link i. PERRIN2 CABOT was born about 1490-1500. On 19 Oct. 1542. certain of the principal gentlemen from each parish were appointed to assist and give advice regarding the safety of this Island; among six from Trinity Parish was Perryn Cabot.[citing Actes des Etats de L'Ile de Jensey, 1524-1596 p12] He died about 1568. His wife was probably a sister of John Norman. Children :
1. Thomas3 Cabot, b. about 1516-1526. (Ancestor of the Cabots of America).
THOMAS 3 CABOT (2. Perrin 2 , Collin 1 ), was born about 1516-1526. He succeeded to lands in Trinity Parish, formerly of his father and grandfather, and resided in this parish. He also held lands in other parishes. He was a direct ancestor of the Cabots of America. On 25 July 1607, King James I appointed Sir Robert Gardiner, Knt., and James Hussey, D.C.L., commissioners to visit the Channel Islands, confirm the charters, and privileges of the inhabitants, hear any complaints, ascertain the customary rentals and current revenues of the Islands, and report suggestions for reforms in obsolete laws and customs [citing Patent Rolls, 5 James I, part 18, dorso. Public Record Office, London.]. The commissioners reported the current revenues from the Islands, and also gave copies of some rental rolls of earlier dates, as far back as 1562. A roll drawn up about 1580 of the King’s wheat in Trinity Parish has the following entry: “Thomas Cabot , by descent from Collin Cabot his grandfather , in right of the latter’s mother , the daughter of Guillotine Nicoll, oweth one cabotel [Extent of the Island of Jersey, 5 James I, p. 74. A cabot el was about half a bushel]. Thomas 3 Cabot died about 1585. He married Thomasse or Thomasine le Morgue, daughter of Denis le Morgue of St. Helier’s Parish. Children:
1 Thomas Cabot, b. about 1550.
2 Martin Cabot; d. without issue.
3 NICHOLAS 4 CABOT, SR., b. about 1555. (Ancestor of the Cabots of America.)
4 John Cabot, b. about 1557; m. Thomasse Alexandre; in 1601; left two daughters, one the wife of John de Boutiller, the other the wife of Regnauld Constances.
5 Nicholas Cabot, Jr., b. about 1560.
