptized later. The record from April 5, 1822, says, "Ajosta, the mother of our student Nancy, who ardently wishes to be baptized, was this day declared a candidate for holy baptism." The Moravian record also refers to her husband as Tussewallety. [2] Ajosta was baptized later that year and given the name of "Anna." [3]

NOTE Similar Cherokee names often create confusion among Hicks descendants and researchers. Charles Hicks' mother was named Nan ye hi; she was a member of the Paint clan. His wife was also named Nancy; she was a member of the Wolf clan. Ajosta was a member of the Wolf clan, as was Nancy Ward, but that is their only connection. Nancy Ward has only one known sibling, a brother Tuskeegeeteehee Longfellow of Chistatoa.

There is virtually no record for Ajosta so we do not know who her parents were, but Charles R. Hicks, her son-in-law was a Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation and is very well documented. If Hicks' mother-in-law was the sister of Nancy Ward that would have been recorded in contemporaneous documents. There is some record of her husband, 'Chief' Broom (village headman would be a more appropriate title), so we know she did not live near Nancy Ward and her family. All the clans were represented in most villages, so members of the Wolf clan would be found all over the Cherokee Nation. The Internet genealogies which include her are either not documented, or cite disproven claims, such as those of Phoebe Crews.

Sources ↑ E. Sterling King, The Wild Rose of Cherokee, Or Nancy Ward, "The Pocahontas of the West", Nashville: University Press (1895) ↑ Missionary Herald for the year 1824. Vol XX. Published at the expense of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. ↑ Schwarze, Edmund. History of the Moravian Missions Among Southern Indian Tribes of the United States, Vol. 1 Origninally published in 1923. Reprint London: Forgotten Books, 2013. See also:

http://www.myheritage.com/names/nancy_ajosta http://www.myheritage.com/names/chief_broom