- arquebusier - gunsmith
- aussy - also (now aussi)
- autre - another
- barques - boat
- boulanger - baker
- bourgeois - man of independent means or a
merchant
- bourlier sellier - bourrelier = saddle
merchant or maker; sellier = saddle maker
- briquetier - brick maker
- chaudronnier - boiler maker
- chirurgien - surgeon
- cloutier - nail maker or nail smith
- conversse - a religious person charged with
manual labour (now converse)
- couroyer - currier
- coutellier - knife or cutlery maker (now
coutelier)
- domestique - servant
- drappier - clothier (now drapier)
- dud. - short for ‘dudit’ and means
‘said’ - as in ‘daughter of said doctor’
- engaigé - hired hand
- escuyer - cavalier or squire
- faiseur de rets - net maker
- ferendinier - a worker in silk & wool
used to make clothing
- fermier - farmer
- feu - late (as deceased)
- fille - daughter
- fils - son
- fourbisseur d'espee - sword grinder
- freres gris Donnés - probably a religious
order
- habittant - resident, usually as head of
family (now habitant)
- icelluy - contracted or indentured.
- imprimeur - printer
- jumeaux - twin
- jumelles - twins
- leur fils - their son
- mariez en france - married but wife is in
France
- Masson - mason
- mathellot - sailor / seaman (now matelot)
- menuisier - joiner or carpenter
- musnier - probably meusnier: miller
- nepveu - nephew
- neveu - nephew (son neveu = his nephew)
- niece - niece
- non mariez - not married
- orpheuvre - jeweller; gold or silver smith
(now orfeuvre)
- patissier - confectioner
- pensionnaire - boarder
- pentionnaire - probably the same as
pensionnaire
- poigneure - ?
- prestre - priest
- professe - when a nun takes final vows, she
‘professe’s
- religieuse - nun or sister
- sabottier - wooden shoe maker
- saulnier - salt merchant or salt gatherer
- sellier - saddler
- serrurier - locksmith
- sieur - sire (a title)
- soeur - nun or sister
- taillandier - maker of cutting tools
- tailleur d'habits - tailor; habits means
suits (as in men’s 2-pce suits)
- thonellier - cooper (now tonnelier)
- tisseran - weaver (now tisserand)
- ve. - abbreviation: widow / widower
- vefve - widow (now veuve)
- veuf - widower
- vollontaires - volunteer
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