 The following day Hudson , his son Ira and two other men returned to Goshen , Connecticut , to sell land on the Western Reserve . Hudson 's boat was leaky and the trip was difficult due to cold , inclement weather , but in Goshen he found his family in good health . Hudson sold land on his settlement to twenty @-@ eight people , offering 40 acres ( 16 ha ) to the first purchaser ( Miss Ruth Gaylord , who gave the land to her niece ) . 
