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Genealogical terms starting with 'H'

H KEEPER housekeeper ABBREVIATION

H OF C House of Commons ABBREVIATION

H SERVANT houseservant ABBREVIATION

H/O husband of ABBREVIATION

HABERDASHER seller of men's clothing OCCUPATION

HAC VOCE under the world LATIN

HACKER user or maker of hoes, mattocks, etc OCCUPATION

HACKLER one who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle, an instrument with teeth in linen industry OCCUPATION

HACKMAN one who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle, an instrument with teeth in linen industry OCCUPATION

HACKNEY MAN renter of horses & carriages OCCUPATION

HADDISH a measure of any dried grain, usually one third of a peck but sometimes one quarter of a peck MEASURE

HAIR SEATING & CURLED HAIR MERCHANT dealer in horse OCCUPATION

HAIRMAN weaver of cloth composed wholly or partly of horsehair OCCUPATION

HAIRWEAVER weaver of cloth composed wholly or partly of horsehair OCCUPATION

HAL Halle, DDR PLACE-NAME

HALBERT CARRIER soldier or halberdier, armed with a halberd, a combination spear and battleaxe (a ceremonial officer) OCCUPATION

HALIS an Aberdeenshire, SCT term for a measure of grain, probably the same as haddish MEASURE

HAM Hampshire, ENG PLACE-NAME

HAMMER TOE a clawlike defromity of the toe as a result of which the first joint sticks up while the tip of the toe points downward MEDICAL

HAMMERMAN metal worker OCCUPATION

HAN Hannover, GER PLACE-NAME

HAND equal to 4 inches MEASURE

HANDBREADTH an early measure equal to about 3 inches MEASURE

HANDFASTING an irregular marriage by agreement or mutual pledge CUSTOM

HANDSELLER street vendor OCCUPATION

HANDWOMAN midwife or female attendant OCCUPATION

HANK a unit measure of cloth equal to 840 yards for cotton and 560 yards for worsted yarn; also hesp MEASURE

HANSEN'S DISEASE leprosy MEDICAL

HARELIP a congenital cleft in one or both lips MEDICAL

HARLOT vagabond, beggar, rogue, 14th century male servant, attendant or menial, and 15th century, loose woman OCCUPATION

HARMER BECK constable OCCUPATION

HARPER performer on the harp OCCUPATION

HATCHELER combed out or carded flax OCCUPATION

HATCHLER one who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle, an instrument with teeth in linen industry; also heckler OCCUPATION

HATTER maker of or dealer in hats OCCUPATION

HAWKER itinerant dealer who carries his wares on his back OCCUPATION

HAYMONGER dealer in hay OCCUPATION

HAYWARD fence viewer OCCUPATION

HAZEL, WHITE a plant that represents 'a spell' SYMBOLS

HBG Hamburg, BRD or GER PLACE-NAME

HC House of Commons ABBREVIATION

HEADBOROUGH constable or deputy constable OCCUPATION

HEADSMAN executioner OCCUPATION

HEADSWOMAN midwife OCCUPATION

HEALD KNITTER operator of a machine which produced a jersey type of fabric as opposed to woven fabric OCCUPATION

HEAMATEMESIS vomiting blood MEDICAL

HEAMATURIA bloody urine MEDICAL

HEART DROPSY excessive fluid in the space around the heart leading to constriction of the heart; also hydropericardium MEDICAL

HEART SICKNESS a condition caused by the loss of salt from the body MEDICAL

HEAT STROKE a condition caused by exposure to excessive heat MEDICAL

HEBDOMADA week; weekly LATIN

HECK MAKER maker of a part of a spinning machine by which the yarn is guided to the reels OCCUPATION

HECKLER one who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle, an instrument with teeth in linen industry; also hatchler OCCUPATION

HECTIC a term applied to the fever that accompanies consumption MEDICAL

HECTIC FEVER a recurring fever with profound sweating, chills and a flushed appearance MEDICAL

HEDGE LOOKER supervised good repair of fence and enclosures OCCUPATION

HEDGER one who turns or tends hedges OCCUPATION

HEELMAKER made shoe heels OCCUPATION

HEER one sixth of a hank or hesp MEASURE

HEF Herefordshire, ENG PLACE-NAME

HEIR one who succeeds or is to succeed another in the possession of property; an inheritor; one who receives any endowment from an ancestor LEGAL

HEIRS persons designated by law to succeed to the estate of a person dying intestate LEGAL

HEIYD also WELSH

HELIOTROPE a flower that represents devotion SYMBOLS

HELLIER slater or tiler of roofs OCCUPATION

HELPER-UP in Durham, a boy employed in pits as a helper OCCUPATION

HEMATEMESIS vomiting of blood MEDICAL

HEMATOMA a localized swelling containing fluid or clotted blood MEDICAL

HEMATURIA blood in the urine MEDICAL

HEMIPLEGIA paralysis of one side of the body MEDICAL

HEMIPLEGY paralysis of one side of the body MEDICAL

HEMOPTYSIS spitting of blood MEDICAL

HEMORRHHOIDS swellings of varicose veins in the lower part of the rectum and surrounding region of the anus MEDICAL

HEMPHECKLER flax worker OCCUPATION

HEN Hessen-Nassau, GER PLACE-NAME

HENCHMAN horseman or groom OCCUPATION

HENSMAN horseman or groom OCCUPATION

HENTER thief OCCUPATION

HEPATIC DROPSY dropsy MEDICAL

HEPATITIS inflammation of the liver MEDICAL

HEREDES heirs LATIN

HEREDITAMENTS things capable of being inherited, usually includes incorporeal things that go with land but are not tangible or visible LEGAL

HEREDITARIA heiress LATIN

HEREDITARIE an inheritance LATIN

HEREDITATIO inheritance LATIN

HERES heir or heiress LATIN

HERMANA sister SPANISH

HERMANO brother SPANISH

HERRING a Scottish barrel containing 8.5 gallons; a ton of herring containing 6000fish MEASURE

HES Hessen (Hesse), BRD PLACE-NAME

HESP a unit measure of cloth equal to 840 yards for cotton and 560 yards for worsted yarn; also hank MEASURE

HESSIAN German mercenaries used by the British during the American Revolution - many settled in Canada GENEALOGY

HEWER miner who cut coal, stone, etc., a face worker in a mine OCCUPATION

HI Hawaii, USA PLACE-NAME

HIC JACET here lies LATIN

HIGGLER itinerant dealer who haggles or bargains OCCUPATION

HIGHWAYMAN robber who preys on public roads OCCUPATION

HIJA daughter SPANISH

HIJA POLITICO daughter-in-law SPANISH

HIJASTRA stepdaughter SPANISH

HIJASTRO stepson SPANISH

HIJO son SPANISH

HIJO POLITICO son-in-law SPANISH

HIJOS children SPANISH

HILLER one who covers houses with slate OCCUPATION

HILLIARD one who covers houses with slate OCCUPATION

HIND a male farm worker, employed for a term of a year OCCUPATION

HIP GOUT osteomylitis MEDICAL

HIRED MAN gardener, farmhand, or stableman OCCUPATION

HITCH 101.604 kilograms of pyrite stones in a chest WEIGHT

HIVES a skin condition which is characterized by the appearance of whitish areas or wheals which itch severely; also nettle rash or urticaria MEDICAL

HN Normandie (Haute), FRA PLACE-NAME

HNT Hainaut, BEL PLACE-NAME

HOBBLER boat tower on a river or canal OCCUPATION

HOC NOMINE in this name LATIN

HOCK SICKNESS sweating sickness MEDICAL

HODGKINS DISEASE cancer of the lymph glands; lymphadenoma MEDICAL

HODSMAN mason's assistant OCCUPATION

HOGGARD pig drover OCCUPATION

HOGSHEAD a large cask; a liquid measure, for ale = 48 gallons, for beer = 5 gallons, for wine = 63 gallons AGRICULTURE

HOH Hohenzollern, GER PLACE-NAME

HOLER one who made eyes in needles used for sewing OCCUPATION

HOLSTER a groom who tended horses, usually at an inn OCCUPATION

HOMME DE CHANTIER raftsman FRENCH

HOMO man LATIN

HOMOLOGOUS SERUM JAUNDICE viral hepatitis, type B MEDICAL

HONDERD 100 DUTCH

HONEY DIPPER extracted raw sewage from catch basins and out OCCUPATION

HOOFER dancer OCCUPATION

HOOKER in the 16th century a reaper; a 19th century textile worker who operated a machine which laid fabric flat in uniform folds of any required length OCCUPATION

HOOPER maker of hoops for casks OCCUPATION

HORDEOLUM inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid causing painful swelling of the lid margin; a sty MEDICAL

HORLOGER clock or watch maker or repairer FRENCH

HORNER worker in horn making spoons, combs, or musical horns OCCUPATION

HOROLOGIARIUS clockmaker LATIN

HORRORS hallucinations caused by alcoholism; also delirium tremens MEDICAL

HORSE CAPPER dealer in worthless horses OCCUPATION

HORSE COURSER owner of race horses OCCUPATION

HORSE HAIR CURLER dressed horse hair for use in upholstery OCCUPATION

HORSE KNAVE groom OCCUPATION

HORSE LEECH veterinarian, farrier OCCUPATION

HORSE MARINE manhandled barges on canals when horses could not be used OCCUPATION

HORSE-GANG one quarter of the land which is ploughed by four horses MEASURE

HORSEGUARDS a body of cavalry for guards MILITARY

HORSESOLDIER a cavalry soldier MILITARY

HORTARIUS gardener LATIN

HORTULANIUS gardener LATIN

HOSIER retailer of stockings, socks, gloves, nightcaps OCCUPATION

HOSPITAL FEVER typhus MEDICAL

HOSPITATOR innkeeper LATIN

HOSTELLARIUS innkeeper LATIN

HOSTELLER innkeeper OCCUPATION

HOSTLER groom who took care of horses, especially at an inn OCCUPATION

HÔTELIER hotel keeper FRENCH

HOTPRESSER worker in paper or textile industries where product was pressed between glazed boards and hot metal plates to obtain a smooth and shiny surface OCCUPATION

HOUSE JOINER house framer OCCUPATION

HOUSE WRIGHT house builder OCCUPATION

HOWDIE midwife OCCUPATION

HOWDY midwife OCCUPATION

HOYMAN one who carries goods and passengers by water in a hoy (a heavy barge OCCUPATION

HRT Hertfordshire, ENG PLACE-NAME

HU Hungary PLACE-NAME

HUCKSTER retailer of small wares in a shop or booth OCCUPATION

HUGUENOT a French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century RELIGION

HUHODD YN YR LESU slept in Jesus WELSH

HUISSHER usher or door attendant OCCUPATION

HUIT eight FRENCH

HUMATA buried (female) LATIN

HUMATU buried (male) LATIN

HUN Huntingdonshire, ENG PLACE-NAME

HUNDERT 100 GERMAN

HUNDRED in Orkney a measure of garden-ground, 15 feet by 18 feet, an area sufficient to grow 100 kail plants; in England a division of a county supposed to have originally contained 100 families MEASURE

HUNDREDWEIGHT in U.S.=100 lbs; Eng.=112 lbs (abbrev. cwt) WEIGHT

HURDLEMAN hedge OCCUPATION

HURDLER hedge OCCUPATION

HURRIERS term applied to the girls aged 5 OCCUPATION

HUSBANDLAND in Scotland 26 Scottish acres MEASURE

HUSBANDMAN farmer; one who plows and cultivates OCCUPATION

HUSBANDUS small farmer LATIN

HUSH SHOP unlicensed drinking establishment; a speak-easy ENGLAND

HUSH SHOP KEEPER brewed and sold beer without a license (usually as a side line) OCCUPATION

HUSSAR a light cavalry soldier MILITARY

HUTCH a measure of two bushels MEASURE

HUWELIJK marriage DUTCH

HYACINTH, PURPLE a flower that represents sorrow SYMBOLS

HYACINTH, WHITE a flower that represents loveliness SYMBOLS

HYDREF October WELSH

HYDROCEPHALUS an accumulation of fluid within the cavity of the cranium; also called water on the brain. MEDICAL

HYDROPERICARDIUM dropsy due to fluid in the pericardial cavity surrounding the heart MEDICAL

HYDROPHOBIA rabies or canine madness MEDICAL

HYDROPSY dropsy - dropsy is the contraction of hydropsy MEDICAL

HYDROTHORAX dropsy in the thorax or chest MEDICAL

HYDRPERICARDIUM excessive fluid in the space around the heart leading to constriction of the heart; also heart dropsy MEDICAL

HYND a male farm worker, employed for a term of a year OCCUPATION

HYPERTROPHY a morbid enlargement of a part of the body from excessive nutrition MEDICAL

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