Samuel Cabot Jr.
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. 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) and Samuel Cabot (1759–1819), a successful ship merchant. Among his many siblings were Mary Clarke Cabot, Eliza Lee (née Cabot) Follen (wife of Charles Follen), Joseph Cabot, Sarah (née Cabot) Parkman, Susan Copley Cabot, Richard Clarke Cabot, Edward Cabot, and Mary Ann (née Cabot) Cabot. 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. 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. 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), a daughter of Thomas