 On January 1 , 1800 Hudson and his family left Goshen for the township , their new permanent residence . The family stopped in Bloomfield , New York , where they met with the rest of the settlers . Hudson purchased livestock and a year 's worth of supplies for $ 2 @,@ 000 , giving the livestock to four men to drive overland to the settlement . On April 30 , the remaining settlers embarked on eight boats , arriving on May 20 . On October 28 , Anna Hudson gave birth to Anne Maria , the first person born in the settlement . 
