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Professions

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1850 Professions
There were 134 men in the 1850 Census for Brookhaven Hamlet, aged 15 and older.
The enumeration of profession was done only for men 15 and older.

7-profession

Quantity

Percent

farmer

58

43.3%

laborer

24

17.9%

seaman

19

14.2%

carpenter

7

5.2%

fisherman

4

3.%

merchant

3

2.2%

shoemaker

3

2.2%

mason

2

1.5%

none (sic)

2

1.5%

[no entry]

1

.7%

basket maker

1

.7%

blacksmith

1

.7%

boatman

1

.7%

Cong. Clergyman

1

.7%

landlord

1

.7%

miller

1

.7%

paper maker

1

.7%

peddler

1

.7%

physician

1

.7%

ship carpenter

1

.7%

taylor (sic)

1

.7%