A question has arisen from a researcher: In the colonial period, was it necessary to be a naturalized/natural born citizen of the colony of New York to be an owner of land? Thank you for any and all responses. Happy Holidays! Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar County Historian/RMO Montgomery County Dept. of History & Archives Old Courthouse, P.O. Box 1500 Fonda, NY 12068-1500 518-853-8186 [log in to unmask]