Here are some more women by the name of Sebequay, wondering if any may be the same? Anyway, additions and corrections appreciated, thanks, Jim. Family #3: 1. Daniel AGOSA, born 28 Jul 1811 in Peshabestown, Leelanau Co., MI, died 28 Nov 1881 in Leelanau, Leelanau Co., MI. 1870 Durant #6-42 Daniel Aw-ko-we-say 1/1/2 1880 Leelanau census age 68. 1870 Fed census, Bingham Twp., Leelanau Co., MI #115-109 Daniel Agosse 55 MI farmer Sebekwa " 50 MI Antonia " 10 MI (sic-male) Sophia " 18 MI Mitchell " 28 MI Margaret " 20 MI . He married Mary Ann SEBEKWA, born 1813/20 in Bingham, Leelanau Co., MI, died 28 Nov 1881 in Bingham, Leelanau Co., MI. Mary: death age 68y 3 months. She might be a third wife? Children: i Margaret Agosa, born 1850. ii Sophia AGOSA, born 1852. 2. iii Michael b. 1843/57. iv Antonia Agosa, born 1860. v George AGOSA, born c. 1869 in Peshabestown, Leelanau Co., MI, died 16 Dec 1881 in Peshabestown, Leelanau Co., MI. Or died Bingham. Second Generation 2. Michael AGOSA, Also known as Michael AW-KO-WE-SAY, born 1843/57 in Peshabestown, Leelanau Co., MI, died 14 Dec 1881 in Bingham, Leelanau Co., MI. death age 38y 11m called Mitchell b. 1842 in 1870 Leelanau called Michael b. 1857 in 1880 Leelanau. Durant #36-43. He married Margaret _____. Margaret: ? nee Kaw--we-taw-o-say (Durant #8-41). Children: i George AGOSA, born 1872. 3. ii Mary Ann b. 1874. iii Agatha AGOSA, born 1877. iv Francis AGOSA, born Jul 1879. Third Generation 3. Mary Ann AGOSA, born 1874. marriage age 18. She married Jasper/Caspar MIKSINAUG/MIX(CE)MONG, 23 May 1893 in Provemont, Leelanau Co., MI, born 12 Feb 1867 in Cross Village, Emmet Co., MI, (son of Joseph MIXMONG/ME-GE-SE-MONG/MIKSIMANG and Philomena NISSAWAKWAT). Jasper/Caspar: Durant #42-21. Children: i William MIXMONG. Family #4: 1. Nancy/Se-be-quay NANOMMADAWBA, born c. 1806/10, (daughter of Old-Rock/NANOMMADAWBA and unknown) died Jul 1875 in Ada, Kent Co., MI, buried in Ada Cem., Kent Co., MI. Aka River Woman/Sipp-daw-ba/Sippi-quay. Father also listed as Hazy Cloud. MRS RIX ROBINSON The relict of the late Hon. Rix Robinson died at Ada, April 3rd. Mrs Robinson was on her mother's side of Indian decent, the grand daughter of one of the great Chiefs of the Ottawa tribe - the orginal lords of thes country. She had, previous to her marriage to Mr. R, been an inmate of the family of the Rev. Leonard Slater, the Baptist missionary at the Rapids of Grand River. Mrs. R. Was a woman of considerable mental ability, and of very great power of will, and manifested in some exigencies of her frontier life remarkable courage and determination. Yet in the ordinary course of domestic affairs she appeaared to all a kind and hospitable matron, and was the object of respect from the white and of love from the red residents of the valley. No children had ever been born to her, John R. Being the son of Mr. Robinson's first wife. She is to be buried at Ada, this morning; but with a view, as we are informed , to a removal of her remains hereafter to an acient ecmetery of the Ottawa Indians. [Daily Morning Times, Grand Rapids, Mich, Thursday, April 6, 1876] . She married (1) Waubiwidigo/White-Giant, died 1837. Waubiwi: Chippewa chief. Wobiwidigo/Wobindego/Wobskindip. Children: 2. i John b. c.1833. She married (2) Rix ROBINSON, born 28 Aug 1789 in Richmond, Berkshire Co., MA, (son of Edward ROBINSON and Eunice RIX) died 13/9 Jan 1875 in Kent Co., MI, occupation fur trader. Rix: Source: http://r2d2.cochise.cc.az.us/vondestinon/family/rix.htm Rix Robinson (1789-1875) Rix Robinson was said to be 6 foot 6 inches tall. Ed Niles, born in 1907: "My dad said Rix was a big, tall man." Mrs. Josephine Burt, who came to Ada in 1854 at age three, recalled: "He was a big man, with a curly beard and curly white hair." Seigal, Jane, A Snug Little Place: Memories of Ada, Michigan 1821-1930 Biography Rix Robinson: Sojourner or Settler Seigal, Jane, A Snug Little Place: Memories of Ada, Michigan 1821-1930, pub. by Ada Historical Society, 1993. Charles C. Chapman, in "A History of Kent County" (1881), describes Robinson as a "sojourner, not a settler" -- and in this way he was most like the Indians. "Being a person without rights, and at the sufferance of the Indians, he can scarcely be called for many years a settler, but rather a sojourner....He identified himself with the Indians for purposes of trade" (Michigan History, Dec 1959, p 487). Robinson did more than identify with the Indians; he earned their trust and friendship. He married two Indian women, the first in 1821. Pee-miss-a-quot-o-quay, or "Flying Cloud Woman," was an Ottawa chief's daughter and a lineal descendant of the great chief Pontiac. The marriage lasted the minimum of "100 moons," after which time Robinson's Indian wife left. His second wife was also an Ottawa, named Se-be-quay, or Sippy Quay "River Woman," and was with him until he died in 1875. Robinson was rumored to have two "squaw wives" simultaneously, and there were some who said five Indian women lived with Robinson at one time. According to Indian custom, and to promote negotiations with different tribes, Robinson lived a certain number of moons with each wife. Some also said Robinson had a home and a white wife in Grand Rapids, and another up north. But with all these alleged unions, Robinson had only one child -- a son, named John. The Indians also gave Robinson an Ottawa name, "Wabesha," meaning a marten, an animal renowned among the Indians for both its valuable fur and its courage. But perhaps the most important evidence of Robinson's relationship with the Indians was the manner in which he lived his life after the Washington Treaty. Robinson returned to the station at the Grand and Thornapple Rivers and chose to stay living among the Indians. And he remained a negotiator for them throughout his life. In 1834, Robinson closed his last trading post, one mile down the Grand River from the mouth of the Thornapple. He then began an impressive career of public service, which included membership in the Constitutional Convention of Michigan of 1850, a circuit court judgeship, and a State Senatorial seat. He was an important figure in revising the state constitution and was an advocate of woman suffrage. Popular myth has it that Robinson would have been governor, but for his shy Indian wife and the intolerance of white society. By 1862, Robinson retired from public life; he is listed in township records of that year as "running a general store." On January 13, 1875, Rix Robinson died of "dropsy," most likely congestive heart failure, at this home at 7185 Headley in Ada. It is unclear where he was buried; some say down on the flats, the river bottom land he loved, while others say he is buried in Ada Cemetery. A monument to Robinson in the cemetery -- land which Robinson sold to the Ada Township Board of Health -- bears the following inscription: "Brave, Honest, Patriotic, A Loving Husband and Father, A Friend of the Indians, Their Negotiator with the Government, and a Peace Maker, Indian Trader on Grand River, 1821; Supervisor Township of Kent, 1834; Supervisor Township of Ada, 1840; associate Judge of Circuit Court for Kent County, 1844; State Senator, 1854; State Commissioner of Internal Improvements, 1846; Member of State Constitutional Convention, 1850." The home of Rix Robinson in Ada Michigan about 1909. Years after it was torn down the property was acquired by the Amway Company and their national Headquarters is now built upon the site. FUNERAL OBSEQUIES AT ADA OF THE VENERABLE PIONEER, RIX ROBINSON OBITUARY Funeral Obsequies of Hon. Rix Robinson at Ada. Special Dispatch to the Grand Rapids Eagle. Ada Mich. Jan 13 - The funeral obsequies of the late Hon. Rix Robinson were of the most solomn and impressive kind. The attendance was large and the Methodist Church was crowded to overflowing. The Old Settlers' Society of Kent County, of which deceased was President, was represented by about forty members. Leading citizens of Grand Haven were present and the Rix Robinson Fire Company of that place were..... The sermon was preached by....... Whitman of Alaska. An eloquent .....was paid by Hon. T. B. Chruch who alluded to the public services of deceased as Judge of the County, Commissioner of Public Works and Member of the State Legislature. Mr Edward. P. Ferry of Grand Haven followed with an appropriate attestation of the honesty and true friedship of "Uncle Rix". Many of the pioneeres of Ada, Cascade and Vergeanes were present and the occasion was one of great solemnity. [From Grand Rapids Eagle, found at Grand Rapids Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan] . Second Generation 2. John GESICK/SHAGWOGO/KEZHICK, born c.1833, died Oct 1933 in Thompsonville, Benzie Co., MI. Aka Alexander GESICK/John ALEXANDER. Durant #4-50. Father's name given as "White Giant" (see Saginaw Daily News, 26 Oct 1933). Also listed as son of Cobmoosa & Ah-ne-me-ga/Onnemegae (a dau. of White Giant, so he may have been adopted by Cobmoosa). He married Elizabeth BEVINS, born c.1862 in MI, (daughter of Joseph BEVINS and Marion NAWGEE). Elizabeth: Libbie in 1880 census. Children: 3. i Angeline b. c. 1873/7. ii Julia GESICK/GEZICK/KEZHICK, born c.1885. 4. iii Lucy b. c.1888. iv Sullivan/Jack GESICK/GEZICK/KEZHICK, born c.1889/90. May be two different children. v Tice GESICK/GEZICK/KEZHICK, born c.1891/2. vi Waso GESICK/GEZICK/KEZHICK, born c.1893/4. vii Nancy GESICK/GEZICK/KEZHICK, born c.1898/9. viii Thomas GESICK/GEZICK/KEZHICK, born c.1902. Third Generation 3. Angeline GESICK/GEZICK/KEZHICK, born c. 1873/7 in MI. She married (1) unknown. unknown: Listed as John ALEXANDER or Alexander GESICK for father of Agnes. Children: i Cecelia GEZICK, born c. 1891. ii Agnes GESICK/PERSON, born c.1893, died 1942. She married Levi TOPASH, 16 __ 1913, born 3 Oct 1889 in Silver Creek, Cass Co., MI, (son of Thomas TOPASH and Mary PARSONS) baptized 13 Oct 1889 in Silver Creek, Cass Co., MI, died Sept 1949. She married (2) Peter PERSON/PARSON, born c. 1870/2 in MI, (son of Levi PARSONS/PERSON and Elizabeth AEAECHI). Peter: Did he also marry Angeline RAPP?? 4. Lucy GESICK/GEZICK/KEZHICK, born c.1888. She married Joe BAKER. Children: i _____ BAKER, born 1908.