There's an out of print book that I wonder if anyone has access to or the information in it in some other form: Clifford M. Buck, Dutchess County, NY, Tax Lists 1718–1787 with Rombout Precinct by William Willis Reese, edited by Arthur and Nancy Kelly (Rhinebeck, N.Y.: Kinship, 1990). I am in search of the Garret(t), Garatt family members said to have come from the Great Nine Partners on or before 1766 according to the marriage record of one (John) Garrett into the Waltermire family referencing father "Thomas Garrett" of Great Nine Partners. Thomas was said to have been married in Bristol, RI  in 1742 and his eldest son, (Samuel) has a b.d of 1745. I have not found Garrett children in the Rhode Island church records and wonder if they were born in Great Nine Partners. The oldest record I have found for this family is Coxsackie 1779 which gives 4 Garretts: Simeon, John, Benjamin and Isaac. I am not sure where earlier tax records for Coxsackie would be--Dutchess? Albany? Simeon and John are supposedly  brothers. They are often linked together and their children married into the same family at least once (Miller).  Thomas has proved elusive. His wife, said to be Mary Potter Garrett, seems to be buried in Ballston--the age on the stone seems right--but Thomas doesn't appear to be listed in that cemetery or any other Garrett male old enough. Perhaps she travelled there with a son after his death elsewhere. There is a Samuel appearing only in 1790 in Ballston and Joseph in Ballston 1800-1830.  Samuel and Joseph are said to be brothers of John and Simeon in a number of secondary sources. Book accounts say that Thomas had something like 10 sons but if true,  these are the only four that seem to be somewhat traceable in New York--Samuel the least so. It is interesting that the name Thomas does not appear in John or Simeon's children or grandchildren (the lines I am more sure of through wills. etc). Can anyone help me find the Great Nine Partners connection or possibly earlier tax records for Coxsackie area?  Thanks, Sue