Thomas Storm (September 8, 1748 – August 4, 1833) was an American Revolutionary war officer and state legislator, rising to

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in 1802.

Early life

Thomas was born in Hopewell,

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on September 8, 1748. He was the eldest son of Maria (

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van Sickels) Storm and Garrit Storm, for whom the hamlet of Stormville in East Fishkill is named. Among his siblings was younger brother was John Storm, who married Susanna Brinckerhoff.

Career

Between 1775 and 1777, he was a Captain in the 2nd Dutchess County Militia, and served in the

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. When the regiment was disbanded in 1777, Thomas was assigned to the

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, and served at the

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, and later at the

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. He served under Col. Van Rensselaer's Regiment and in Col. Jeremiah Hogeboom's Regiment in 1770. In 1776 and 1777, he as a member of the Committee of Safety. Thomas became a member of the

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, from Dutchess County in

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to 1784, and from

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in 1798 and 1803. He unanimously elected

as a

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in 1802 and 1803. In 1807, Thomas ran for

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on the ticket with the incumbent Governor Morgan Lewis, but lost to the incumbent Lieutenant Governor John Broome. Storm was also a member of The New York Society Library.

Personal life

On March 23, 1771, he married Elizabeth Graham (1752–1832), a daughter of the Rev. Chauncey Graham and Elizabeth (née van Wyck) Graham. The wedding took place shortly after the death of his paternal grandfather, who was known as the pioneer Thomas Storm, and his father Garrit gifted the couple a house at the "corner of Madam Brett's Road and the crossroad to the future Stormville," which is today known as the Storm–Adriance–Brinckerhoff House. Together, they were the parents of: * Elizabeth Storm (1771–1851), who married James Manning, a relative of James Manning, the first

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. * Gerrit Storm (1774–1776), who died young. * John Storm (1776–1794), who died unmarried in St. Domingo. * Gerrit Storm (1778–1851), who married Susan Matilda Gouverneur (1779–1835) in 1807. Susan, a daughter of Isaac Gouverneur, was the widow of Saumuel

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. * Mary Storm (1779–1845), who married Henry J. Bleecker. After his death, she married John King (–1819). * Thomas Hall Storm (b. 1781), who died unmarried in the interior of

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. * Anne Storm (b. 1783), who married Peter Kuhn of Philadelphia, an associate of her brother Thomas. They divorced and she married Jonathan Robinson, a son of

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Jonathan Robinson. * Hester Storm (b. –1832), who married Charles F. Bunner of Philadelphia. * Catherine Storm (b. ), who married Ruggles Hubbard. * Stephen Storm (1788–1862), who married his cousin Jane Maria Graham (1790–1874). His wife died on July 7, 1832. He died on August 4, 1833 in

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. He is buried at Trinity Churchyard in New York City.

Descendants

Through his eldest daughter Elizabeth, he was a grandfather of Catharine Currie Manning (1809–1886), who married Morgan Lewis Livingston, himself the eldest of twelve children born to

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, a former Recorder of New York City. Through his son Gerrit, he was a grandfather of Louise Matilda Storm (1810–1883), who married

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, also a son of

, in 1833.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Storm, Thomas Members of the New York State Assembly Speakers of the New York State Assembly 1748 births 1833 deaths People from Hopewell Junction, New York Politicians from New York City