Richard COOKE
1680 - Norwich, Connecticut



Greenfield Larabee of Norwich, Colony of Connecticut, County of New London, with the consent of Allice my wife do pass over as a deed of gift, unto Richard Cooke of Stonington, County New London, Colony of Connecticut, his heirs and assigns forever, 30 acres of land, laid as it now is, adjoining to my land over the Showtucket River, where my dwelling house is, lying upon the south side of said land. The west end runs like a poynt to a great marked tree near a great brooke and to a path, that leads to Norwich; bounded on the norht by Larrabee's land and south by the commons.
In consideration where of sd Richard Cooke doth engage to com and bring his family and live upon sd land at least five years before he hath the liberty to sell it. If God shall please to give him life and if sd Cooke remove from sd land before the time specified, then sd land shall be returned to sd Larrabee again, he paying sd Cooke for his labor bestowed upon it. prized by two men mutually chosen by both of them; and if sd Cooke shall die before the term of five years be expired then his widow if she be living is to fulfill the engagment either by herself, or some comfortable tenant. Upon this consideration sd Greenfield Larabee, doth pass over his whole right to sd land and if sd Cooke wishes to sell the land then Larrabee is to have the liberty to buy it before any other person, he paying as much as any other would.
Upon an after consideration it is mutually agreed between the two Larabee and Cooke, that if Richard Cooke and his wife die before the term of five years then the land shall belong to the hiers of the sd Cooke.
(Land Records of Norwich, Conn; Vol 1 p 460) Cooke, Richard. A deed of gift dated July 21, 1680 is record from Greenfield Larabee to Richard Cooke of Stonington, of thirty acres of land, over Showtucket, where my now delling house is provided he removes and dwells upon it. Richard Cooke accepted the conditions, was afterward admitted as an inhabitant, and had other lands granted by the town.
[Amelia Carter 1911 ref Mis Calkins History of Norwich Conn p 246]



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