Colonial Occupations
- ALMONER Giver of charity
- ANANUENSIS Secretary or Stenographer
- BLUESTOCKING Female writer
- BONIFACE Keeper of an inn
- BURGOMASTER Mayor
- CHANDLER Candlemaker
- CHIFFONIER Ragpicker
- COLPORTEUR Peddler of books
- CORDWAINER Made shoes
- COSTERMONGER Peddler of fruits and vegetables
- CROWNER Coroner
- DOCKER Stevedore
- DOWSER Water finder
- FLETCHER Made bows and arrows
- FULLER Cleaned and finished cloth
- GAOLER Jailer
- GLAZIER Window glassman
- HATCHELER Combed or carded flax
- HOOPER Made hoops for casks
- HOSTLER (or Ostler) Groomed horses
- LEECH or SAWBONES Physician
- MANCIPLE Steward
- MINTMASTER Issued local currency
- PEREGRINATOR Itinerant wanderer
- PERUKER Wigmaker
- PETTIFOGGER Shyster lawyer
- PUMBUM WORKER Plumber
- RATTLEWATCH Town watchman
- SCRUTINEER Election judge
- SHRIEVE Sheriff
- SNOBSCAT Repaired shoes
- SORTOR Tailor
- STUFFGOWNSMAN Junior barrister
- TIDE WAITER Customs inspector
- TIPSTAFF Policeman
- VULCAN Blacksmith
- WEBSTER Operated looms
- WHARFINGER Owner of a wharf
- WHITEWING Streetsweeper
This information from "Old Farmer's Almanac," reprinted
in Dec. 1986
by "Roots Digest," Ronald A. Bremer, Publisher
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