I believe there are several GOLDSMITH researchers on this list, as Goldsmith was an early Orange Co. family. I research John HARRIS (b. 1748- d. 8 Mar. 1825),, of Montgomery, but in seeking his birthplace an d parents I follow every lead, no matter how tenuous.( John HARRIS was a member of the Ulster militia and is buried in Goodwill Presbyterian church with wife, Abigail ?.) The Annals of Salem (Massachusetts) by Joseph B. Felt, cites in 1644, “ Thomas GOLDSMITH is to take a son of George HARRIS, about eight years old as an apprentice for 12 years, to teach him his trade, find him meate, drinke and aparill, and allow him L3 at the end of the tearme.” Joseph Harris of the same family is bound out to another person. I believe Thomas GOLDSMITH left Salem and moved to Southampton, possibly taking these young boys with him. By 1670, a George Harris is married in Southampton and in 1698, a George Harris marries Sarah in Southampton. I suspect there is a link between my John HARRIS of Montgomery and the George HARRIS family of North Sea, Long Island. Here’s the clue: In the 1880 book by James Milligan Dickson, "The Goodwill Memorial Church: First 150 years of the Goodwill Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, NY" there is a footnote: "From Southampton, too, but later in the century, came the progenitors of the HOWELL family at E. Coldenham and elsewhere throughout the county. They are descended from Edward Howell, who came to Southampton from Boston in 1640. Also the HARRIS family, descended from George Harris of 1657; the Woodruff family, descended from John WOODRUFF of 1657; the TOPPING family, descended from Thomas topping of Milford, 1639, and the GOODALE family, descended from Joseph Goodale of 1698." The HAINES family is also mentioned: "Haines, who appears in the records of Southampton in 1657. The line of descent from him to the Haines family, lately so broken in upon by death, is Benjamin--Samuel--Samuel--John S." I’m hoping a GOLDSMITH researcher may have some information on the migration of pre-Revolutionary families from Salem, MA to Southampton to Orange Co. Thanks, Elizabeth Harris Pope Portland, ME ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.