John Masters
M, b. 8 March 1581, d. 21 December 1639
| Relationship | 10th great-grandfather of Pamela Joyce Wood |
John Masters was born on 8 March 1581 at England.1 He married Jane Cox before 1606 at England.1 John Masters died on 21 December 1639 at Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, at age 58.2,1
John Masters probably came to New England with the colonists under Winthrop's leadership, perhaps on the "Arbella" which brought Sir Richard Saltonstall and his family to Salem 12 June 1630. He had most likely accompanied Saltonstall when he founded the settlement at Watertown in the summer of 1630, before being placed in charge of his interests there when Sir Richard returned to England in the Spring of 1631.
John Masters was admitted a Freeman 18 May 1631 and soon afterward moved to the town later known as Cambridge, where he was one of the original proprietors. On 3 September 1635 John masters was licensed by the Court to keep an "ordinary" [tavern or eating house]. He was discharged 4 June 1639, just a few months before he died. His wife, Jane, died only a few days after him. His Will, dated 1639, bequeaths all his estate to his wife, who was not named. After her death it was to go to his daughters Sarah Dobyson and Lidya Tabor and to his grandchildren, John Lockwood 10 pounds, Nathaniel Masters 10 pounds and Abraham 10 shillings. He also gave the rest of his estate to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Carey Latham, widow of Edmund Lockwood.
John Masters probably came to New England with the colonists under Winthrop's leadership, perhaps on the "Arbella" which brought Sir Richard Saltonstall and his family to Salem 12 June 1630. He had most likely accompanied Saltonstall when he founded the settlement at Watertown in the summer of 1630, before being placed in charge of his interests there when Sir Richard returned to England in the Spring of 1631.
John Masters was admitted a Freeman 18 May 1631 and soon afterward moved to the town later known as Cambridge, where he was one of the original proprietors. On 3 September 1635 John masters was licensed by the Court to keep an "ordinary" [tavern or eating house]. He was discharged 4 June 1639, just a few months before he died. His wife, Jane, died only a few days after him. His Will, dated 1639, bequeaths all his estate to his wife, who was not named. After her death it was to go to his daughters Sarah Dobyson and Lidya Tabor and to his grandchildren, John Lockwood 10 pounds, Nathaniel Masters 10 pounds and Abraham 10 shillings. He also gave the rest of his estate to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Carey Latham, widow of Edmund Lockwood.
Family | Jane Cox b. 1586, d. 28 Dec 1639 |
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| Last Edited | 8 Jul 2012 |