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MASSACHUSETTS LODGES IN CONNECTICUT

Prior to 1789, Both Massachusetts Grand Lodges chartered many lodges in Connecticut. This page summarizes those lodges and their present disposition.

See also Early Freemasonry in Connecticut.

ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE

• Hiram, New Haven
  • Chartered 11/12/1750; Oxnard
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Hiram #1
• New London
  • Chartered 01/12/1753; Oxnard
  • No mention after 1767; according to Tabbert, revived in 1796
• St. John's, Middletown
  • Chartered 02/04/1754; Oxnard
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as St. John's #2
• St. John's, Hartford
  • Chartered 03/21/1762; Gridley
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as St. John's #4
  • Merged with Wyllys #99 to form Wyllys-St. John's #4, 12/21/1988.
• King Solomon's, Waterbury
  • Chartered 07/17/1765; Gridley
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as King Solomon's #7
• Norwich
  • Chartered 10/24/1766; Gridley
  • No mention of this lodge after 1767
• Compass, Wallingford
  • Chartered 05/01/1769; Rowe
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Compass #9
• Guilford
  • Chartered 07/10/1771; Rowe
  • No mention after May 1775; Tabbert lists this lodge as replaced by St. Alban's #38 in 1797.

MASSACHUSETTS INDEPENDENT GRAND LODGE

• Wooster, Colchester
  • Chartered 01/23/1780; Webb
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Wooster #10
• Union, Danbury
  • Chartered 05/23/1780; Webb
  • Rechartered by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut in 1797 as Union #40
• St. Paul's, Litchfield CT
  • Chartered 06/01/1781; Webb
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as St. Paul's #11
• King Hiram
  • Chartered 01/03/1783; John Warren
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as King Hiram #12
• Montgomery
  • Chartered 03/05/1783; John Warren
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Montgomery #13
• Columbia
  • Chartered 07/23/1785; Webb
  • According to Tabbert, this Lodge may not have ever met; its charter was forfeited in July 1787.
• Frederick
  • Chartered 10/29/1787; John Warren
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Frederick #14
  • Merged with Franklin #56 to form Frederick-Franklin #14, 01/01/2002.

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