Editing Simsbury, Connecticut (section)

===Incorporation===
In 1670, John Case, along with Joshua Holcomb & Thomas Barber, presented a petition to the General Court, requesting that Massacoe become a town of the colony of Connecticut.{{sfn|Trumbull|2009| p=343}} On May 12, 1670, the General Court granted the petition, and ordered that the plantation should be called "Simmsbury". The boundaries at that time were [[Farmington, Connecticut|Farmington]] on the south and [[Windsor, Connecticut|Windsor]] on the east, with the extent of Simsbury running {{convert|10|mi|0}} north of Farmington and {{convert|10|mi|0}} west of Windsor. The northern border, subject to dispute with [[Massachusetts]], was left to be resolved later.{{sfn|Connecticut|1852| p=127}} This area includes the township Simsbury as well as [[Granby, Connecticut|Granby]] and [[Canton, Connecticut|Canton]], which would later separate from Simsbury in 1786<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southwickma.org/Public_Documents/SouthwickMA_WebDocs/about |title=Town of Southwick, Massachusetts |access-date=October 14, 2007 |archive-date=August 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805220040/http://www.southwickma.org/Public_Documents/SouthwickMA_WebDocs/about |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 1806,<ref name="canton" /> respectively.

The precise origin of the name of the town is not known for certain. The town records covering the first ten years after incorporation were accidentally burned in 1680 and 1681. One possibility is that the name of Simsbury comes from the English town of [[Symondsbury]].<ref name="Fry" /> Holcomb, one of the petitioners, originally came from Symondsbury. Another possibility is that the name was derived from Simon Wolcott's name. He was known familiarly as "Sim", and he was considered one of the prominent men of the town.{{sfn|Trumbull|2009| p=343}}