Background
He moved to Concord, New Hampshire, as a young man with his father Jeremiah and brother William.
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Their house was made into a "garrison house" where others could come for protection from Indian raids. During King George"s War, Stickney served under John Goffe in a company of scouts (rangers). Stickney married Anna Osgood, also of Concord.
They had eight children.
On January 20, 1774, Thomas was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the New Hampshire Militia and often was moderator of the Concord town meetings
With the start of the American Revolutionary War, Colonel Stickney was appointed to the New Hampshire Committee of Safety.
In the spring of 1777, Colonel
Stickney was with his regiment, the 11th New Hampshire Militia Regiment at Fort Ticonderoga to reinforce the Continental Army garrison there. Number sooner did they arrive back in New Hampshire than the regiment was called up to serve in General John Stark"s brigade during the Saratoga Campaign.
Colonel
Stickney led his men at the Battle of Bennington, where 2 detachments of British General John Burgoyne"s army were defeated. In 1778, Colonel Stickney raised men for General
John Sullivan for the unsuccessful Battle of Rhode Island.
Thomas Stickney was the moderator at the New Hampshire constitutional convention on October 31, 1783, that ratified the New Hampshire Constitution. He died on January 26, 1809, at his beloved home in Concord.
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