Occupations
      Of Our Colonial Ancestors

Occupations Beginning With The Letter   ~   Y

Yager A variation in the spelling of the name: jagger.
Yagger A pedlar.
Yardman A man who has charge of, or is employed in, a yard e.g. a farm-yard, builder's yard, stable-yard, railway-yard, etc.
Yardsman A yardman.
Yardwoman A female yardman.
Yarn-chopper A dealer in yarn.
Yarn-spinner A workman who spins yarn.
Yauger A variation in the spelling of the name: jagger.
Yawger A variation in the spelling of the name: jagger.
Yearman A man hired by the year.
Yeman A variation in the spelling of the name: yeoman.
Ye'man A variation in the spelling of the name: yeoman.
Yemon A variation in the spelling of the name: yeoman.
Yeoman A servant or attendant in a royal or noble household, usually of a superior grade, ranking between a sergeant and a groom or between a squire and a page. Also, a man holding a small landed estate; a freeholder under the rank of a gentleman; hence vaguely a commoner or countryman of respectable standing, esp. one who cultivate his own land.
Yeonomus An advocate, patron, or defender. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744]
Yerl A variation in the spelling of the name: earl.
Yerle A variation in the spelling of the name: earl.
Yermonger This was a dealer in iron cooking apparatus, household and farming implements. This name comes from Cock Lorel's Bote, a book of anonymous satirical verse published in 1510.
Yhoman A variation in the spelling of the name: yeoman.
Ymageour A variation in the spelling of the name: imager.
Ymageoure A variation in the spelling of the name: imager.
Ymager A variation in the spelling of the name: imager.
Yngynore A variation in the spelling of the name: engineer.
Yoeman A variation in the spelling of the name: yeoman.
Yoman A variation in the spelling of the name: yeoman.
Yomane A variation in the spelling of the name: yeoman.
Yomon A variation in the spelling of the name: yeoman.
Youngman A variation in the spelling of the name: yeoman.
Yremongere A variation in the spelling of the name: ironmonger.
Yrenmounger A variation in the spelling of the name: ironmonger.
Ysmonger A variation in the spelling of the name: ironmonger.