Reuben Head, miller, bought 100 acres of land in Stanford, Dutchess County from James Tallmadge and Anna 27 MAR 1797. The land was in lot 20 and contained a farm and mill and bounded Asa Allen and Jonah Talmage. He was not listed in New York state in 1790 but was in town of Stanford in 1800 at 3-1-0-1-0 and 1-0-1-1-0 between Thomas Duncan and John Osborn.
[S1125] Frank J. Doherty, Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent. (Pleasant Valley, New, Volume VI. Page 337..