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Many of the Brahmin families trace their ancestry back to the original founders of Boston while others bought their way into society during the nineteenth century with their profits from commerce and trade or by marrying into established Brahmin families like the Emersons and Winthrops. Today, Brahmin families often refer to themselves as Yankee s. Members of these families are generally known for being financially conservative, socially liberal, and well educated. These families often have deeply established traditions in the Episcopalian or Unitarian faiths. According to ''Yankee'' magazine, many Brahmin families intermarried and were perceived as marked by their distinctive elocution, the Boston Brahmin Accent . The nature of the Brahmins is summarized in the Doggerel poem, ''"Boston Toast,"'' by John Collins Bossidy . :"So this is good old Boston, :The home of the bean and the cod, :Where the Lowells talk only to the Cabots , :And the Cabots talk only to God." The term ''Brahmin'' comes from the Indian Caste System , of which the Brahmin s are the highest caste. The assertion that they are "Brahmin" is not just a claim of high social class, but also of cultural, intellectual, and spiritual leadership; these roles were performed by the namesake caste that exists in India. The American phrase was likely coined by writer Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. , as part of a January 1860 article in the '' Atlantic Monthly '' called "The Professor's Story." BRAHMIN FAMILIES The Adams Adams Family
The Cabots Cabot Family
Decendant by marriage:
The Choates Choate Family
The Cushings Cushing Family
Decendant by marriage:
The Crownshields Crowninshield Family
Decendant by marriage:
The Delanos Delano Family
Decendant by marriage:
The Eliots Eliot Family
Decendant by marriage:
The Emersons Emerson Family
The Endicotts Endicott Family
The Forbes' Forbes Family
Decendant by marriage:
The Holmes' Holmes Family
The Jacksons Jackson Family
Decendant by marriage:
The Lawrences Lawrence Family
Decendant by marriage: Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1856–1943) The Lodges
The Lowells Lowell Family
Decendant by marriage:
The Peabodys Peabody Family
The Phillips' Phillips Family
The Putnams Putnam Family
The Quincys Quincy Family
Decent by marriage:
The Saltonstalls Saltonstall Family
The Winthrops Winthrop Family
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