Samuel Cabot Jr.
American businessman (1784–1863)
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Samuel Cabot Jr. (December 21, 1784 – September 2, 1863) was an American businessman in the early-nineteenth-century China Trade, a member of the wealthy and prominent Cabot family.
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| Born | December 21, 1784 |
| Died | September 2, 1863 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Years active | 1806-1838 |
| Spouse | Eliza Perkins |
| Children | Thomas Handasyd Cabot Samuel Cabot III Edward Clarke Cabot James Elliot Cabot Stephen Cabot Walter Channing Cabot Louis Cabot |
| Parent(s) | Samuel Cabot Sally Barrett Cabot |
| Relatives | See Cabot family |
Early life
Cabot was born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 21, 1784 into the Cabot family. He was the eldest son of Sarah "Sally" (née Barrett) Cabot (1763–1809)[1] and Samuel Cabot (1759–1819), a successful ship merchant.[2] Among his many siblings were Mary Clarke Cabot, Eliza Lee (née Cabot) Follen (wife of Charles Follen),[3] Joseph Cabot, Sarah (née Cabot) Parkman, Susan Copley Cabot, Richard Clarke Cabot, Edward Cabot, and Mary Ann (née Cabot) Cabot.[4]
Career
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.[5][6]
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.[7]
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.
Personal life
In 1808, he returned to Boston and married Elizabeth "Eliza" Perkins (1791–1885),[8] a daughter of Thomas Handasyd Perkins.[9] Together, they lived in Brookline, Massachusetts and were the parents of seven sons, including:[10][11]
- Thomas Handasyd Cabot (1814–1835), who caught smallpox and died in China.
- Samuel Cabot III (1815–1885), a surgeon and ornithologist who married Hannah Lowell Jackson.[12]
- Edward Clarke Cabot (1818–1901), an architect and artist who married Martha Eunice Robinson Cabot in 1842. After her death in 1871, he married Louisa Sewall in 1873.
- James Elliot Cabot (1821–1903), who became a philosopher and author who married Elizabeth Dwight in 1857.[13]
- Stephen Cabot (1826–1906)
- Walter Channing Cabot (1829–1904), who married Elizabeth Rogers Mason in 1860.[14][15]
- Louis Cabot (1837–1914), who trained as an architect under his older brother before becoming a soldier in the Civil War and marrying Amy Hemenway.[16]
Cabot died on September 11, 1863.[17]