| COLONIAL OCCUPATION |
DEFINITION |
| accomptant |
accountant |
| administatrix |
a female administrator |
| amanuen |
secretary or stenographer |
| artifice |
maker or fixer of intricate objects |
| ashmanshipman |
sailor |
| blacksmith |
one who shoes horses |
| boniface |
innkeeper |
| brazier |
brass worker |
| brightsmith |
metal worker |
| brownsmith |
copper or brass smith |
| burl |
cup-bearer |
| burnisher |
metal polisher |
| carner |
granary keeper |
| carter |
maker or driver carts |
| chandler |
maker or seller of candles; retailer of groceries |
| chiffonier |
wigmaker |
| clarke |
cleric or scribe |
| colporteur |
peddler of books |
| conveyor |
grantor or seller |
| cooper |
maker/repairer of barrels and casks |
| coppice keeper |
one who takes care of small wood |
| cordwainer |
shoemaker |
| crayman |
driver of a cart carrying heavy loads |
| culler |
gelder of male animals |
| currrier |
tanner of leather; user of curry comb on
horses |
| cutler |
one who makes or sells knives etc. |
| dareman |
dairyman |
| diviner/dowser |
one who finds water under the ground |
| draper |
dealer in cloth and dry goods |
| dresser |
surgeon's assistant in a hospital |
| drover |
driver of animals to market; dealer in cattle |
| drummer |
traveling salesman |
| duffer |
peddler |
| dyer |
one who dyes cloth |
| endholdernn |
inn keeper |
| enumerator |
census taker |
| executrix |
a female executor |
| falkner |
keeper/trainer of falcons |
| farmer |
tax-collector or bailiff |
| farrier |
horse doctor, one in charge of horses |
| fence viewer |
person who inspects farmer's fences |
| flax dresser |
one who works with flax fibers |
| fletcher |
maker of bows and arrows |
| framar |
farmer |
| fuller |
cleaner and thickener of cloth |
| gaoler |
jailer |
| ginerr |
joiner |
| glover |
dealer or maker of gloves |
| gobar |
jobber |
| grecher |
grocer |
| guilderer |
maker of gold or silver coins |
| hansard |
weapon maker or seller |
| hawker |
peddler |
| headborough |
constable |
| hedger |
one who trims and tends hedgerows |
| hillard/hiller |
one who covers houses with slate |
| hind |
farm laborer |
| horsler |
ostler (stableman or groom), horse servant
at an inn |
| huckster |
seller of small articles |
| husbandman |
a farmer |
| indentured servant |
one who has committed to working for someone
for affixed number of years |
| ironmonger |
dealer in iron goods |
| jorman |
journeyman |
| keller |
salt keeper |
| kellogg |
slaughter man |
| lardner |
official in charge of pig food |
| limeburner |
maker of lime |
| macon/marson |
mason |
| malster |
brewer of malted beverages (beer) |
| marshall |
horse servant, or groom |
| mayer |
physician |
| millow |
miller |
| millwright |
one who designs or builds mills |
| nettir |
knitter |
| osler |
bird-catcher |
| osnard |
herder of oxen |
| outrider |
mounted attendant riding before or behind
a carriage |
| packman |
itinerant peddler |
| parochus |
rector, pastor |
| peever |
pepper-seller |
| pilcher |
maker of pilches |
| ploughwright |
one who makes or repairs plows |
| porcher |
pig-keeper |
| porter |
gate-keeper or door-keeper |
| poulterer |
dealer in poultry |
| quarryman |
stonecutter |
| revenuer |
federal officer enforcing the law against
illegal manufacturing of whisky |
| roper |
maker of rope |
| rower |
builder of (small) wagon wheels |
| savant |
servant |
| sawyer |
sawer of wood |
| scabbler |
person who uses a scabbler (pick) to trim the sides of
a tunnel |
| scrivener |
scribe or clerk |
| sevier |
sieve-maker |
| sewer |
tailor or shoemaker |
| sharman |
or shearman; cutter of woollen cloth |
| sizer |
one who applies size to textiles |
| slatter |
slater (same as hillard) |
| slaymaker |
maker of reeds or slays for looms |
| soyor |
sawyer |
| spragger |
person who inserts a piece of wood (sprag) between the
wheels of a lorry/truck to bring it to a standstill |
| stokiner |
maker or weaver of stockings |
| sutler |
one who supplies an army with provisions |
| tanner |
tanner of animal skin |
| taper |
candlewick maker or seller |
| tawer |
one who taws (makes hide into leather without
the use of tanning) |
| thirdbororough |
tithing man or deputy constable |
| tinker |
an itinerant mender of kettles and pans |
| todd |
fox hunter |
| tripper |
dancer |
| vitner |
wine merchant |
| webber |
weaver |
| wheelwright |
builder of wagon wheels |
| whitcher |
maker of chests |
| whittawer |
one who taws skin into white leather |
| wonkey-scoop |
driver who operates a one horse scoop |
This list was originially kindly contributed by Barbara Starr (NSW)
from sources unknown, there have since been additions. For those who have
extra occupations to add please send them to
Andrew Billinghurst.
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