(C)1770  
 
 
 

Ametse Tettehwayo was the second born Krobo son of Annor, the Elder, with a Krobo woman.

 
 
 
 

Amatse Tettehwayo was much older than Mamlewayo, the "Suisi" dame, as he called her. She was the daughter of the Chief of Otalenyah. Amatse Tettehwayo had five children with her. 

 
 

 

Tekpetey (Father of Mr. Samuel Tekpetey, the long-time educationist and Headmaster of Akro Elementary Middle School)

 

Tekpenor (Rev. W. T. Odjidja, father of the Rt. Rev. E. M. L. Odjidja, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana)

 

Dede Larko (Maa-Ade, mother of Mr. Victor Odjidja (named after the Reverend) and grandmother of the Okais, Osoms and others)

 

Teigaga (Had four children. One daughter married Asafuatse Djabatey.

 

Isaac Narh - father of Renetta Adwoa Odjidja, whom the Rev. W. T. Odjidja adopted.

 

 

 

 

The Rt. Rev. E. M. L. Odjidja narrated his grandfather, Amatse Tettehwayo's story:

"In 1878, his father became a catechumen and gradually light began to glow in and around the village of Otalenyah. There is no evidence that old Tetterwayo on becoming a catechumen was obliged to divorce some of his wives. It is known that he expressed the wish to take Mamlewayo his youngest wife and distant relative, into the new faith.

"She, however, never became a catechumen herself during her husband's life time....Abraham Tetterwayo (alias Amatse Tetterwayo) died and was mourned for several weeks by the entire clan. From his father young Tetterwayo inherited his tenacity of purpose, strong will and indomitable passion for work, his straight-forwardness tempered with deep humanity. That large `baobab' tree, (famously known as "Father Odadea" of Presec fame) that once stood in the courtyard of the mission house at Odumase marked the grave of Abraham Tetterwayo.

 - Read the story HERE.......