Kaukaualiʻi were only descended from famous fathers while aliʻi nui claim parentage of mother of the highest rank.

For his health the couple voyaged for months on The Morning Star, a missionary vessel, among the Gilbert Islands, but in vain, for Nāmākēhā died on December 27, 1860, at Honolulu.

[9][10][11] In 1904, after the Mausoleum building became too crowded, the coffins belonging to Robert Crichton Wyllie and the relatives of Queen Emma including Nāmākēhā's were moved to the newly built Wylie Tomb.

The name "Bennet Namakeha" was inscribed on the ʻewa (west) side of the monument above his final resting place.

[12][13] His line died out with his granddaughter Stella Keomailani (1866–1927), daughter of Hinau and Kamakaaiau, who was married to James Dawson Cockett and later to Edwin K.