I seem to remember that I read an item on this somewhere in the distant past of two things he could be. That a leaper was the guy who jumped from barge to barge while in motion on a river. The second one is he could also be the guy that jumps ashore with ropes to moor a boat. I've no idea if this is the case here. There are also probably a number of other things it may well have been. -----Original Message----- From: liverpud Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 4:29 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Leaper Could it be a mis-spelling and should be -- Canal boatman. (Barges had to be "legged" through tunnels by men lying flat on deck and "walking" along the roof or sides of the tunnel) ... Edna - Devon -----Original Message----- From: John Moore Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 11:12 AM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Leaper I have a 1625 record of a possible ancestor whose occupation is given as leaper. Does anyone know what that involved? Regards, John Moore ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message