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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/dot-luv/jquery-ui.css">
<table>
  <tr>
    <td>Col1</td>
    <td>Col2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Data1</td>
    <td>Data2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Data3</td>
    <td>Data4</td>
  </tr>
</table>

JavaScript

var i = $("table tr td:contains('Col2')").index() + 1;
$("table tr:gt(0) td:nth-child(" + i +")").wrapInner(function() {
    return $("<a />", { "href": "?" + $(this).text() });
});