When James P Stickney was born in 1816, in Bath, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, David Stickney, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Sally Parker, was 32. He married Mary Esther Beetle Bedel on 20 March 1836, in Monroe, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Deerfield, Oneida, New York, United States in 1850. He died before 1868.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Stickney (Lincolnshire). The place probably takes its name from the elongated island on which it stands, which may have been called Sticca (from Old English sticca ‘stick’, genitive sticcan), + Old English ēg ‘island’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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