Thomas Storm (September 8, 1748 – August 4, 1833) was an American Revolutionary war officer and state legislator, rising toSpeaker of the New York State Assembly in 1802.
Thomas was born inHopewell,Dutchess County, New York, on September 8, 1748. He was the eldest son of Maria (née van Sickels) Storm and Garrit Storm, for whom the hamlet ofStormville inEast Fishkill is named. Among his siblings was younger brother was John Storm, who married Susanna Brinckerhoff.[1]
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 theStorm–Adriance–Brinckerhoff House.[1] Together, they were the parents of:[1]
John Storm (1776–1794), who died unmarried inSt. Domingo.[1]
Gerrit Storm (1778–1851),[6] who married Susan MatildaGouverneur (1779–1835) in 1807.[1] Susan, a daughter of Isaac Gouverneur, was the widow of SaumuelMurgatroyd.[7]
Mary Storm (1779–1845), who married Henry J. Bleecker. After his death, she married John King (c. 1777–1819).[1]
Thomas Hall Storm (b. 1781), who died unmarried in the interior ofSouth America.[1]
Anne Storm (b. 1783), who married Peter Kuhn of Philadelphia,[8] an associate of her brother Thomas.[9] They divorced and she married Jonathan Robinson,[1] a son ofU.S. SenatorJonathan Robinson.[10]
^Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett; Morrison, George Austin; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Pitman, Harold Minot; Forest, Louis Effingham De; Ditmas, Charles Andrew; Mann, Conklin; Maynard, Arthur S. (1918).The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. p. 34. Retrieved21 January 2020.
