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BECKLEY, WILLIAM LCAs 817,818,819Awards listed in Indices as "Heirs of George Beckley"

William Beckley was the eldest son of George Beckley, * the originalgrantee, whose heirs inherited lands received by their father for hisservices to Kamehameha I.

[It ... *George Beckley, an Englishman who was commandant of the fort begunby the Russians in Honolulu in 1816" (A. Grove Day, 1984, History Makersof Hawaiip;8)] .

MAHELE BOOK pages 134-135 (140-141):Relinquished:

Muliwai, Hi no Waipio, Hamakua, HawaiiPualoalo, Hi no Halawa, Kohala, HawaiiWaawaa, Hi no Waimea, Hawaii

(Signed): Wm. Beckley a me na hooilina 0 Geo. Beckley no ke kauoha iamai, Signed "by command" by A. H. Fayerweather [lawyer

, for the heirs][note in margin (p. 134) reads: Hoololiia 0 Waawaa no ka Moi a komo 0

Kea1ahewano Wm. Beckleyma me kuu ae pono ana-Waawaa was given up to theKing, and Kea1ahewawas entered to Wm. Beckley ma, with my approval.

Signed A.H. Fayerweather.]Received:

Kaliawa, Hi no Kalihi, Kona, OahuWailele, ili no Waikiki, Kona, Oahu'Waawaa, Hi i Kohala crossed out, an.dKea1ahewa, ahp., Kohala, Hawaii added to list

Claim 1176 "See Award 817" (Numerical Index of Awards)NR 568.2 Is diagram of the place Wm. Beckley thinks should be his

because of losing his place to Honokaupu St. [Cross!Alakea St]. Surveyedby George Richardson.

FT 217.2 Feb, 1848: Kaanaana's (Claim #744) dispute over piece of oldroad cut off from Beckley's land by new road, and occupied by Kaanaana.Gov. Kekuanaoa, witness, says he gave permission to Kaanaana and Kapena [w]to occupy this strip of land.

March 31, 1848, T.C.B. Rooke, witness, says "K~pena was a kahu of mywife's [Grace Kamaikui] and in the absence of her husband the late Mr.Aldrich" comes to him in her difficulties.

NT 547.2: captioned "Fayerweather." [KIA] Wahie witness to Beckley'sclaim for a piece to replace what had been taken for a road.

Claims 817-821:FT 349.3: Claims 817 to 821,

A.H. Fayerweather for Heirs of George BeckleyNo. 817 (Kealahewa, Kohala)No. 818 (Kaliawa, Kalihi)No. 819(Wailele,Waikiki) ,

Claimed for the heirs of Geo. Beckley, viz:Ahia (widow of George Beckley)WilliamBeckley ,

Maria Beckley[wifeof KIA Kamakahonu]

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Abram (infantchild of NancyBeckley) .

Mary Beckley (wife of A.H. Fayerweather).George Frederick Beckley (absent from the Islands since 1834 and last

heard from in 1841at Valparaiso)Marie Beckley (wife of Geo. W. Punchard) [this is Emeline]

" A.H. Fayerweatheras attorneyfor the heirSstatedthat the ~andsweregiven by the King to the heirs without any division, and that he had"presented acertificateto this effect to the Presidentof the Boardwhichcould not be found. Case postponed until another can be obtained.Further, in the Division, the King left these"lands untouched, and tookthree other lands on Hawaii called "Muliwai" in Waipio, "Waawaa" orKihapai, and "Pualoalo" in Kohala (See Wm.Becldey's Claim No. 976).

Claim No. 820: House lot in Honolulu near the old Polynesian .

office Had this place from Kamehameha I.

Claim 821: Small houselot now occupied by John Sweetman near the other.[This place in counter claim with Kaanaana, who received it as LCA 744]

Ff 353.3 Claims 817 to 821,from P. 350.3, "A true copy:"RichardCharlton, WoahooMarch7, 1827:

"Receivedof Mr. RichardCharltonthe sum of five hundreddollars forwhich he is to have the full and entire use of the Estateknownby the nameof Wyderry [Wailele, ili in Waikiki], free of all taxes, charges, or quitrent, or labor demandedof the menon saidestate for the term oftwen~-eight years from the date hereof."

Witness:Francisco de Paula Marin.

(Signed): BOKI

Ko Wm. Beckley a me na Hooilina 0 George Becldey--Belonging to WilliamBeckley and the heirs of George Beckley

Kaliawa, Hi no Kalihi, Kona, OahuWailele [the Wyderry above], Hino Waikiki, Kona, OahuKealahewa, ahp., Kohala, Hawaii

E hoona i ke kuleana-Settle the claim

Hale Alii 10Feb. 1848.

(Signed):S.P. Kalama,Secretary

Then follows the will of George Beckley, the father of the claimants.

Ff 349.3, following Claim 817-821:The heirs submit a proportion due each descendant:

to William Beckley one sixthto George Beckley one sixthto Maria Beckley one sixth;to the heirs of Mary Beckley [Fayerweather), who are:

Julia [Afong],Mary [Davison], andHannah Fayerweather, one eighteenth each;

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to the heirs of Emeline Beckley [Punchard], who are:George' Punchard and Elizabeth Punchard one twelfth each;

and to the heir of Nancy Beckley, who is'. Abraham Wahia, one sixth.

William Beckley, the eldest, did, on the 19th day of June, 1848, inorder to obtain...proper titles...give up to his late Majesty Kamehamehaill thelandsof . . .

Muliwai in Waipio, Hawaii,Waawaa [in Waimea, Hawaii] andPualoalo in Kohala, Is. of Hawaii,

which were his own private property and that therefore the said WilliamBeckley.is entitled to one quarter of the Estate of the said George Beckleyin addition to the one sixth as one of the heirs. Asks for his share inland: Patent 4545 Apana I, Paahaa, Kalihi; Ap. 2, Inaihuki; Patent 4544.Apana 1,2,3,4, in Kalihi, RP 4547, makai lot on A1akeaSt. at presentoccupied by Wm. Beckley [this is the houselot on which there is a dispute].

(Signed) W.C. BeckleyMaria BeckleyGeorge Beckley

LCA 817 819, 820(RP 4548) Kealahewa, [North]Kohala

(Aw. Bk. 3:194; Indices 142)

LCA 818 .

(RP 4545) Kaliawa,' Kalihi(Aw. Bk. 3:201; Indices 311)

(RP 4544) Kaliawa, Kalihi(Aw. Bk. 3: 199; Ibid.) .

(RP 4543) Kaliawa, Kalihi(Aw. Bk. 3: 198; Ibid.)

(RP 4542) Kaliawa, Kalihi(Aw. Bk. 3: 196; Ibid.)

(RP 4541) Kaliawa, Kalihi(Aw. Bk. 3:195; Ibid.)

182.80 acres 1 apana

28.72 acres 2 apana

4.83 acres 4 apana

5.94 acres 2 apana

12.24 acres 3 apana

16.42 acres 3 apana

LCA 819(RP 4546) Wailele, Manoa(Aw. Bk. 3:202; Ibid.)

LCA 820 (RP 4547) Alakea St., Honolulu(Aw. Bk. 3:Z04; Ibid. 312)

36.10 acres 1 apana

1.02 acres 1 apana

Claim976NR 574.2: WilliamBeckleyclaimsMuliwai, a kupono [Hikupono], from Kamehamehailla kihapaiat Waimea, from Kamehamehailla pahaleat Waimea, Hawaii [Waikani,whichhe purchased]a pahaleat Punahoa, Hilo, Hawaiibought "by us" from [Asa]Kaeo.[Thepahaleat Punahoa, Hilo, was claimedby Asa Kaeo and by the

ABCFM. The ABCFMreceivedit as part of LeA 387 Punahoa2, Hilo, Hawaii(5552.00acres 1 apana; Aw. Bk. 3:1, 253; Indices93). Beckleyrelinquishedhis claim; see below]

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FT 201.3 Claim 976 Wm. Beckley/Claim 812 Asa Kaoo Eleele"I hereby relinquish all claims to the lot of land [the pahale at

Punahoa, Hilo] in dispute between the ABCFM and myself, situated just makaiof the Protestant Church in Hilo Hawaii and beg to withdraw the same fromyour further consideration."

FT 62.5 "resumed":This claim consists of 5 lots:

I. the m Muliwai, Ahupuaa Waipio, Hamakua, the property of H.M.KamehamhaIII, of whichhe [Wm. Beckley]is konohiki. .

2. the iIi of Pualoalo, Ahupuaa Halawa, District KohaJa, the gift of .

H.M. Kamehameha III since reverted to the Hawaiian Government, and sold toKaihe. .

3. A houselot, situated on Ahupuaa Punahoa, in the district of Hilo,bought of Asa Kaoo. This lot was disputed by Kalakuaioha, now claimed bythe Mission Board [See Ff 201.3 above].4. Kanehailua, sworn, deposed: I know this lot a portion of land in kulaofWaimea Ahupuaa Kohala called Owahawaba [Waawaa]; it is enclosed by astonewall, has one house on it belonging to Lakapu the man employed byWilliam Beckley to take care of it, but he has no right in the soil. Thegift of Kamehameha III A.D. 1845, it is bounded on all sides by waste landof Konohiki. .

Kanakaole, sworn, deposed: That the evidence of Kanehailua was true.They knew of no counter claim.5. James Fay, sworn, deposed: Knew the houselot of William Beckley to besituated on the IIi Waikani, Ahupuaa Waimea, Kohala, and that he boughtit of Robert Robinson. I do not know the exact amount he paid for it. It.is surrounded on all sides by the waste or uncultivated land of thekonohiki. I have never heard his claim disputed.

(Signed) William Beckley

[Filedwith George Beckley'sProbate 147 (1 CC; AH) is the .

following document, which pertains to the above land:"I [A.H. Fayerweather, attny. for the heirs of Goo. Beckley] also claim

as attorney for William Beckley a certain enclosure situated inWaimea...sold to said Wm. Beckley by Robert Robinson as appears by Bill ofSale dated 1840, built upon and uninterruptedly occupied since. "]

BILL OF SALE: This is to certify that I Robert Robertson [sic, butsigned Robinson] sold to [blank] Beckley all right and title to thepremisesat Waimean~woccupiedby me and fromhence forth they are William .

Beckley's property so far as concerns me and for which I hav~ received thesum of one hundredand fifty dollars. .

LCA 976 (RP 5065) Waimea, S. Kohala 29.59 Ac., 2 apana:(Aw. Bk. 5:41; Indices 148)[TMK 6-6-01, Apana l--Waikani pahale][TMK 6-6-01, Apana 2--a portion of Waawaa]

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601: BECKLEYSGeorge Fred. Beckley Ahia Kalaikumakiekie William

Maria BeckleyNancy (m.Wahia) .

Mary (m.Fayerweather)GeorgeEmeline (m. Punchard)