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From: Lloyd Rowsell <>
Subject: FOLLOW-UP to 1610 NL SURNAMES ...'PLANTER' and other 'Newfoundland' occupations before 1799"(from the files of lghr)"....
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:51:44 -0700 (PDT)

FOLLOW-UP to 1610 NL SURNAMES ...Planters and other
'Newfoundland' occupations before 1799 "(from the files of
lghr)"....

1609-1610 Occupation Names and ##(definations taken from RANDOM
HOUSE Dictionary)

PLANTER: ##(#3. the owner or manager of a plantation. #4. Hist a
colonist or new settler.)

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website:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/va02.htm


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other than 'PLANTER'.....OCCUPATIONS of a 1610 'well organized
society' in a-z order

*A*
the Company of Armourers, ....##(a person who manufacturers,
repairs or services firearms)

*B*
the Company of Barber-Chirurgeons,
the Company of Basketmakers,
the Company of Blacksmiths,
the Company of Boyers, ....????
the Company of Brownbakers,
the Company of Brewers,
the Company of Butchers,

*C*
the Company of Carpenters,
the Company of Clothworkers,
the Company of Cooks,
the Company of Coopers,
the Company of Cordwaynes, ....##(a person who makes shoes??)
the Company of Curriers, ....##(1.a person who dresses and
colors leather after it is tanned 2. a person who curries horses)

*D*
the Company of Drapers, ....##(a dealer in cloth)
the Company of Dyers, ....????

*F*
the Company of Fishmongers,....##(a dealer in fish, esp for
eating)
the Company of Fletchers, ....##(a person who makes arrows)
the Company of Founders, ....##(a person who founds or casts
metal, glass, etc.)
the Company of Fruiterers, ....## (a dealer in fruit, [1325-1425;
late ME; see Fruit-er]

*G*
the Company of Gardners,
the Companv of Glaziers,
the Company of Goldsmiths,
the Company of Girdlers,
the Company of Grocers,
the Company of Gutlers, ....???? any suggestions?

*H*
the Company of Haberdashers,

*I*
the Company of Imbroiderers,
the Company of Innholders,
the Company of Ironmongers, ....## (a dealer in hardware)

*J*
the Company of Joiners,

*L*
the Company of Leathersellers,

*M*
the Company of Masons,
the Company of Mercers, ....##(a dealer in textile fabrics;
dry-goods merchant)
the Company of MerchantTaylors,
the Company of Musicians,

*P*
the Companv of Paintstainers,
the Company of Plasterers,
the Company of Plumbers,
the Company of Pewierers, .... any suggestions??
the Company of Poulterers,

*S*
the Company of Salters, ....##(1. a person who makes or sells
salt, 2. a person who salts meat, fish, etc.)
the Company of Skinners,
the Company of Sadlers,
the Company of Scriveners, ....# (1. scribe, 2. a notary = clerk)
the Company of Stationers, ....## (1. a person who sells the
materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils and ink. 2.
Archaic. a. a bookseller. b. a publisher. Stationary, i.e.
pertaining to dealers with permanent shops as distinguished from
itinerant vendors.)

*T*
the Company of Tallow-Chandlers, (a person who makes candles from
the fat of animals)
the Company of Turners, ...##(a person who fashions or shapes
objects on a lathe)
the Company of Tylers and Bricklayers,

*U*
the Company of Upholsterers,

*V*
the Company of Vintners,

*W*
the Company of Whitebakers,
the Company of Wax-Chandlers,
the Company of Weavers,
the Company of Woolmen,
the Company of Woodmongers,

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John Levet, Merchant,
Thomas Nornicot, clothworker,
Richard Venn, haberdasher,
Thomas Scott, gentleman,
Thomas Juxon, merchant-taylor,
George Hankinson,
Thomas Seyer, gentleman,

Thomas Lawson, gentleman,
Edward Smith, haberdasher,
Stephen Sparrow,
John Jones, merchant,
Reynolds,
Brewer,
Thomas Plummer, merchant,
Jame Duppa, brewer,
Rowland Coitmore,
William Southerne,

Simon Yeomans, fishmonger,
Lancelot Davis, gentleman,
John Kettleby, gentleman,
Richard Clene, goldsmith,

Robert Chening, yeoman,

and to such and so many as they do, or shall hereafter admit to be
joined with them, in the form hereafter in these presents
expressed,

whether they go in their Persons to be Planters there in the said
Plantation, or whether they do not,

but adventure their monies, goods, or Chattles, that they shalTbb
one Body or Commonalty perpetual,

and shall have perpetual Succession and one common Seal to serve
for the said Body or Commonalty,

and that they and their Successors shall be known, called, and
incorporated by the Name of The Treasurer and Company of
Adventurers and Planters of the City of London, for the first
Colony in Virginia.

And that they and their Successors shall be from henceforth
forever enabled to take, acquire, and purchase by the Name
aforesaid (Licence for the same from Us, our Heirs, and
Successors, first had and obtained) any Manner of Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments, Goods and Chattles, within our Realm
of England, and Dominion of Wales.

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