| Rachimburgi | A judge. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Radman | A councellor. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Raedesman | A variation in the spelling of the name: redesman. |
| Raff-merchant | A raff dealer. In this case the word raff refers to: foreign timber, usually in the form of deals. |
| Ragman | A rag-gatherer, rag-dealer. Also, contemptuously, a banker. |
| Rag-merchant | A dealer in rags. |
| Rag-woman | A woman who gathers or deals in rags. |
| Railroader | One who is employed in the management or th working of a railroad. |
| Raker | A scavenger, street-cleaner. |
| Ranger | A sworn officer of the forest, to inquire of trespasses and drive the beasts of the forest out of the deafforested grounds into the forest, &c. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Rank-rider | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a highwayman. |
| Ratcatcher | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, the ratcatcher is now known as an exterminator. |
| Ratoner | A variation in the spelling of the name: rattoner. |
| Ratonere | A variation in the spelling of the name: rattoner. |
| Rattling-cove | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a coachman. |
| Rattoner | A rat catcher. |
| Rattuner | A variation in the spelling of the name: rattoner. |
| Readesman | A variation in the spelling of the name: redesman. |
| Readman | A variation in the spelling of the name: radman. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Reaper | One who reaps. |
| Reapman | A reaper. |
| Reave | A variation in the spelling of the name: reve. |
| Recorder | Recorder is a person whom the Mayor and other magistrates of any city or town corporate, having jurisdiction, and a court of record within their precincts by the King's grant, do associate unto them for their better direction in matters of justice, and proceedings according to Law; and therefore he is, for the most part, a Councellor or other person well versed and experienced in the Law. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Recorder Of Deeds | According to the County Government And Archives In Pennsylvania, published by the Pennsylvania Historical And Museum Commission in 1947, the Recorder of Deeds "administers the oath of office to aldermen and justices of the peace; acts as agent for the Commonwealth in the collection of those taxes and fees which are payable to the State upon the recording of instruments and upon the commissions of public officers." The Recorder was also "concerned with the keeping of records." |
| Rector | Signifies a governor. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Redare | A variation in the spelling of the name: reeder. |
| Redesman | Counsellor, adviser, steward. |
| Redesmith | According to James McDonald in his book, Wordly Wise, this was an alternative name for a goldsmith. |
| Redubbors | Redubbors are those that buy stolen cloth, and turn it into some other colour or fashion, that it may not be known again. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Reeder | One who thatches with reeds, a thatcher. |
| Reeve | A variation in the spelling of the name: reve. |
| Refe | A variation in the spelling of the name: reve. |
| Regarder | Regarder is the officer of the King's forest, who is sworn to make the Regard of it, as it has been used in ancient time; and to view and inquire of all offences of the Forest, as well of Vert as of Venison; and of concealments of any offences or defaults of the foresters, and all other officers of the King's forest, relating to the execution of their offices, &c. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Register | Register is an officer that writes and keeps a registry. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Register Of Wills | According to the County Government And Archives In Pennsylvania, published by the Pennsylvania Historical And Museum Commission in 1947, the Register of Wills "has jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the granting of letters testamentary and of administration." |
| Registrar | One whose business it is to keep a register; an official recorder. Also, a local official responsible for maintaining an index of births, marriages, and deaths in the area uder his authority. |
| Regrater | One who regrates victuals or other commodities; a buyer-up for sale; a retailer. Also. one who collects commodities from the producers and brings to market; a middleman. |
| Regrateress | A female regrater. |
| Regrator | A variation in the spelling of the name: regrater |
| Regratoress | A variation in the spelling of the name: regrateress. |
| Reider | A variation in the spelling of the name: reeder. |
| Relict | The widow of a man. Also, the surviving partner of a person. Also, a survivor. Also, a discarded or deserted person. |
| Renovator | One who renovates. |
| Repar | A variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. Also, a variation in the spelling of the name: reaper. |
| Repare | A variation in the spelling of the name: reaper. |
| Repayre | A variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. |
| Repear | A variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. |
| Repier | A variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. |
| Repeman | A variation in the spelling of the name: reapman. |
| Reper | A variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. Also, a variation in the spelling of the name: reaper. |
| Repman | A variation in the spelling of the name: reapman. |
| Resurrection Man | One who made a trade of exhuming bodies in order to sell them to anatomists; a corpse stealer, resurrectionist. |
| Reve | Reve is the bailiff of a franchise or manor, especially in the west of England. Hence Shire-reve Church-reve, &c. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Reveneur | A revenue agent. The word revenue refers to: the return, yield, or profit of any lands, property, or other important source of income. |
| Rex | A king. |
| Reyve | A variation in the spelling of the name: reve. |
| Ridaere | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Ridar | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Ridare | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Ridder | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Rideare | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Rider | A knight; a mounted warrior. Also, a mounted reaver or raider, a moss-trooper. Also, a riding-master; a horse-trainer. Also, a ranger of a forest. |
| Ridere | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Rideress | A female rider. |
| Ridir | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Rifleman | A soldier armed with a rifle; one who shoots with a rifle. |
| Rifler | A rifleman. |
| Rigger | One who rigs ships. According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for "men employed on board ships to fit the standing and running rigging, or to dismantle them." |
| Ringildre | A kind of bailiff or serjeant. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Ripar | A variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. Also, a variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. |
| Ripeman | A variation in the spelling of the name: reapman. |
| Ripere | A variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. Also, a variation in the spelling of the name: reaper. |
| Ripman | A variation in the spelling of the name: reapman. |
| Ripper | A peddlar, dorser, or Badger. [UEED] |
| Rippier | One who carries fish inland to sell. This would have also been known as a fishmonger. |
| Rive | A variation in the spelling of the name: reve. |
| River-driver | One who drives logs down a river. |
| Riverman | A waterman. |
| River-runner | One who drives a river-vessel. |
| Rod-Knight | Certain servitors, who held their land by serving their Lords on horseback. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Ropemaker | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, this was one who made rope primarily for use on sailing ships. According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "first-class petty officer in the navy." |
| Roper | One who makes rope; a ropemaker. Also, one who secures bales with a rope. |
| Rover | A sea-robber, pirate. Also, one who makes cotton etc., into roves; an attendant at a roving-frame. |
| Rower | One who rows; an oarsman. Also, one who puts a nap on cloth. |
| Rubbler | An irregular workman in a slate quarry. |
| Rum-beck | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a justice of the peace. |
| Rum-bob | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a young apprentice. |
| Rumboyle | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a ward or watch. |
| Rum-dealer | According to Everett B. Wilson in his book Early America At Work, published in 1963, this was another name for a liquor retailer. Although the rum-dealer would have sold any type of liquor, rum was a favorite type of liquor in the Colonies, and therefore lent its name to this occupation. |
| Rum-dropper | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a vintner. |
| Rum-mort | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a queen. |
| Rum-padder | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a highwayman. |
| Rural Dean | Rural Deans were certain persons having Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction over other ministers and parishes near adjoining, assigned by the Bishop and Archdeacon, being placed and displaced by them. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Rydar | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Rydare | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Ryder | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Rydere | A variation in the spelling of the name: rider. |
| Rypear | A variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. |
| Ryppier | A variation in the spelling of the name: rippier. |
