This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rogers, Culver, Raynor, Hallock, Halsey, Fanning, Howell. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUB.2ACI/702.1 Message Board Post: No mistake, bayman it is. Someone who made his living by harvesting edibles, such as clams and oysters, from the bay. Baymen are known for having big strong hands, because they work them hard every day as they use their scissor-action tools to grab and hoist their catch from the bottom of the bay. Billy Joel wrote and recorded a song about how you can't make a decent living as a Long Island bayman anymore. I believe he was saying he couldn't make a living the way his father had; the bay isn't as resource-rich as it once was.