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GENERAL
GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION
OCCUPATIONS
Accomptant
Accountant
Almoner
Giver of charity to the needy
Amanuensis
Secretary or stenographer
Artificer
A soldier mechanic who does repairs
Bailie
Bailiff
Baxter
Baker
Bluestocking Female writer
Boniface
Keeper of an inn
Brazier
One who works with brass
Brewster
Beer manufacturer
Brightsmith Metal
Worker
Burgonmaster Mayor
Caulker
One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seems to make them
watertight by using tar of oakum-hemp fiber produced by taking old ropes
apart.
Chaisemaker Carriage maker
Chandler
Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries
Chiffonnier Wig
maker
Clark
Clerk
Clerk
Clergyman, cleric
Clicker
The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who
received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due
form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine
which clicked.
Cohen
Priest
Collier
Coal miner
Colporteur
Peddler of books
Cooper
One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks,
barrels, tubs, etc.
Cordwainer
Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba
in Spain
Costermonger Peddler of fruits and
vegetables
Crocker
Potter
Crowner
Coroner
Currier
One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb; one who tanned
leather by incorporating oil or grease
Docker
Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo
Dowser
One who finds water using a rod or witching stick
Draper
A dealer in dry goods
Drayman
One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads
Dresser
A surgeon's assistant in a hospital
Drover
One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle
Duffer
Peddler
Factor
Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another;
Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate
Farrier
A blacksmith, one who shoes horses
Faulkner
Falconer
Fell monger One who removes
hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making
Fletcher
One who made bows and arrows
Fuller
One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening,
heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth
Gaoler
A keeper of the goal, a jailer
Glazier
Window glassman
Hacker
Maker of hoes
Hatcheler
One who combed out or carded flax
Haymonger Dealer in hay
Hayward
Keeper of fences
Higgler
Itinerant peddler
Hillier
Roof tiler
Hind
A farm laborer
Holster
A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn
Hooker
Reaper
Hooper
One who made hoops for casks and barrels
Huckster
Sells small wares
Husbandman A farmer who cultivated the land
Jagger
Fish peddler
Journeyman One who had served his
apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to
serve a master, but hired by the day
Joyner / Joiner A skilled carpenter
Keeler
Bargeman
Kempster Wool
comber
Lardner
Keeper of the cupboard
Lavender
Washer woman
Lederer
Leather maker
Leech
Physician
Longshoreman Stevedore
Lormer
Maker of horse gear
Malender Farmer
Maltster
Brewer
Manciple A
steward
Mason
Bricklayer
Mintmaster One who issued local currency
Monger
Seller of goods (ale, fish)
Muleskinner Teamster
Neatherder Herds cows
Ordinary Keeper Innkeeper with fixed prices
Pattern Maker A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden
pole with a
pattern cut into the end
Peregrinator Itinerant wanderer
Peruker A
wig maker
Pettifogger A shyster lawyer
Pigman
Crockery dealer
Plumber One who
applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained
glass windows.
Porter
Door keeper
Puddler
Wrought iron worker
Quarrier Quarry
worker
Rigger
Hoist tackle worker
Ripper
Seller of fish
Roper
Maker of rope or nets
Saddler One
who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses
Sawbones Physician
Sawyer One
who saws; carpenter
Schumacker Shoemaker
Scribler A
minor or worthless author
Scrivener Professional or
public copyist or writer; notary public
Scrutiner Election
judge
Shrieve
Sheriff
Slater
Roofer
Slopseller Seller of ready-made
clothes in a slop shop
Snobscat / Snob One who repaired shoes
Sorter
Tailor
Spinster A woman who
spins or an unmarried woman
Spurrer Maker of
spurs
Squire
Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace
Stuff gown Junior barrister
Stuff gownsman Junior barrister
Supercargo Officer on merchant ship who is in charge
of cargo and the commercial concerns
of the ship
Surfman Worker at
a lifesaving/lighthouse station
Tanner One
who tans (cures) animal hides into leather
Tapley One
who puts the tap in an ale cask
Tasker
Reaper
Teamster One who drives a team for
hauling
Thatcher Roofer
Tide waiter Customs inspector
Tinker
Am itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman
Tipstaff
Policeman
Travers Toll bridge
collection
Tucker Cleaner of
cloth goods
Turner A
person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles
Victualer A tavern keeper, or one
who provides an army, navy, or ship with food supplies
Vulcan
Blacksmith
Wagoner Teamster not for hire
Wainwright Wagon maker
Waiter
Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on
goods brought in
Waterman Boatman who plies for hire
Webster Operator of looms
Wharfinger Owner of a wharf
Wheelwright One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc.
Whitesmith Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or
polishes the work
Whitewing Street sweeper
Whitster Bleach of cloth
Wright Workman,
especially a construction worker
Yeoman Farmer who owns
his own land
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