5th Grade Colonial Village Blog

November 8, 2017

11/7/2017

Introduce yourself & your trade to our village!
Please separate your work into 2 complete paragraphs.
PARAGRAPH 1:
Name
Age
Trade
Family – brothers, sisters, parents...
Heritage – Where did you come from?
Why did you come to the colonies?
PARAGRAPH 2:
Name of your trade
What did your trade typically involve?
What was the purpose of your trade?
What tools were necessary to perform your trade?

21 Comments

Jon Merin

11/7/2017 08:06:06 pm

My name is Jon Merin. I am twenty-three years old and now the oldest child in my family. My trade or you could call job, is to either repair or to make things like tinware. I work with light metals and tin. I had four brothers and five sisters. One of my brothers died by working in the snow and he got to cold. When we found him, he was as cold as ice. His name was David. When he was alive, I was the second oldest. My parents are at a very old age. My parents sacrificed a lot to get us to New York. I thank them greatly. My parents and I came to the colonies to get away from all the taxes. They were charging to much with the taxes. My parents also agreed with me. That's how my my parents became poor quickly.

By trade I am called tinsmith. Unlike blacksmiths do, I work with cold metal. I might have to heat the metal up every once in awhile. I get to fabricate metals such as tin, forks and spoons and also candle holders. I get to train new tinsmiths, most think it is hard to be one at first. New, learning tinsmiths are called, apprentices. I have had a few of some fellow apprentices. Most of my apprentices became peddlers or tinkers. I am so proud of them. A tinsmith’s purpose is to repair trinkets like forks and spoons made out of tin. Most of the tools I use are similar to coppersmith tools. I use an anvil made of steel to hammer the tin in the shape that I want it to be. What I also need to do my work is soldering iron and a fire pot. I also use wooden mallets.

Mr.L

11/8/2017 07:03:02 am

Hello, Jon. I'm glad you could join us. Your family came to the colonies for the same reasons that so many other families moved. I only hope that King George does not tax us too heavily.

Taylor

11/8/2017 12:20:07 pm

Hi my name is Taylor and I am a Tailor. I am 39 years old. I have 5 sisters and 7 brothers. I am the second oldest. I am originally from France. I now live in New York. My grandma and papa moved here when they where young. They moved here because so they could get out of debt. Here are 3 facts about my job:

Most tailors were men

Most colonial Americans bought their clothes

royal governors required a tailor. It is nice to meet you all and I hope to learn about you

Susana Walls

11/8/2017 12:34:56 pm

Hello my name is Susana Walls and I am 14 years old. My family and I just moved to New York from France. When we lived in new york it was so big I got lost 2 times when I was 5. I have a little baby brother that is 3 months old and my mom and dad don’t want my brother to get lost like I did.That is why we moved to somewhere smaller. I am not just an older sibling I am aso a baker too. I have my own bakery. Now I am going to tell you how I became a baker.

It all started when my dad was 20 years old my dad started to bake. He baked for his family. The next year on his twenty first birthday he got a bakery. Now every day for dinner my family and I go to the bakery to eat dinner. My dad would make the best garlic bread ever. When I turned 10 my dad wanted me to help him out in the bakery. He was lonely in the bakery. and needed help because there is only one of him an a 100 people who wants pastries. The next day he started teaching me how to bake. I loved baking so much also started to also baked for the family with my dad.4 years later my dad gave the bakery to me and and he started working as a farmer because I just found out that my dad loves animals and he still gets to make food and I think that is a good job for him. Now that I have my own bakery I should get back to working.

Samuel Johnson

11/8/2017 12:52:39 pm

My name is Samuel Johnson I am forty six years old. I am a paper maker I have nine kids five girls and fore boys my wife is forty two years old she is a candle maker My parents are dead I have 5 siblings one girl and fore boys. I come from Paris then when I was twenty five I moved to new York city. I came to the colonies because king George was trying to kill me because I did not agree with him.

I am a paper maker. I would make pesos of paper for news paper writers and book writers. I would make pesos of paper for people. I would use leaves and tree parts to make some paper for people

Taylor jackson

11/17/2017 02:38:27 pm

Hi Samuel. it is very nice to meet. i am so sorry your parents died. you are very brave to stand against the king. Even though he has so much power over you. I to live in New York. Since you are a paper maker does the tax on paper affect you in a good way or bad. it is very nice meeting you. I hope I can meet you in person.

John spritz

11/8/2017 05:11:44 pm

My name is John Spritz and I am 14 years old. My first name is very common around this village. I tell my parents that I might be too young to be working, but they say it’s fine. My job is a carpenter. I have 9 brothers, 2 sisters, a mom, and a dad living with me. I came from England. Right now I’m living in Virginia inside the 13 colonies.

The name of my trade is carpentry. My trade involved me to make people happy by providing them the service that they appreciate. My purpose of being a carpenter is to make products for people to make them happy. For example: chopping down wood, sawing, and making tables. That’s the service that they appreciate. The tools that are necessary to perform my trade is a claw hammer, a wrench, a hand saw, a tape measure, a chisel, and a nail gun. Those are just some of the few.

Ann Smith

11/8/2017 06:29:05 pm

Hi my name is Ann Smith. I am 18 years old and I was born October 2, 1752. In my family I have a dad, mom, one older sister and 4 younger brothers. My family is from France. We moved to try something new. Now we live in the colony of Georgia.
My parents have always been farriers so I wanted to be one too. Now I am a farrier. A farrier is some one who trims horses hooves and shoes. I have been around horses all my life. I ride my horse Cherokee everyday. Some days I even like horses better than people

George Pearce

11/8/2017 11:15:36 pm

Hi my name is George Pearce, I am 17 years old and I am a farmer. I have 3 sisters and have 5 brothers. I am from England, but now i live in Virginia. I came to the colonies to get my own farm. In England my father left his farm to 1 of my brothers and not me and it was to expensive in England.
My trade is farming. My trade involved farming wheat, corn, and tomatoes. I also raise 1 cow, 13 chickens, and 3 pigs. The purpose of my trade was to feed people. The tools that were necessary for my trade were a plow, a scythe, and a shovel.

Priscilla Atwood

11/10/2017 08:58:33 am

Hi! My name is Priscilla Atwood. I’m nineteen and the oldest member of my family that is living in the colonies. I am the main butter churner for the family. We live on a farm in Georgia. I have two older brothers who still are in England. Since my older brothers, Charles and Alex, are in England and my mother has died, I’m left to do all the housework mom would usually do. I have four younger sisters and three younger brothers to take care of, plus my aunt Ashley sent her three kids over. I always have to keep the house very clean or my family will get sick. We came over from England because my parents did not want to pay all of the taxes that England was telling them to pay. Making butter is not easy. To make butter, you need a butter churn, and
some thick cream. To make butter you churn the thick cream until the butter and the buttermilk separate. After that you take it out of the churn and rinse it with ice cold water. Make sure to squeeze it out at least three times. After add what ever salt and/or flavorings you may like.

Grace Dickson link

11/10/2017 09:53:06 am

Hello,my name is Grace Dickson. I am 12 years old, and have two brothers and two sisters. I am the middle child in my family. My family is from England and we came to the colony of Rhode Island. It is very cold during the winter. My family decided to leave England because there was no more land to own and the taxes were very high. My parents decided to make a new life in the new world.
My sisters and I work as candlemakers. It is fun and hard at the same time. Candles are needed for light in the dark. To make candles you need animal fat and beeswax. We can make about 210 candles in one day! My brothers sell the candles in our shop.

Maive Merann

11/17/2017 03:12:51 pm

Hi my name is Maive Merann. I am 17 years old. I am a leather worker. I live with my parents and three siblings, two brothers and one sister, I am the oldest child. My family and I came from England. We moved to Virginia to have better jobs and to own land.

Me and my family are all leather workers, leather is very important for us. Leather is used for shoes, clothing, saddles for horses, furniture and much more. Leather is made from the skins of many different kinds of animals. It is not easy to make leather. There is a whole process of removing hair and fur, soaking, pounding, stretching and scraping, and soaked again, and then hung to dry. It could take months. The tools we use are fleshing knifes, vat hook, mace, sleekers and buffers.

Edwin Gray

11/17/2017 04:47:37 pm

Hello Maive, My name is Edwin, I am a shoemaker, I would like to meet you and possibly purchase some leather from you.

Maive Merann

11/22/2017 03:54:14 pm

Hello Edwin, yes lets meet, maybe we can do a trade.

Edwin Gray

11/17/2017 04:42:22 pm

Hello, my name is Edwin Gray. I am 22 years old. My trade is a shoemaker. I make shoes and fix shoes. I had 4 brothers and 2 sisters. On the boat to from England, two of my brothers, Paul and Logan died of rat disease. When they came to the harbor, me and my father were already at New York waiting for them. When sailors brought out their bodies, they were as limp as ropes. We waited for my other brother George and my two sisters, Elizabeth and America have the funeral for my two brothers. It was a sad day for all of my family.
We moved out of England to escape debt. We couldn’t let that get in the way of work, My father taught me how to fix shoes before he taught me how to make shoes. I got pretty good at fixing shoes, but making shoes was very difficult. I thought I was going to give up shoemaking but instead I persisted. Over time, it became easier. Now I live in New York and I have a pretty good shoe business.
As a shoemaker, I make shoes. I have ready made shoes however, I can make the perfect pair for you at your request. I use a hammer, an awl, a mold, and a pair of fabric scissors. I use leather and or fabric. I use cork for the soles. The tread I use is strands of flax coated with pine tar (pitch). I work long days. It takes me eight to ten hours to make one pair of shoes.

Thomas Scot

11/17/2017 06:39:46 pm

My name is Thomas Scot. I am 52 years old. I used to live in Scotland, but now, when I was 12 years old, we moved to the colonies for freedom of religion. Since I was 24 years old, I have been a teacher. I have 5 brothers and 9 sisters.
I teach in a one-room-school-house made of logs. Men usually taught in schools and women usually taught in their kitchen. Our classroom has no blackboard or maps. All we have is a globe that I got from one of the students going off to college. Paper is scarce and we have had to use foolscap paper. We used lead plummets . We had an 8 by thirteen foolscap paper. We drew lines with lead plummets on the paper. In case somebody doesn't behave, I keep a paddle behind my desk. I don't usually use it, I just threaten and they don't act up. School starts at 7:00 or 8:00 am and resumes until 11:00. They return to school at 1:00 and go until 4:00 or 5:00.

Solomon Bell

11/19/2017 07:57:40 pm

My name is Solomon Bell, I am 36 years old. I am a Blacksmith. I have 4 older sisters, I am the youngest child in my family. My parents moved to the colonies from England. My sisters were born in England, but I was born in the New World. My parents moved for economic gain, since there was more farming happening in the colonies, my father who is a Blacksmith felt he could make more money for his family. The men in my family have been blacksmiths for generations, and I am continuing that tradition.

As a blacksmith, I work with iron and steel. I heat the metal in a hot fire called a forge, then hammer the metal into various tools and household items. I help farmers and their families by making shoes for the horses, nails to build things, pots to cook in and more. I work with my father in his blacksmith shop, he is older now and I have taken on the more difficult and laborious tasks. Our shop includes a forge for the fire, an anvil, hammers, tongs, vises and files.

paul williams

11/20/2017 12:42:38 pm

My name is Paul Williams. I was born on January 1 1735 in Boston Massachusetts . 2 of my wife's passed away and i had 18 kids in total. My father Apollo Williams showed me how to be a silversmith . My mothers name is Deboran Williams who took me to North-en grammar school. I moved to the American colonies for a chance to get a better job then the one i had in England .

My job is to be a silversmith. I use silver bars to make rings,trophies,and tons of other silver objects. I need to heat up silver and use the hammer to shape the silver. I display my objects then they are sold for a large amount of money. Being a silversmith is hard work but you can get used to it.

rebecca monroe

11/24/2017 08:09:14 pm

Hi my name is rebecca monroe. I’m a weaver in colonial williamsburg. I am 17 years old. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister. My sisters is Mary and my brothers names are Thomas and Jon. My parents are Sarah and George Monroe. I was born in scotland. I came here for a better life. My work was to make blankets and rugs on a loom. My work was to spin and dye wool and flax and weave. My tools are a loom and a spinning wheel.

Jacob Buhler link

12/3/2017 04:10:16 pm

My name is Jacob Buhler,
I am 20 years of age, I work on my family's farm. I am married, I have 2 sisters and 4 brothers. We came to the colonies from Germany, in hopes of a better life. We settled in Pennsylvania, with the warm
climate we hope our crops will do well.

We get up early, plant seeds, corn, wheat, and care for our livestock. We have oxen, horses, cattle, pigs, poultry. We raise crops and livestock to sell for money and to feed our family. We use tools, like reaping sickles, scythes, and plows. we have oxen to pull the plows.

Thomas Scot

12/6/2017 12:38:06 pm

Is a farm hard to work on? How many acres of land do you have? Also, can I have some meat?

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