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MERGERS IN MASSACHUSETTS FREEMASONRY

This page lists all mergers by year. They come in two forms:

• Lodge X into Lodge Y; Lodge X surrendered its charter and became a part of Lodge Y, which retained its charter and name
• Lodge X and Lodge Y as Lodge Z; Lodges X and Y take on the name Lodge Z, with one charter retained and the other surrendered

1783

Grand Master John Rowe

• Second into First to form St. John's of Boston

1791

Acting Grand Master John Cutler

• Rising Sun (1772) into First

1859

Grand Master John T. Heard

• Benjamin Franklin into Mount Horeb (West Harwich), 06/08

1939

Grand Master Joseph Earl Perry

• Mount Nonotuck into William Whiting, 09/16
• Bethel into Eden, 10/27

1973

Grand Master Donald W. Vose

• Canaan into Mount Scopus, 07/28

1974

Grand Master Donald W. Vose

• Rose of Sharon into Morning Star, 07/15
• Alfred Baylies into King David Lodge, 07/18

1976

Grand Master Stanley F. Maxwell

• Emeth into St. Mark's, 01/15
• Massasoit and Narragansett as Massasoit-Narragansett, 07/01

1977

Grand Master Stanley F. Maxwell

• Canal Zone and Isthmian as Canal Zone Isthmian, 07/27

1978

Grand Master Arthur H. Melanson

• Putnam into Moses Michael Hays, 06/27
• Roswell Lee and Samuel Osgood as Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood, 06/28

1979

Grand Master Arthur H. Melanson

• Manet and Theodore Roosevelt as Theodore Roosevelt-Manet, 06/27
• Mystic Valley (1920) into Samuel Crocker Lawrence, 06/28

1980

Grand Master Arthur H. Melanson

• Aberdour into United, 03/17
• Phoenician and Tuscan as Tuscan-Phoenician, 05/01
• Beaver and Belmont as Belmont-Beaver, 09/15

1981

Grand Master J. Philip Berquist

• Ebenezer Fuller and Fraternity as Fraternity and Fuller, 05/15
• Faith and Mizpah as Mizpah-Faith, 06/23

1982

Grand Master J. Philip Berquist

• Adelphi and Noddle's Island as Adelphi-Noddle's Island, 06/22
• Chagres and Canal Zone Isthmian as Ancon, 07/24
• Indian Orchard and Shawmont as Indian Orchard-Shawmont, 09/09

1983

Grand Master J. Philip Berquist

• Joseph Warren and Soley as Joseph Warren-Soley, 01/25
• Loyalty and Realty as Loyalty-Realty, 06/29
• Army and Darien as Balboa, 07/28

1984

Grand Master David B. Richardson

• Brookline and Norumbega as Norumbega & Brookline, 03/12
• Benjamin F. Arrington into Wayfarers', 05/08

1985

Grand Master David B. Richardson

• Fourth Estate into St. John's (Boston), 05/23
• Temple (1870) into Moses Michael Hays, 07/09
• Dover and Lafayette (Roxbury) as Lafayette-Dover, 08/31

1986

Grand Master David B. Richardson

• Sagamore into King Solomon's, 04/28
• Brotherhood into Moses Michael Hays, 07/15
• Eliot and Hyde Park as Eliot-Hyde Park, 09/04
• Grecian and Tuscan-Phoenician as Lawrence United, 12/10

1987

Grand Master Albert T. Ames

• Atlantic and Theodore Roosevelt-Manet as Quincy, 05/22

1988

Grand Master Albert T. Ames

• Greylock and Lafayette (North Adams), 04/25
• Algonquin and St. Paul's (Boston) as St. Paul's Algonquin, 05/28
• Monitor, Isaac Parker and Waltham as Waltham Triad, 06/10
• Belcher and Elm as Elm-Belcher, 11/17

1989

Grand Master Albert T. Ames

• Mount Sinai into Mount Carmel, 06/15
• Sharon into Moses Michael Hays, 07/11
• Mount Sugar Loaf into Mechanic's, 11/14

1990

Grand Master Edgar W. Darling

• Dorchester and West Roxbury as West Roxbury-Dorchester, 06/01
• Crescent and Pittsfield as Crescent-Pittsfield, 09/28

1991

Grand Master Edgar W. Darling

• Quittacus (1921) and Eureka as Quittacus (1991), 05/23
• Loyalty-Realty and Zerubbabel as Cosmopolitan, 06/24

1992

Grand Master Edgar W. Darling

• Paskamansett and Star in the East as Star in the East-Paskamansett, 04/02

1993

Grand Master David W. Lovering

• Hammatt and Ocean as Hammatt-Ocean, 06/13
• Granite into Solomon's Temple, 09/16

1994

Grand Master David W. Lovering

• Martha's Vineyard and Oriental as Oriental-Martha's Vineyard, 01/29
• Orphan's Hope and Wessagusset as Weymouth United Masonic, 06/18

1995

Grand Master David W. Lovering

• Federal (1914) and Huntington as Huntington-Federal, 03/08
• The Lodge of Eleusis and Quincy into Delta, 05/03
• Balboa and Sibert as Gatun, 05/31
• Winthrop into Star of Bethlehem, 06/26
• Ezra into King David, 09/08

1996

Grand Master Arthur E. Johnson

• Netop into Eastern Star (1924), 04/27
• St. Bernard's into United Brethren, 04/27
• Nantascot into Satuit, 10/05

1997

Grand Master Arthur E. Johnson

• Indian Orchard-Shawmont and Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood as Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard, 03/24
• Blackstone River into Montgomery, 06/12
• Athol with Star as Star-Athol, 09/13
• Galilean and Mount Vernon as Mount Vernon-Galilean, 12/05

1998

Grand Master Arthur E. Johnson

• Charles H. Titus and Ionic (Taunton) into King David, 06/17

1999

Grand Master Fred K. Bauer

• Freedom (1947) into Moses Michael Hays, 09/14
• Maugus Hill into Meridian, 11/15
• Germania and Revere as Germania-Revere, 12/09

2001

Grand Master Fred K. Bauer

• Damascus into Mount Carmel, 03/12
• Baalbec into Wyoming, 09/07
• John Abbot and Samuel Crocker Lawrence as John Abbot-Samuel Crocker Lawrence, 10/02
• Norumbega & Brookline and Fraternity and Fuller as Norumbega Fraternity, 10/05
• New Meadows into Budleigh, 11/15

2002

Grand Master Donald G. Hicks, Jr.

• Springfield and Newton, renamed Wilbraham Masonic, 06/15
• Lynnfield and Zetland as Lynnfield-Zetland, 06/17
• Everett C. Benton and Henry Price as Price-Benton, 11/21

2003

Grand Master Donald G. Hicks, Jr.

• Doric (1864) into United Brethren (1860), 05/13
• King Cyrus into Good Samaritan (1871), 05/22
• Victory into Waltham Triad, 06/02
• Adelphi-Noddle's Island into Moses Michael Hays, 08/14
• Athelstan and Montacute as Guiding Lights, 08/23
• Hampden and Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard as Indian Orchard Masonic, 09/12
• Meridian Sun (1893) and Spencer into Hayden, 10/18
• The Tyrian and Acacia as The Tyrian-Acacia, 10/23

2004

Grand Master Donald G. Hicks, Jr.

• Wollaston into Rural, 01/23
• Amity and Mosaic as Amity-Mosaic, 03/19
• Wamsutta and Star in the East-Paskamansett as Star in the East (2004), 06/12
• Belmont-Beaver into Simon W. Robinson, 06/19
• Hesperia into St. Paul's Algonquin, 06/24
• Price-Benton and Germania-Revere as The Consolidated, 8/19
• Paul Dean into Paul Revere, 09/25
• Hiram, John Abbot-Samuel Crocker Lawrence and Russell as Mystic Valley (2004), 11/09
• Bay State and Mechanics' into Harmony, 11/17
• Isaiah Thomas into Morning Star, 12/21

2005

Grand Master Jeffrey B. Hodgdon

• Ionic (Easthampton) into Jerusalem, 04/12
• The Lodge of Stirling into Golden Rule (1888), 05/27

2006

Grand Master Jeffrey B. Hodgdon

• Metacomet Daylight into Cawnacome Sunshine, 04/18
• Esoteric and Samuel D. Sherwood as Esoteric-Sherwood, 06/16
• Bethlehem into Mount Carmel, 10/09
• Wayfarers into Philanthropic, 10/05

2007

Grand Master Jeffrey B. Hodgdon

• Kilwinning and William Sewall Gardner as William Sewall Gardiner-Kilwinning, 04/13
• Orange (1860) and Star-Athol as North Quabbin, 04/20
• Charles C. Spellman and Longmeadow as The Meadows, 05/21
• Seaview and Hammatt-Ocean into Mount Tabor, 06/23
• Ashler and The Tyrian-Acacia as The Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia, 10/27

2008

Grand Master Roger W. Pageau

• Mizpah-Faith into Charity (1870), 04/26
• Shawmut into The Consolidated, 12/02

2009

Grand Master Roger W. Pageau

• Mount Scopus into Converse, 09/23
• Globe and Unity (1897) as Globe Unity, 12/12

2010

Grand Master Roger W. Pageau

• Constellation and Eliot-Hyde Park as Celestial, 03/17
• Nehoiden into Beth-Horon, 07/29

2012

Grand Master Richard J. Stewart

• Gate of the Temple into Rising Star, 10/11

2013

Grand Master Richard J. Stewart

• Brigham (1892) and Indian Orchard Masonic as Brigham (2013), 11/08

2014

Grand Master Harvey J. Waugh

• Mount Hermon into Golden Rule, 06/30
• St. Paul's-Algonquin into Delta, 10/24

2015

Grand Master Harvey J. Waugh

• Bethany into Saggahew, 04/18
• Crescent-Pittsfield and Mystic, to form New Moon, 12/01

2016

Grand Master Harvey J. Waugh

• Wampatuck and John Cutler, to form Wampatuck, 05/19
• Warren into Charles C. Dame, 07/09
• Starr King into Jordan, 07/19
• Satucket into Fellowship, 09/14

2017

Grand Master Paul F. Gleason

• Somerville into Mount Horeb, 02/18
• Quinsigamond into Morning Star, 06/14
• Wellesley into Dalhousie, 06/17
• Perfection into Meridian, 06/27
• Fidelity into Wyoming, 08/11
• Guiding Lights into Boylston, 08/19
• Mumford River into Olive Branch, 09/03

2018

Grand Master Paul F. Gleason

• St. James into Ezekiel Bates, 06/16
• Wilbraham Masonic into The Meadows, 08/25

2019

Grand Master Paul F. Gleason

• Palestine into William Sutton, 01/17
• Vernon and Chicopee into Mount Holyoke, 03/13
• Simonds into William Parkman, 05/04
• Beth-horon into Moses Michael Hays, 06/12 Precedence set to 1870

2020

Grand Master Richard Maggio

• Ascendus, formed by Mount Carmel and Golden Fleece, 09/09

2022

Grand Master Richard Maggio

• Thomas Day Spring, formed by Thomas and Day Spring, 06/16
• William Sewall Gardner-Kilwinning into Pentucket, 12/14

2023

Grand Master George F. Hamilton

• Occidental into Wisdom, 03/25
• Universal into Pilgrim, 05/15
• Washington into Simon W. Robinson, 06/03 Precedence set to 1796

2024

Grand Master George F. Hamilton

• Eden into Thomas Day Spring, 01/09
• Upton into Berkshire, 09/16
• Bay Path Quaboag, formed by Bay Path and Quaboag, 10/22

2025

Grand Master George F. Hamilton

• Garden City into Moses Michael Hays, 01/25
• Milton into Macedonian
• Major General Salem Towne, formed by Webster and Quinebaug

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