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ORPHAN'S HOPE LODGE

Location: Weymouth

Chartered By: John Abbot

Charter Date: 06/08/1825 III-537

Precedence Date: 06/08/1825

Current Status: merged with Wessagusset Lodge to form Weymouth United Masonic Lodge, 06/18/1994.

NOTES

• V-183: Orphan's Hope Lodge surrendered its charter in 1835, transmitting it to Rt. Wor. Bro. Prescott, who was District Deputy; it was returned to Grand Lodge in that year.

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Charter: 1825
• Surrender of Charter: 1835
• Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1856
• Consolidation Petition (with Wessagusset Lodge): 1994

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1925 (Centenary)
• 1950 (125th Anniversary)
• 1975 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1860 (Lewis; Hall dedication)
• 1884 (Howland; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1893 (Acting Grand Master Shepard)
• 1907 (Blake)
• 1913 (Benton)
• 1914 (M. Johnson; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1925 (Ferrell; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1929 (Deputy Grand Master James Young, Jr.)
• 1950 (Keith; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1973 (Vose)
• 1975 (Maxwell; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1984 (Richardson)
• 1993 (Lovering)
• 1994 (Lovering; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1872 1878 1882 1885 1894 1909 1910 1912 1917 1922 1927 1932 1937 1938 1939 1945 1949 1950 1968 1974 1975 1980 1987 1988 1989 1991

HISTORY

• 1925 (Centenary History, 1925-122)
• 1950 (125th Anniversary History, 1950-75)
• 1975 (150th Anniversary History, 1975-118)

OTHER

• 1826 (Constitution of Lodge, IV-28)
• 1830 (Report on delinquency, IV-230)
• 1848 (Note on charter, V-174, V-183)

EVENTS

PRESENTATION, APRIL 1858

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVII, No. 7, May 1858, Page 224:

Presentation — We understand that the members of Orphan's Hope Lodge, at East Weymouth, surprized their excellent W. Master, Br. Z. L. Bicknell, on the evening of the 21st ult. by presenting him, in open Lodge, with a handsome Bible and a Purse of one hundred dollars in gold, in token of their appreciation ol his services as an accomplished officer, and of their respect for his character as a friend and citizen It was a very handsome and worthily bestowed compliment.

50 YEARS OF FREEMASONRY, NOVEMBER 1875

Speech by Edward Avery to commemorate 50 years of Freemasonry in Weymouth, 1875.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Gardner R. P. Barker, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1914, 1915; N
• Leavitt Bates, DDGM, District 16 (Plymouth), 1879; SN
• J. Leonard Bicknell, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1940; Memorial
• Zachariah L. Bicknell, DDGM, District 5, 1860-1861; District 16 (Plymouth), 1867-1869; Memorial
• Philip A. Drouin, DDGM, District 8, 2004, 2005; Junior Grand Warden 2010
• Norman D. Loud, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1959, 1960; N
• John P. Lovell, DDGM, District 5, 1864-1865; SN
• John B. MacKay, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1989, 1990; N
• J. Frederick Price, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1940, 1941; SN
• Arthur H. Sharp, Deputy Grand Master 1986
• Robert L. Steadman, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1977, 1978; Deputy Grand Master 1997
• Franklin D. Thayer, DDGM, District 25 (Hingham), 1898, 1899; SN
• Henry P. Tilden, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1922, 1923; SN

DISTRICTS

1825: District 3

1856: District 5

1867: District 16 (Plymouth)

1883: District 25 (Hingham)

1911: District 26 (Quincy)

1927: District 26 (Quincy)

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges