Dr Richard Gordon and wife purchased the property immediately southtombstone of Richard and Virginia Gordon in Ascension Cemeteryof the Payne property in 1926, according to Elizabeth Burroughs-Kelley. This tract is lot number ten of the original New Paltz River Patents, owned in the late 18th century by Abraham Donaldson and willed to his son John Donaldson in 1806. Rev. Jennifer Barrows, pastor of the Church of the Ascension, indicates that the property remains in the family, and offered to introduce me to the present owners. (November 11, 2001). I was also referred to Ann Gordon by Lornie Hiller, the caretaker of Ascension Cemetery (December 27, 2001), but this may not be a member of the family, as there are many Gordons in Ulster County. Barbara Osberg Matthews believes the Gordons lived in New York City and use the property mainly as a summer residence, but the house nearest the road was lived in year-round by a caretaker.