JOHNSON and SCHAUFELBERGER GENEALOGY
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John Masters (1581-1639) married Jane or Joan Cox (?-1639)
Lydia Masters (~1605- ~1649) married Philip Taber (~1605- ~1672)
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JOHN MASTERS |
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Mar. 8, 1581 in Derbyshire ENG 1
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married
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~1605/6 to Jane unknown OR Joan Cox 2
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will dated
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Dec. 19, 1639 3
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died
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Dec. 21, 1639 at Cambridge, MA 3
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Children: 6
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Sarah Masters
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b. ~1607; m. unknown Dobson/Dobyson
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Elizabeth Masters
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b. ~1611; m. 1st Edmund Lockwood; m. 2nd Cary Latham; d. Aug. 14, 1712 at New London CT
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Nathaniel Masters
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b. ~1613; m. Ruth Pickford
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Abraham Masters
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b. ~1615
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LYDIA MASTERS |
born
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~1605, possibly at Tiverton, Devon ENG
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christened
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1609
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married
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< Dec. 21, 1639 5 to Philip Taber at Middlesex MA
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died
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~1649 4 at Cambridge, Middlesex MA
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Children:
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see Philip Taber
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FOOTNOTES
1 Derbyshire, as John Masters' place of birth, is based on James Allyn in Swamp Yankee of Mystic, while James Savage states that his place of birth is unknown and elsewhere it is listed as Finglesham, Kent.2 John Masters' wife, Jane, is named in his will. It is repeated in the family history compiled by Poole and in Savage. Although many sites list "Jane or Joan Cox", the source(s) for either Joan or Cox have not yet been identified. The marriage date is variously recorded as ~1606 and Dec. 4, 1597.3 There is substantial agreement on the date of the will and the death date of John Masters.4 Lydia Masters' date of death is various recorded as 1640, before 1650,and before 1672 and 1672. 1640 has currently been rejected because there is a presumption that her last child was born ~1648 and that her name was Lydia and it seems likely that she was named after her mother. 1672 conflicts with other information that Philip Taber married second to Jane Latham ~1650. "Before 1672" is presumably because she is not named in Philip Taber's will. "~1649" therefore seems most accurate--at least until further information should come to light.5 See footnote 7 under Taber.6 The names of the children of John and Jane Masters are from the passenger list of the Arbella and John Masters' will.SOURCES CONSULTED
hp0674.txt from website of Anthony MaitlandUNDERLYING SOURCES referenced by the above
Allyn, James H., Swamp Yankee from Mystic, Mystic, Conn. : Roy N. Bohlander, c1980Austin, John, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island 1887Austin, John Osborne, The Ancestors of 33 Rhode Islanders, Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY, 1889Bartlett, John R., Records of the Colony of Rhode IslandBond, Henry, Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Watertown Records, Land Grants, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1894Mayo, Mary E. ed., 1600 Lines to Pilgrims, National Society Sons and Daughters of the PilgrimsMeech, Susan Spicer and Meech, Susan Billings, Spicer Genealogy, pps. 522-527A family history compiled by Herbert Armstrong Poole between 1905 & 1960, transcribed by AAA Maitland 1998, and based on The Genealogy of Francis Weekes, by Dr. Frank Edgar Weeks, Kipton, Ohio, 1939; and Masters, Massachusetts and English Notes, by George W. Chamberlain, Malden, Mass.Roebling, Mrs. Washington A., Genealogies of Mayflower Families 1500s-1800s, Richard Warren, Broderbund Software, Inc. CD 171Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England Before 1692