Frederick Storm (abt. 1763 - 1817)

Born about 1763 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Died 7 Apr 1817 at about age 54 in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York

Biography

Frederick Storm (also found as Storms) was born about 1763 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He was one of seven children born to John and Elizabeth Storm, natives of Germany.

Jacob Shoemaker married Dorothy Storms near Stroudsburg, Pa about 1786. Dorothy’s brothers and sisters were: Andrew, John, Margaret, Catharine who married Geo. Rhodes, Betsy who married Andrew Myers, Frederick who married Olive Patridge and moved to Lansing and lived on a farm adjoining the Rhodes’ farm. ^[1]

Accounts say Frederick Storm, along with his brother-in-law, George Rhodes, moved their families to Milton, Cayuga County, New York, in the area now known as Lansing, Tompkins County, New York. Although there are different accounts of when they arrived in Lansing, it’s believed they arrived about 1796. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

At that time there were few roads that had been laid out and most of the journey was through the woods and made in an old lumber wagon drawn by an ox team. ^[8]

The two men settled on adjoining farms on lot #72 of the Military Tract in Milton. Here, in the native forest, they cleared the land and built their log homes. ^[9]

Frederick and Olive had two sons: John who had a son Frederick a resident of Ludlowville, NY, and Abel Storm who died unmarried. ^[10] According to Olive’s will, they also had at least five daughters: ^[11] Elizabeth “Betsey” Storm born in 1802 and died in 1859 ^[12] ; Millie Storms born in 1807and died in 1829 ^[13] ; Mary “Polly” Storm born in 1809, married James Dunn and died in 1892. ^[14] ; Eunice Storm, born March 2, 1812 in Lansing, married Watson G. Thomas and died July 3, 1853 in Buffalo, NY. ^[15] ; Julia A. Storm, born in 1815, married William B. Smith and died April 14, 1873 in Elmira, NY. ^[16]

Frederick Storm died April 7, 1817. He is buried in Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York. ^{[17] [18]}

In the Tompkins County Dower Books, copied by Jean Worden, Book I reads as follows:

STORM – page 59-70 – Olive Storm widow of Frederick Storm late of Lansing who died 7 April 1817. Land conveyed by Frederick Storm to George Rhodes deceased and occupied by Andrew Rhodes and Henry Rhodes. Abiel Storm, Elizabeth Storm, John Storm, Polly Dunn wife of James Dunn, Eunice Storm, and Julia Ann Storm children of Frederick Storm decased. Eunice and Julia being minors. Nathan Benson of Groton, Joseph Knittles and Luther Hedden of Lansing appointed commissioners. ^[19]

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Sources

1. ↑ Letter, dated November 2, 1986, from Lansing NY Town Historian Louise Bement to Margaret Rohde; source citing: letter from Robbi Shoemaker, November 9, 1981; Historian’s Osmun Records; and, Landmarks of Tompkins County by Selkreg, Family Sketches, p. 151.
2. ↑ 1793 Arrival: History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler Counties, New York, 1879, page 513.
3. ↑ 1794 Arrival: Report of the Semi-centennial Jubilee and Reunion of the Half-century Club of Tompkins County; Charles G. Day, 1881, Andrus & Church Printers, Ithaca, New York.
4. ↑ Landmarks of Tompkins County; by John H. Selkreg, 1894.
5. ↑ Dryden Centennial History 1887, Dryden, New York.
6. ↑ History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler Counties; by D. Hamilton Hurd, 1879, page 513.
7. ↑ Jacob’s account: Obituary of Jacob Rhodes, eldest son of George Rhodes, The Ithaca Journal, March 9, 1874.
8. ↑ History of the Rhodes Family in Tompkins County, written by grandson Dana Rhodes for a family reunion sometime between 1904 and 1909; Lansing Town Historian files.
9. ↑ New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804; Frederick Storm, Milton, Cayuga County: 1800, 1801, 1803; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
10. ↑ Hon. John B. Storm, of Stroudsburg; Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe; J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1900, page 24.
11. ↑ New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
12. ↑ Elizabeth Storm burial, East Lansing Cemetery, Find-a-grave #80146052.
13. ↑ Millie Storm burial, East Lansing Cemetery, Find—a-grave #80144718
14. ↑ Mary Dunn burial, Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, Find-a-grave #165995104
15. ↑ Eunice Storm birth/death, Ancestry.com Public Trees, burial location unknown.
16. ↑ Julia Storm burial, Woodlawn in Elmira, Chemung Co., NY, Find-a-grave #99833570.
17. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #93358790
18. ↑ Asbury burials.
19. ↑ Tompkins County Dower Books