Samuel Cabot Jr.

Samuel Cabot
Jr.
Born (1784-12-21)December 21, 1784
Boston
Died September 11, 1863(1863-09-11) (aged 78)
Residence Brookline, Massachusetts
Citizenship American
Occupation merchant
Years active 1806-1838
Known for Old China Trade
Home town Boston, Massachusetts
Spouse(s) Eliza Perkins
Children Thomas Handasyd Cabot (b. 1814)
Dr. Samuel Cabot III (b. 1815)[1]
Edward Clarke Cabot (b. 1818)
James Elliot Cabot (b. 1821)
Stephen Cabot (b. 1826)
Walter Channing Cabot (b. 1829)[2]
Louis Cabot (b. 1837)
Parent(s) Samuel Cabot and Sally Barrett
Relatives Cabot family

Samuel Cabot Jr. (1784-1863) was an American businessman in the early-nineteenth-century China Trade, a member of the wealthy and prominent Cabot family.

Life

Samuel Cabot Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1784, the son of Samuel Cabot and Sally Barrett. In 1806, after a couple of years familiarizing himself with the East Indies trade, he set up business in Philadelphia, in partnership with Samuel Hazard. In 1808 he returned to Boston and married Eliza Perkins. Together, they had seven sons, including Edward Clarke Cabot (b. 1818), later an architect and artist; and James Elliot Cabot (b. 1821), who became a philosopher and author.

After marrying Eliza, Samuel then went into business with his brother Joseph and with John W. Perit, taking charge of the Philadelphia-based partnership's Boston office.[3]

He entered the China Trade in 1817, in yet another family partnership, with his Perkins in-laws. He retired from business in 1838, one of the richest merchants in New England.

References

  1. ↑ "JSTOR: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 21 (May, 1885 - May, 1886), pp. 517-520: REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, RESIDENT FOLLOWS": 517–520. JSTOR 25129836
  2. ↑ "Cabot, Elizabeth Rogers Mason, 1834-1920. Diaries, 1859-1906: A Finding Aid". Harvard University Library. July 1985. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cabot, Samuel". Merchant Biographies. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 6 March 2015. (subscription required (help)).
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