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The author’s early interest in genealogy led to his first book on a branch of the Cabots, based on information easily available locally. He became a serious genealogist in 1997 after he was invited to participate in the 500-year reenactment at Bristol, England, of John Cabot's voyage to Newfoundland (he claims no descent from the explorer). Curiosity about the family led him to nearby Jersey in the Channel Islands where he embarked on a true research effort and for the next three decades collected information on the Cabots who remained, those who emigrated, and those from whom the U.S. Cabots are descended.
This work is a comprehensive account of an important early Jersey family, with connections to present-day Jersey and the United Kingdom, as well as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It covers the patrilineal descent from Colin Cabot at the end of the 15th century, when continuous records begin, to the present. No other such account of the family exists.
The first two centuries of this family account took place entirely in Jersey. All three of the main branches in the U.S. came from there--namely the George, John, and Charles Cabot branches. DNA testing was performed to validate the findings in this work. Volume I covers the Colin Cabot (abt. 1460–1525) family through the 12th generation. Volume II will cover the 13th and later generations and, in two appendices, the Cosmes Cabot family and the George Colburn Cabot Adopted family.
John G. L . Cabot is also the author of The George Cabots: Descendants of George Cabot (1678-1717) of Salem and Boston, published by NEHGS in 1997.
By John G. L. Cabot
6 x 9 hardcover, 668 pages
Published by American Ancestors in January 2025