Hi...I just wanted to share this tidbit on p. 53 A TEMPEST IN A SMALL TOWN...GRANBY, CT 1680-1940 by Mark Williams, 1996. As far as I know, I am not related to any Cooks in CT myself. "In 1653, the [General] Court [of England] made grants to Thomas Ford, Lt. Aaron COOK, and John Bissell. Ford was COOK's father-in-law, and COOK and Bissell were members of the elite "Troop of Horse,' and connected to Ct's more wealthy class and ruling oligarchy. All three seem to have had a West Country origin in common. The Court then ordered Simon Wolcott and Daniel Clarke, also of West Country families to 'dispose of the remainder of Grounds at Massaco to the inhabitants of Wyndsor, as they judged convenient.' Evidentally COOK had already begun working his and his father-in-law's plot on the north end of what is now called Terry's Plain, and he soon moved there to become Simsbury's first permanent residence. "From all accounts, though, all of these men - and those others who received grants in 1660...were more interested in profits than in settling. They were an ambitious lot..... COOK was the first actually to settle but sold his farm in 1661 to Simon Wolcott...." Hope this helps someone. Barbara Blake-Krebs barbkkfi@aol.com