Dear Listers and List Owener, If there is interest I would like to share the names that popped up on my NY wills CD when I requested "Goshen." Below are the earliest ones. G means G and pre Precinct. I do not know the difference between the two designations, but note that precinct even covers other towns in the early records. Some of the individuals lived in other places and owned land in Goshen. I tried to capture the land descriptions and on some the relatives, although generally I did not abstract the will abstract. We'll see how this goes. NY Wills Goshen The names represent either persons living in Goshen or the Goshen Precinct years 1665-1801 or who had property in the area. Some listed simply as Orange Co. are also listed. 1718 Alsop, Richard lived in Qu Co had 1/17 sh Or. Co. land, Mill and Mill lot 1706 Denn, Christopher, NY, Cheescock Patten 1731 Smith Caleb Goshen S. Div. G leaves lot # 26 to Waitsmith Sr. 1731 Sands, James Oyster Bay Parinership with Richard Cornell 1736/7 Watson, Thomas of Jamaica Lands in Goshen and Wawa pat left to nephews Zachariah Watson and Elijah Flowers 1739 Thomson, John Goshen, wife Jean 1740 Jackson, James Goshen w Hannah, neph Thomas Jackson, niece Margaret Gale 1731 Sherwood, John of Rye, Westchester Co. brothers Samuel and Joseph 20 acres in Or Co. 1740 Thompson, James G w Mary lot # 29 E. Div 91 acres sons George, John and James, dau Mary br. Robert, br in law Michael Jackson 1741 Coleman, Wm of G, died intestate latter of adm granted to James Fanning of Suffolk Co., principle creditor 1741 Harris, Mary G, has land in NY br. John Harris, sister Elizabeth Leonard brs in law Ebenezer Pemberton and Silus Leonard 1742 Oldfield, Joseph G. Son Joseph, Elias, Augustus Dau Mary Smith, Martha Drake, Esther Halstead son in law Richard Halstead 1743 Youngs, Henry Pre. G. Wife Ruth from Stratford, Conn, dau Ruth Sons Henry, NW end lands, Birdseye, S end, Bro Abimal Youngs and Silus Youngs