The Cabot family is one of the Boston Brahmin families, also known as the "first families of Boston ".
24-706: [REDACTED] Look up cabot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cabot may refer to: People [ edit ] Surname [ edit ] Cabot family , of the Boston Brahmins, or "first families of Boston" Bruce Cabot (1904–1972), American actor Dolce Ann Cabot (1862–1943), New Zealand journalist, newspaper editor, feminist and teacher John Cabot (c. 1450 – c. 1499), Italian navigator and explorer, father of Sebastian Cabot Godfrey Lowell Cabot (1861-1962), American industrialist who founded
48-602: A British Crown Dependency and one of the Channel Islands ), who emigrated from his birthplace to Salem, Massachusetts in 1700. The Cabot family emigrated from Jersey, where the family name can be traced back to at least 1274. In Latin, caput means "head", and the Rev. George Balleine writes that in Jersey the "cabot" is a small fish that seems all head. In French, once a commonly spoken language in Jersey, "cabot" means
72-475: A controlling or otherwise significant interest. [REDACTED] Media related to Cabot family at Wikimedia Commons Cabot Center The Cabot Center is the home of several indoor athletic teams of Northeastern University Huskies in Boston, Massachusetts . Built in 1954 and named in 1957 for patron Godfrey Lowell Cabot , the building houses a variety of facilities for the various teams. The arena
96-642: A dog, or a military corporal, "caboter" is to navigate along the coast, and "cabotin" means "theatrical". John Cabot (born 1680 Isle of Jersey ) and his son, Joseph Cabot (born 1720 in Salem), became highly successful merchants, operating a fleet of privateers carrying opium, rum, and slaves. Shipping during the eighteenth century was the lifeblood of most of Boston's first families. Joseph's sons, Joseph Cabot Jr. (born 1746 in Salem), George Cabot (born 1752 in Salem), and Samuel Cabot (born 1758 in Salem), left Harvard to work their way through shipping, furthering
120-1085: A freshwater lake (French: Lake Cabot ) Cabot Strait , between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia Cabot Trail , a highway in Nova Scotia Cabot Education Centre , Neil's Harbour, Nova Scotia Cabot Tower (St. John's) , Newfoundland Cabot Beach Provincial Park , Prince Edward Island United States [ edit ] Cabot, Arkansas Cabot Public Schools , Lonoke County, Arkansas Cabot Center , Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts Cabot, Pennsylvania Cabot, Vermont Cabot (village), Vermont Cabot House , Harvard University Mount Cabot , in New Hampshire Cabot Mill , in Brunswick, Maine United Kingdom [ edit ] Cabot, Bristol Cabot Square , London Cabot Hall Cabot Tower, Bristol , England Fictional locations [ edit ] Cabot Cove ,
144-534: A pole vault pit. Additionally, a turf infield has been included to allow training by many of the University's sports teams. This track is also named for Bernard "Bunny" Solomon as well as his wife, Jolane. The Barletta Natatorium features a 6 lane 25-yard indoor swimming pool that is home to the Northeastern Swimming & Diving team . Dedicated on January 14, 1969, the pool facility
168-519: A real estate management firm in Boston, U.S. Cabot rings , thin strands found in red blood cells Annie Cabbot, colleague of the fictional Inspector Alan Banks Bingham v. Cabot (disambiguation) , two Supreme Court of the United States opinions John Cabot (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
192-577: A stone frigate of the Canadian navy SS Empire Cabot , the Cabot , a British WWII Empire ship Cabot 36 , a Canadian sailboat Other uses [ edit ] Maria Moors Cabot Prizes , international awards for journalism See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "Cabot" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with Cabot All pages with titles containing Cabot Cabot, Cabot & Forbes ,
216-521: Is built on the site of the old Huntington Avenue Grounds , where the first-ever World Series baseball game was held in 1903, and is barely over a quarter-mile (402 m) away to the southwest from the Matthews Arena , the original home of the NHL's Boston Bruins ice hockey team in 1924. Solomon Court at Cabot Center is the 1800-seat home to the women's basketball and volleyball teams, as well as
240-603: The 1952 Senate election . Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. went on to be the U.S. Ambassador to United Nations under President Eisenhower and ambassador to South Vietnam under President Kennedy. He was 1960 vice presidential candidate for Richard Nixon against Kennedy– Lyndon B. Johnson . George's other great-great-great grandson, John Davis Lodge (born 1903 in Washington, D.C.) was the 64th Governor of Connecticut . George's great-great-great-great grandson, George Cabot Lodge II (born 1927, son of Henry Cabot Lodge) ran against
264-654: The Eisenhower and Kennedy administration . Another great-great grandson, Paul Codman Cabot (born 1898 in Brookline), was cofounder of America's first mutual fund and "Harvard's [Endowment] Midas". The widely known "Boston Toast" by Holy Cross alumnus John Collins Bossidy features the Cabot family: And this is good old Boston, The home of the bean and the cod , Where the Lowells talk only to Cabots, And
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#1732766149735288-614: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania , and the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania counter-sued to prevent the change. Judge Charles Young Audenried eventually ruled for the Kabotchniks, as there was "nothing in the law to prevent it." The following is a list of figures closely aligned with or subordinate to the Cabot family. The following is a list of companies in which the Cabot family have held
312-639: The Americas, son of John Cabot Susan Cabot (1927–1986), American actress Thomas Dudley Cabot , American businessman and conservationist Given name [ edit ] Cabot Rea , American reporter and TV news anchorman Fictional characters [ edit ] Alexandra Cabot , in the Law & Order universe John Henry Cabot, a fictional character from Murder, She Wrote ; see List of Murder, She Wrote characters Leigh Cabot, from Stephen King's 1983 novel Christine Rosanna Cabot , in
336-579: The Cabot Corporation George Cabot (1752–1823), American merchant, seaman, and politician John Moors Cabot (1901–1981), American diplomat and ambassador, son of Godfrey Lowell Cabot Meg Cabot (born 1967), American author Pilar Cabot (1940–2017), Catalan writer Richard Clarke Cabot (1868–1939), American physician and pioneer in social work Sebastian Cabot (actor) (1918–1977), British actor Sebastian Cabot (explorer) (c. 1474 – c. 1557), Italian explorer of
360-714: The Cabots talk only to God. In 1923, Harry H. Kabotchnik and his wife Myrtle petitioned to have his family name changed to Cabot. Some prominent Cabots of Boston (Judge Cabot of the Boston Juvenile Court; Stephen Cabot, headmaster of St. George's School, Middletown, R.I.; Dr. Hugh Cabot, dean of Michigan University Medical School ) along with the Pennsylvania branch of the Order of the Founders and Patriots ,
384-673: The Navy . His great-grandson, Henry Cabot Lodge (born 1850 in Boston) was also a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1893 until his death in 1924. In the 1916 election , Henry Cabot Lodge defeated John F. Fitzgerald , former mayor of Boston and the maternal grandfather of John, Robert and Edward Kennedy. George's great-great-great grandson, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (born 1902 in Nahant ) was also U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1937 to 1943 and from 1946 to 1953, when he lost to John F. Kennedy in
408-521: The building included a dirt floor track & field facility, not uncommon at the time. Now known as the Solomon Indoor Track , the facilities have undergone a number of renovations, including the installation of a 120-yard banked track in 1971, followed by the installation of a flat rubber surface track. In 2008 the facilities were revamped once again, installing an embedded granule track featuring four-lane straightaways, two-lane ovals, and
432-412: The family fortune and becoming extraordinarily wealthy. Two of the earliest U.S. Supreme Court cases, Bingham v. Cabot (1795) and Bingham v. Cabot (1798) , involved family shipping disputes. In 1784, Samuel Cabot relocated to Boston. George Cabot and his descendants went into politics. George Cabot became a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and was appointed but declined to be first Secretary of
456-469: The fictional setting for the TV show Murder, She Wrote Groups, organizations, businesses [ edit ] Cabot Corporation , an American chemicals company Cabot Creamery , an American dairy cooperative Samuel Cabot Incorporated , an American wood finishes manufacturer Transportation and vehicles [ edit ] USS Cabot , several ships of the U.S. Navy HMCS Cabot ,
480-529: The non-game day home of the men's basketball team. In the late 1990s, the facilities underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation culminating with the dedication of the court to long-time fan Bernard "Bunny" Solomon on November 28, 2000. The venue hosted the championship game of the ECAC North, now America East Conference men's basketball tournament in 1981. When the Cabot Center opened in 1954
504-659: The soap opera As the World Turns Tarl Cabot, protagonist of Gor novels William Cabot, in the film The Sum of All Fears Ephraim Cabot, in the play Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill Places [ edit ] 7317 Cabot , the asteroid Cabot , a main-belt asteroid, the 7317th asteroid registered Canada [ edit ] Cabot Head , in Ontario Cabot Square, Montreal , Quebec Lac Cabot, Mauricie , Quebec;
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#1732766149735528-571: The successful Edward M. Kennedy in the United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1962 . From John Cabot's grandson, Samuel Cabot's side, Samuel Cabot Jr. (born 1784 in Boston) furthered the family fortune by combining the first family staples of working in shipping and marrying money. In 1812, he married Eliza Perkins, daughter of merchant king Colonel Thomas Perkins . Samuel Cabot III (born 1815 in Boston)
552-621: The title Cabot . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cabot&oldid=1252302915 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing French-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cabot family The Boston Brahmin Cabot family descended from John Cabot (born 1680 in Jersey ,
576-490: Was an eminent surgeon, whose daughter, Lilla Cabot Perry , was a noted Impressionist artist. His son, Godfrey Lowell Cabot (born 1861 in Boston) founded Cabot Corporation , the largest carbon black producer in the country, used for inks and paints. Godfrey's son, John Moors Cabot (born 1901 in Cambridge), a great-great-grandson of Samuel, was a U.S. Ambassador to Sweden , Colombia , Brazil , and Poland during
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