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
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