The project Looking for Jane Colden officially began when I attended the May meeting of the Coldenham Preservation and Historical Society which took place in Montgomery, NY near the ruins of the Colden estate. Montgomery may very well sit on land that was part of the original 3000 acre farm that belonged to Jane's parents, Alice and Cadwallader Colden in the 1700's but I neglected to ask any of the well informed people attending the meeting. Our time was spent listening to an interesting lecture by Sara Stidstone Gronim titled What Jane Knew. It appears Jane knew a good deal, especially for a young woman of that time period, and my interest is in finding traces of that knowledge and of Jane herself.
