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The tone of this article is ridiculous. It is 2008, not 1948. I knew a Cabot 30 years ago when I was at University, and yes, she came from inherited wealth and the patricinate, but the tone of this article would have been as outdated in 1978. This sounds like it was wholly lifted from another source.Shemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 04:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cabot Creamery?[edit]

Is this family related to the Cabot Creamery? —Ben FrantzDale (talk) 15:54, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notable Cabots?[edit]

Recently, user "Sellsauce" added one name to this section: Alexander (Sandor) Black, Gourmet Food Manufacturer and Fine Art Photographer [www.fudgefatale.com] and [www.alexanderblackphotography.com]

There is a page with no info, only what the section entry says. First, there is no indication that Alexander Black is a Cabot, besides Sellsauce's say so. Second, does this person count as notable? And if so, is he notable for anything other than apparent self-promotion? And then, isn't personal advertising frowned upon on Wikipedia, or even against the rules? How do you flag that? --Wikipederast (talk) 04:33, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Really?[edit]

Do we really need a page devoted to the inflation of a families already inflated self important ego?

Knock it down a notch, note the important things notable Cabot's have done, cut out the "Boston social scene elite" junk. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.178.220.163 (talk) 01:38, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These Brahmin families, like it or not, are an important part of the social and class history of Boston, which really did have a class system. Considering the multitude of Wikipedia articles devoted to obscure bands, video games, cartoons, and D-list celeberities, I'd say the Cabot family deserves its own page. Koebie (talk) 01:38, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a Cabot and proud of it. Certainly we're entitled to as much mention as some of the other crap that's in WikiPedia. 174.56.192.86 (talk) 21:44, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Origins[edit]

I've removed the claim that the Cabots are descended directly from John Cabot, which was not supported by the source cited, which merely says that they are related. I find even that claim dubious, however, and more sources are needed to fully substantiate it. Chick Bowen 00:51, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You were right. That John Cabot was Venetian and arrived around 1400. This particular Cabot family descends from a different John Cabot who was British, and arrived in 1700. Now we just got to figure out if Thomas Dudley is actually an ancestor or not, and if the family is actually related to a Dudley–Winthrop family. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.110.1.189 (talk) 13:15, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And also, if Capt. John Cabot of the John Cabot House is related to this family or not. And where the other, if the do actually, fit in the family lineage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.110.2.215 (talk) 00:14, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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