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Press. Quaritch's Catalogue. Salem Observer. Sillirnan's Journal. The New 

 Carpet. 



Win, A. Ireland and Wm. H. Kilvert were duly 

 elected Resident members. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, Maech 20, 1871. 



The President in the chair. Records of preceding 

 meeting read. 



The President presented a copy in manuscript of the 

 Genealogy of the Cabot family, prepared by Hon. Joseph 

 S. Cabot of this city, and which he had recently received 

 from him, a donation to the manuscript department, 

 and made some remarks upon the history of this family 

 in this county. Two brothers came to Salem about 1700, 

 John and George, from the Island of Jersey — John 

 married Anna Orne and was the ancestor of the family in 

 this vicinity and this record refers especially to an ac- 

 count of his descendants. George married Miss Mars- 

 ton, daughter of Benjamin Marston of Salem, died in 

 1715, leaving a son Marston, who graduated at Harvard 

 college in 1724, and was settled in the ministry at Kil- 

 lingly, Conn. He married Mary, daughter of Rev. Josiah 

 Dwight and died April 8, 1756, leaving many descend- 

 ants. 



Mr. Allen W. Dodge made some interesting remarks 

 on some of the habits and customs of our ancestors as 

 gleaned from an examination of the wills and inventories 

 of estates on file in the Probate office. This subject will 

 probably be alluded to again at some future meeting. 



The Secretary announced the following correspondence : 



Boston Athenaeum, Mch. 10; Boston Public Library, Men. 13; Corporation of 

 Harvard College, Mch. 13; Mass. State Board of Health. Mch. 18; Mass. .Mate 



