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Nagazoa Family Name

Last updated Jan-2009
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Probable Origins & Usage

  • Schaghticoke [Day]
  • manákazóit 'he who is greedy for news or information [Day]
  • found only as a family name

Spellings & Alternate Names

  • Nagajois
  • Nigajowa
  • Nicajoua
  • Nigajoie
  • possibly Naquaiya at 3 Rivers
  • Mahican / Mahigani

Places Family is Found

  • Odanak
  • Trois Rivières

Earliest Occurrences of the Name

  • P. Mahigani (aka Pierre Nagazoa) appears on the Odanak roster of 1812 veterans with heirs in 1844.
  • 1840s Chief Jacques Joseph Naquaiya listed at Trois Rivières.

Notes

James H. Mohegan (aka James Broderick), a Civil War Veteran from Maine, may be connected to this family.

Biographies, Photos, Artifacts, Genealogies, etc.

  • unknown or not yet researched
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