Thanks so much, Lorri Things like this are always helpful at some time. Char > This was on the NYBROOKLYN-D@rootsweb.com > (of course no reference to my (Ga Kpr) but it may be a help to > someone. Godbless > Lorri > > > Old 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 or oakum-hem fiber produced by taking > old > ropes apart > Chaisemaker - Carriage maker > Chandler - Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles;retailer > of groceries, ship supplier > 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 currycomb;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 > Fellmonger - 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 glassmanHacker - 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 andset 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 - SheriffSlater - 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 J- unior barrister > Supercargo - Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and > the commercial concerns of the ship. > 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 - An 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 > 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 > > > > > ______________________________ >

Your welcome. So many good people have helped me in my research Godbless Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony & Charlotte Silva" <silva724@mindspring.com> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Old Occupations > Thanks so much, Lorri > Things like this are always helpful at some time. > Char > > > > > This was on the NYBROOKLYN-D@rootsweb.com > > (of course no reference to my (Ga Kpr) but it may be a help to > > someone. Godbless > > Lorri > > > > > > Old 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 or oakum-hem fiber produced by > taking > > old > > ropes apart > > Chaisemaker - Carriage maker > > Chandler - Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles;retailer > > of groceries, ship supplier > > 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 currycomb;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 > > Fellmonger - 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 glassmanHacker - 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 andset 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 - SheriffSlater - 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 J- unior barrister > > Supercargo - Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and > > the commercial concerns of the ship. > > 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 - An 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 > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > >

I am thankful you took the time to send this to our list. What a wonderful too we now have. I do have a question though. I have been looking for information on another line and came across a hearwright. Does anyone know what that is? My ancestor came to America as "hearwight to William Knott" Does this mean he was his to make sure he heard right?? LOL I have no idea! Carol