UNKNOWN, Alan Dapifer of Dol (b. 1020, d. 1050)

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Dapifer of Dol, was the hereditary Steward or Dapifer of Dol-de-Bretagne is about 30 miles north of Rennes in Brittany, France. A steward or dapifer was the man responsible for running the day to day affairs of the lord's lands, usuallysupervising several manors.

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Text: 4 DEC 2002

Note: 1850: Census, Susan Burgess living with them age 69

Note: 1860: Census, Sebec, Piscataquis, ME

1880: Census, Sebec, Piscataquis, ME

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Text: 4 DEC 2002

Note: daughter of Sweyn Thor'sson, overlord of Cranford.

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Note: 1850: Living with his sister Sarah and Orrin Brown

1870: Census, Sebec, Piscataquis, ME

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Event: Type: Death date
Date: 18 JUL 1831

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Note: Note: Burgess, Benjamin F.,of firm of Benjamin Burgess & Sons,m.Cordelia W.Ellis,daughter of Capt.Abner Ellis,in Sandwich(CC.Oct.9,1839)

Elisha Atkins started in the Cuban business for himself in 1835. In 1866, John W. Cummings, who had been his chief clerk for many years, was taken into partnership, forming the firm of P:. Atkins & Co. The senior member, Mr. Atkins, was taken when a boy from Cape Cod, where the family had lived since 1639, to Roxbury, where his parents hoped there would be less chance of his being tempted to go to sea. In spite of this precaution he entered the office of Dennis Brigham on Rowe's Wharf, and went out as supercargo to Caracas on one of his employer's vessels, a few years later going into the sugar business for himself.

In 1837, during the panic brought on by the failure of the United States Bank, his business was unprofitable. The following year the firm of Atkins & Freeman was formed, William F. Freeman being admitted as partner. The firm had offices on India Wharf, its neigh­bors being Thomas Wigglesworth, W. F. Cunningham R Co., George T. Lyman, Bullard C Lee, the Higginsons, R. B. Storer, W. Windsor Fay, E. A. Homer, B. Burgess, Minot, & Hooper, Boardman & Pope, all well-known merchants of their day. To those offices the rich planters came, and then spent their money at Saratoga Springs, and along the wharves could be seen cargoes from all parts of the globe. Here also were the consulates of Sweden, Norway, Belgium, and Russia. "Here," as described by William Howell Reed, who wrote the life of Mr. Atkins, "were the quaint old offices with their ancient furni­ture, the blazing open fires in winter, the pictured walls with ship; sailing in every ocean, the models of favorite vessels, the courtly manners of the old merchant princes of that day, the counting-house decorum, the quiet respectability, the aroma of the lofts above packed with the merchandise of the East."

R. G. Shaw & Co. once joined Mr. Atkins in making up a cargo on one of the earlier voyages, while Joshua Scars, one of the large retail purchasers of sugar in Boston, assisted occasionally in times of tight money. The first shipment to Cienfuegos was in 1843, at which port Columbus landed on his first voyage. There was little going on here at this time, Trinidad being the centre of business and society; but gradually this port grew, owing to the large amount of business transacted there by Mr. Atkins and Mr. Benjamin Burgess. In these early days the mills were run by oxen and were called "Bull Mills." Mr. Atkins's letters home give a good idea of the life on the plantations. One letter describes a night spent on top of some sugar­-boxes on board a very small vessel, while another one mentions his disgust on seeing for the first time a very pretty Cuban girl light a large cigar.

In 1849 Mr. Atkins again conducted business alone, Mr. Freeman retiring. The business, however, continued to prosper, and his vessels visited not only Cuba, but the Windward Islands, St. Thomas, Ja­maica, Guatemala, and occasionally Rio Janeiro. Boston now became a great sugar market. John S. Emery, ship owner and broker, chartered over four hundred vessels to Mr. Atkins. It was at this period (1866) that Mr. Cummings was admitted to partnership.

Some of the vessels owned were the well-known "Adelaide," "Chat­ham," "Marine," "Tom Corwin," "W. B. Stetson," "Jacinta," "Clo­tilde," and "Neptune," the latter being the favorite ship. A few of the shipmasters in whom Mr. Atkins took a great interest were Captains Burt, Bassford, Harding, and Beal.

Mr. Edwin F. Atkins, the son of the founder of the business, was admitted to partnership in 1874, and is now the head of this well­-known house, conducting the business with his son, Robert W. Atkins, who was taken into the firm in 1915, being the third generation in a business of over eighty years' standing, as commission merchants, planters, manufacturers, and refiners.

The Bay State Sugar Refinery of Boston, owned and operated by E. Atkins & Co. for many years, entered the consolidation which com­prised many of the sugar refineries of the United States, then known as The Sugar Refineries Company, just before the death of Elisha Atkins in 1888; and Edwin E. Atkins later became prominent in the management of its successor, the American Sugar Refining Company.

Elisha Atkins was considered one of the most capable merchants of his day. He was one of the builders of the Union Pacific Railroad and active in its management up m the time of his death. He was also connected with many enterprises, both in New England and through­out the West.

Occupation: Date: 1880
Place: Sugar merchant

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Boston Ward 6, Suffolk, MA