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HENRY STORMS
Originally published in 1900 |
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HENRY STORMS.-The Storms family are of Holland lineage, being
descended from Dirck Storms (1), a native of "The Mayory of Bosch" in
the Province of Utrecht, Holland. He emigrated to America in 1665, with
his wife, Maria Peters, and three children, and settled first in New Amsterdam, where he opened, and under a license, kept a taphouse. On December
25, 1669, he was appointed by the Court of Sessions to the office of Town
Clerk or Secretary of Brooklyn, which he held for several years. He was
living at Brooklyn in 1675 and 1676, as the assessment rolls for those years
show. He joined the Dutch church at Flatbush about this time. In 1677
he went to New Lots, where he taught school in 1680 and 1681. He kept
moving about from place to place, was Town Clerk of Flatbush in 1681, and
later became a resident of Bedford, Long Island. He went to Tappan, N.
Y., in 1691, where he was made clerk of the Sessions of Orange County,
which office he held for some time. He is said to have gone from there to
Phillipse Manor in Westchester County, N. Y., where he died, and where
his descendants became numerous. His issue of the second generation
were at least five: Gregoris, Joris (George), Maria, Peternella, and Aeltie,
the first three being born in Holland and the last two at Brooklyn. There
must have been other children. Staats Storms (4), a grandson of one of the children of Dirck Storms, married Susanna de Voe and settled at Tappan, N. Y., where he is said to have had Cons Jacob, Abraham, Hendrick, and Staats of the fifth generation. Hendrick (5) married Cornelia Vanderbeck and settled at Paramus, N. J., where he died. Jacob (5), Abraham (5), and Staats (5) remained in Rockland County, whence their descendants spread into Bergen County, N. J. Staats (5) married Christina Ackerson and had a son, John Storms (6), born April 7, 1787, who married Ellen, daughter of John and Maria Blawvelt, and had issue of the seventh generation, among others, Henry Storms (7), the subject of this sketch. Henry Storms (7) was born at Park Ridge, N. J., where he still resides, on the 18th of October, 1815. He received his education in the schools of Bergen County, and at the age of fourteen entered a cotton mill at Park Ridge, where he remained ten years. Subsequently he spent ten years at Hackensack engaged in the mason's trade. Returning to Park Ridge at the end of that period, he continued to follow the trade of mason for thirty-five years, gaining a high reputation. Afterward he was associated with his son John in the sash and blind business for about fifteen years. He then retired, and is now enjoying the fruits of an active and honorable career. He is a member of the Congregational Church and a public spirited, one son, John Storms.enterprising citizen. He married Margarette Wortendyke and has
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