From The Clove:
“Rachel watched John change from the good-hearted smiling farmer she married, to a driven, hard-hearted land broker. Rachel finally put her foot down. She told him, “John Earl, you have no friends, you rarely see your family and (with the slightest pout), I am quite sure you have forgotten who I am.” Then, “You can’t expect me to go on like this, What exactly is enough for us?” “ Let us move away from Beekman and start living a Godly life, with friendly faces and happy children.” She was right, and John realized she was right. So within a year, John consolidated his finances, sold off or rented out his farms. He located available land across the Hudson in Orange County, and they found themselves living in Smith’s Clove. There he purchased almost 900 acres of rolling farmland, a mill, tavern, and a house next to wild Schunnemunck Mountain.”