Within a century and a half the British had 13 flourishing colonies on the Atlantic coast: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
It is believed that Goyens arrived in Nacogdoches, TX in the early 1820s. During his time in East Texas, he became a successful businessman. As well as being a blacksmith and a wagon maker, he was involved with hauling freight from Natchitoches, Louisiana.
