OrphansHope
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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
- John Edson, 1825
- Ezra W. Sampson, 1826-1830 (1835?)
- DARK 1835-1856
- Zachariah L. Bicknell, 1856-1858; Mem
- John P. Lovell, 1859-1861; SN
- Abner Holbrook, 1862-1864
- William Humphrey, 1865-1867
- Abraham Thayer, 1868, 1869
- Prescott Lothrop, 1871
- Martin E. Hawes, 1871-1873
- Leavitt Bates, 1874-1876; SN
- Thomas H. Humphrey, 1877-1879
- Francis A. Bicknell, 1880-1882
- Robert T. Bicknell, 1883-1885
- Franklin D. Thayer, 1886-1888; SN
- Joseph E. Gardner, 1889-1891
- Herbert A. Newton, 1892, 1893
- William T. Rice, 1894, 1895
- John M. Whitcomb, 1896, 1897
- Joseph Chase, Jr., 1898, 1899
- T. John Evans, 1900
- Fred L. Bayley, 1901, 1902
- Frank H. Torrey, 1903, 1904
- William P. Denbroeder, 1905, 1906
- Leavitt W. Bates, 1907, 1908
- Gardner R. P. Barker, 1909, 1910; N
- Charlie W. Dunbar, 1911, 1912
- George F. Farrar, 1913, 1914
- Stanley T. Torrey, 1915, 1916
- Charles H. Chubbuck, 1917, 1918
- Henry P. Tilden, 1919, 1920; SN
- J. Leonard Bicknell, 1921, 1922; Mem
- C. Edgar Stiles, 1923, 1924
- Albert Soule, 1925, 1926
- John P. Lovell, 1927, 1928
- Burtin E. Durgin, 1929, 1930
- Andrew T. Moore, 1931, 1932
- Murray G. Parker, 1933, 1934
- Oliver J. Horton, 1935
- J. Frederick Price, 1936, 1937; SN
- G. Winfield Price, 1938, 1939
- Prescott B. Brown, 1940, 1941
- F. Cecil Manuel, 1942-1944
- Sumner W. Chandler, 1945
- Norman D. Loud, 1946, 1947; N
- Frank L. Quimby, 1948
- Carl L. Billings, 1949
- George M. Winters, 1950
- Arthur M. Goucher, 1951
- Richard F. Pattison, 1952
- Clarence R. Parker, 1953
- Lawrence G. Hunter, 1954
- Dennis T. Pafford, 1955
- Kurt Konrad, 1956
- Elmer O. Stennes, 1957
- George Imlach, 1958
- John A. Latak, 1959
- Ralph S. Wilder, Jr., 1960
- Lendall K, Teague, 1961
- Frank P. Freeman, Jr., 1962
- William C. Smith, 1963
- Alvin K. King, Jr., 1964
- William C. Kay, 1965
- Robert L. Steadman, 1966; PDDGM
- Frank R. Bartlett, Jr., 1967
- Delmar P. Wiggins, 1968
- Kenneth E. Fratus, 1969
- Alton S. Blanchard, Jr., 1970
- Donald H. Jackson, 1971
- George W. Glazer, 1972
- H. Max Martin, 1973
- Russell G. Fuller, Jr., 1974
- Frederick J. Channell, 1975
- Earle L. Lane, 1976
- Arthur H. Sharp, 1977
- Russell Beard, 1978
- David A. McKay, 1979
- Donald H. Jackson, Jr., 1980
- Walter H. MacLeod, 1981
- Charles C. Glass, 1982
- Philip A. Drouin, 1983 PDDGM
- John B. McKay, 1984; N
- Philip W. Cromer, 1985
- Steven P. Collins, 1986
- Russell J. Robar, 1987, 1988
- Robert G. G. Hood, 1989
- A. Kevin Shea, 1990
- Mark S. Newton, 1991
- Mark W. Simmons, 1992
- Thomas J. Conway, 1993
- Franklin D. Thayer, DDGM, District 25 (Hingham), 1898, 1899;
- Henry P. Tilden, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1922, 1923;
YEARS
1856 1860 1871 1872 1878 1882 1884 1885 1893 1894 1907 1909 1910 1912 1913 1914 1917 1922 1925 1927 1929 1932 1937 1938 1939 1945 1949 1950 1968 1973 1974 1975 1980 1984 1987 1988 1989 1991 1993 1994
Speech by Edward Avery to commemorate 50 years of Freemasonry in Weymouth, 1875.
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.
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
