Na-ye-hi Hicks

Nan-ye-hi Was a Cherokee woman

Disputed Origins

A white trader named "Nathan HIcks" had four children by a Cherokee woman possibly called "Nan-ye-hi."

Some believe that this was the same man as Nathan Hicks the son of Robert and Mary born in 1743.
There is speculation that this woman was the daughter of Johann Conrad and his Cherokee wife and the sister of Gunrod Conrad. This speculation is based on a statement in the Moravian diaries that says, "the very sick Gunrod left his own family to live with Charles Renatus Hicks a very close relative." Researcher James Hicks interprets this to mean that Charles Hicks was Gunrod's nephew, and that "Nan-ye-hi" was his (Gunrod's) sister. Emmet Starr stated that Nathan Hicks wife was "a full-blood woman of the Wolf clan," [1] which would mean she was not the daughter of a white trader, but Starr confused Nathan Hicks' wife with son Charles Hicks' wife. Charles' wife was a full-blood Cherokee named Nan-ye-hi/Nancy Broom. Both women cannot be of the Wolf Clan. No record has been found which names Nathan Hicks’ wife.

Biography

Nathan Hicks and his Cherokee wife were the parents of several children including Sarah Brown, Elizabeth Hicks, Charles Renatus Hicks, and William Hicks. Elizabeth Hicks and Sarah Hicks' daughter Peggy Scott were both wives of James Vann; Charles and William both served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. [2] Another unnamed daughter may have been the wife of Samuel Bigby.

The following should be moved to Nathan's profile when we have one:

Emmet Starr's History of the Cherokee Indians, says:
"Nancy... married a white trader named Nathan Hicks. Nathan and Nancy Hicks were the parents of Charles, William, and Elizabeth," [3] and Sarah. [4]
Starr confused Nathan Hicks' wife with the wife of his son Charles, Nancy Broom, so "Nancy" may not be his wife's actual name.

A younger man, also named Nathan Hicks, may have been a son of trader Nathan and a white wife. [5]

Nathan (the husband of Nanyehi) appears as an adult on record only once. In September, 1776 he and fifteen other people including his Cherokee wife, listed as "Peg," his son Charles, Walter Scott and his wife and two children [the wife was daughter Sarah], several other white traders, a Cherokee man, and a Cherokee woman were taken prisoner during an American campaign against the Cherokee . [6]

Nathan's death date and place are unknown. Although all their children were involved with the Moravian missionaries to the Cherokee, neither he nor "Nancy" is mentioned in the records of the Moravian missionaries to the Cherokee so they must have died before the missionaries arrived in 1799.

Sources

1. ↑ Hampton, David K. and Baker, Jack D., eds. Old Cherokee Families Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1987. p. 119 note C641
2. ↑ Crews & Starbuck, eds. Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees. Cherokee Heritage Press, Tahlequah, OK.
3. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 599 Digitized edition at Starr.
4. ↑ Hampton, David K. and Baker, Jack D., eds. Old Cherokee Families Notes of Dr. Emmet Starr. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1987. p. 119 note C641.
5. ↑ Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy USE WITH CAUTION.
6. ↑ Captain Francis Ross' journal of the Wiliamson expedition against the Cherokee, Sept. 21-26, 1776, quoted in Isenbarger, Dennis L. ed. Native Americans in Early North Carolina. Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, N.C. 2013. p. 244.

NOTE: The mother of Charles Renatus Hicks is also incorrectly identified as Nancy Broom by Don Martini. The Moravian Records make it very clear that Nan-ye-hi/Nancy Broom was his wife.

Source: The WikiTree Native American Project @ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Conrad-2693
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NA-YE-HI CONRAD (JENNIE4ANI'-WA'YA, OCONOSTOTA3, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1743, and died Abt. 1797.
She married NATHAN HICKS, SR Abt. 1758.He was born Abt. 1740 in Virginia, and died 1829 in Georgia.

Notes for NA-YE-HI CONRAD:

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Based on information from the Moravian Diaries [new translation] about Gunrod and his family; the very sick Gunrod left his own family to live with Charles Renatus Hicks a very close relative [nephew?].

More About NA-YE-HI CONRAD:

• Blood: 1/2 Cherokee [per Biography of Charles Hicks by Moravians]
• Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Peggy Scott)
• Starr's Notes: C641; a full blood Cherokee of the Wolf clan

Notes for NATHAN HICKS, SR:

• Note: The November 6, 1743 date that I had for Nathan Hicks is a birthdate attributed to a Nathan Hicks who was born in Sussex County, Virgina - the son of Robert Hicks and Mary ____, he had a sister named Amy. Although it's quite possible that these two Nathan's are one and the same I have no proof of such.
• Blood: Non-Cherokee
• Starr's Notes: C641

Children of NA-YE-HI CONRAD and NATHAN HICKS are:
146. i. SARAH6 HICKS, b. Abt. 1758, CNE; d. September 24, 1816, CNE [Chattanooga, TN].
147. ii. _____ HICKS, b. Abt. 1762.
148. iii. NATHAN HICKS, JR, b. Abt. 1764.
149. iv. ELIZABETH HICKS, b. Abt. 1766, CNE [GA].
150. v. CHARLES RENATUS HICKS, CHIEF, b. December 23, 1767, Tamali, on the Hiwassee River, CNE [GA]; d. January 20, 1827, Fortville, CNE [GA].
151. vi. CHIEF WILLIAM ABRAHAM HICKS, SR, CHIEF, b. Abt. 1769, CNE [GA]; d. Bef. November 1837.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...
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(unknown source found resident 04/04/2023 during clean up project). "Note: I have been in touch with a few more Nathan HICKS researchers and also a few in Cherokee Genealogy and History research and they agree that Nancy Broom was married to Nathan's son - Charles. Na'Ye'He (of the Wolf Clan) was Charles' mother and wife of Nathan Hicks, the Scots Trader. Many get Na'Ye'He' and Nancy Broom mixed up now and so did some early researchers. But, the old Clan Mothers and direct HICKS descendents know who is who. Many mistake Na'Ye'He' as Nancy and therefore mistakenly assume that Na'Ye'He' is Nancy Broom."