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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.

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.
• Union, Danbury
  • Chartered 05/23/1780; Rowe
  • Rechartered by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut in 1797 as Union #40

MASSACHUSETTS INDEPENDENT GRAND LODGE

• Wooster, Colchester
  • Chartered 01/23/1780; Webb
  • Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Wooster #10
• 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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