I research in Delaware County because of my Cooks in Colchester town. Almira Cook b 1824 married William Stewart b 1820 (Delaware Co same as his wife per 1855 NY Census), son of Elam born about 1786. William's brother Marshall b abt 1822 married Harriet Cook. Gedcom's online, free trees, ancestry & rootsweb. I will probably remember this wrong AND incompletely but someone explained these Scots worked hard, building & construction I think, later on railroad building & stuff also in Sullivan County, you'll see them back & forth. Other sons of Elam I found were Clinton & probably Alexander who had moved across the Delaware to Wayne Co PA last I saw of him. Not much to add as to why they're there or how they got there, sorry. Mystic Harbor in CT maybe? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php