1. JOHN¹ MASTERS was born circa 1580^[8], and died on 21 Dec. 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, United States^[8]. He married before 1606, JANE^[10], who died on 10 Dec. 1639 in Cambridge^[8]. ^{[4, 1, 7]}
Came over in 1630, lived at Watertown, and later in 1633 moved to Newtown (now Cambridge), living near Brattle Street, where for a while he kept an inn. In 1631, he was the pioneer of marine engineering in this country. He made a channel 12' wide and 7' deep from the Charles River to Newtown. ^[2]
Children:

+	2	i.	a son MASTERS, b. circa 1606, d. before 21 Dec. 1639.
	3	ii.	SARAH, b. circa 1609; m. _____ DOBYSON.
	4	iii.	ELIZABETH, b. circa 1612; m. (1) (WV-3) EDMUND LOCKWOOD before Nov. 1632; m. (2) CARY LATHAM after 3 March 1634/5.
+	5	iv.	LYDIA, b. circa 1615; m. (AJI-1) PHILIP TABER before 21 Dec. 1639.

2. _____ MASTERS (John¹), son of (1) John¹ and Jane MASTERS, was born circa 1606^[8], and died before 1 Jan.^[8]
Children:

	6	i.	NATHANIEL3 MASTERS, b. in Cambridge.
	7	ii.	ABRAHAM MASTERS, b. in Cambridge.

5. LYDIA² MASTERS (John¹), daughter of (1) John¹ and Jane MASTERS, was born circa 1615^[9], and died between 1650 and 1725. She married before 21 Dec. 1639, (AJI-1) PHILIP TABER^[12], who was born circa 1605^{[5, 11]}, and died circa 1672^{[3, 6, 12]}. ^{[4, 9]}
Children: See (AJI-1) Philip TABER