OCCUPATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
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| S |
| Saddler |
one who made saddles, harnesses, horse collars, bridles, etc. |
T |
| Saddle Treemaker |
one who made the frames for saddles that the saddler used |
W |
| Saltmaker/Salter/Drysalter/Saucer |
(1) one who made salt
(2) one who dealt in the salt business, i.e. a salt works |
P
TR |
| Sarcinet Weaver |
silk weaver |
T |
| Sartor |
a tailor |
T |
| Sawmiller |
one who milled wood into lumber |
W/TR |
| Sawyer |
one who cut timber into logs or boards |
W |
| Say Weaver |
a weaver of say, a cloth of fine texture resembling serge |
T |
| Sayer |
a poet |
A |
| Schrimpschonger |
one who carved bone, ivory, etc. into pieces of art |
A |
| Scribbler |
a minor author |
A |
| Seamstress |
maker of female clothing |
T |
| Semi Lorer |
a person who made leather thongs |
T |
| Sempstress/Sewster |
a seamstress |
T |
| Shearman |
one who sheared metal |
S |
| Sheather |
one who or that which sheaths, i.e. to fit or furnish a sword with a (1) metal sheath
(2) leather sheath |
S
T |
| Shepster |
a female pattern cutter; a dressmaker |
T |
| Shingler |
a roof tiler who used wooden tiles or shingles |
W |
| Shipwright |
one who was skilled in building and repairing ships |
W |
| Shoemaker/Shoesmith |
one who made shoes |
T |
| Shopjoiner/Shop Joyner |
housewright |
W |
| Shuster |
shoemaker |
T |
| Shuttlemaker |
made shuttles for weaving |
W |
| Silkmaker |
makers of silk cloth |
T |
| Silk Mercer |
sold silk cloth and items made from silk |
TR |
| Silkworker |
one who forms cloth by interlocking strands of silk |
T |
| Silversmith |
a person who worked with silver |
A/S/TR |
| Sissor/Cissor |
tailor |
T |
| Sizer |
a person who applied sizing to cloth |
T |
| Skeinermaker |
made wheels used in spinning |
W |
| Skepper |
a person who made beehives |
T |
| Smiddy |
smith |
S |
| Smith |
one who made or repaired metal items |
S |
| Snobber |
a shoemaker or cobbler |
T |
| Snuffermaker |
one who made the candle snuffer for putting out candlelight |
S |
| Soapboiler/Soper |
a soapmaker |
P |
| Sortor |
tailor |
T |
| Soufletier |
bellows maker |
T |
| Souter |
a shoemaker |
T |
| Spicer |
grocer or dealer in spices |
TR |
| Spinner |
one who spins yarn |
T |
| Spooner |
a person who made spoons |
S/W |
| Spurrier |
a person who made spurs |
S |
| Stationer |
a bookseller and seller of paper and other writing implements |
TR |
| Staymaker |
a corset maker |
T |
| Steel Smelter |
one who refined iron ore |
S |
| Stitcher |
one who decorated with stitching, etc. |
T |
| Stockinger |
(1) one who knitted or wove stockings
(2) one who dealt in the sale of stockings |
T
TR |
| Stone Cutter |
one who cut and dressed stones |
W |
| Stone Worker |
one who worked with stone such as masons |
W |
| Stringer |
a person who made strings for bows |
T |
| Sucksmith |
a person who made ploughshares |
S |
| Sulter |
followed an army camp peddling provisions and supplies |
TR |
| Swailer |
miller or dealer in grain; a gristmiller |
P/TR |
| Swellmaker |
one who made shallow baskets |
T |
| Sword Cutler |
one who made and mounted swords |
S |
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| T |
| Tailor |
one who made or repaired outer garments |
T |
| Tallow Chandler |
a person who made tallow candles |
P |
| Tanner |
one who tanned or converted hides to leather |
T |
| Taper Weaver |
a person who made candlewicks |
P |
| Tapiser |
one who made tapestry or was an upholster |
T |
| Tasseler |
one who made tassels used in furnishings |
T |
| Tawer |
one who made white leather |
T |
| Textor |
weaver |
T |
| Tickney Man |
sold earthenware from town to town |
TR |
| Tiltmaker |
a person who made canvas awnings or canopies |
T |
| Tinner |
one who made tinware - a tinsmith |
S |
| Tinter |
an artist skilled in tinting |
A |
| Tinctor |
a dyer |
T |
| Tinsmith |
a person who worked with tin |
S |
| Tipper |
the person who put the metal tips on arrows |
S |
| Tixtor |
weaver |
T |
| Tobacco Spinner |
cigar maker |
P |
| Tool Helver |
a person who made tool handles |
W |
| Tranqueter |
a person who made hoops |
S |
| Treenmaker |
one who made domestic articles from wood |
W |
| Treenailmaker |
one who made the long wooden pins used in shipbuilding |
W |
| Trenchermaker |
a person who made wooden boards or platters used for serving or cutting and slicing food on |
W |
| Trugger |
a person who made long shallow baskets |
T |
| Tubber |
a person who made tubs and barrels |
W |
| Turner |
a person who worked with a lathe |
W |
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