Housewright

The north and west corners are indeed sometimes penetrated by the rain and require a little attention from the housewright to remedy the evil.

The names of the colonial craftsmen had changed. The joiner and the turner and the housewright had become the cabinet-maker, the chair-maker, and the carpenter.

John Johnson resided in Woburn, Mass., and was by occupation a housewright or carpenter and owned a saw-mill in Woburn.