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PACIFIC LODGE
Location: Sunderland; Leverett (1807); Amherst (1817)
Chartered By: Samuel Dunn
Charter Date: 06/08/1801 II-182
Precedence Date: 06/08/1801
Current Status: unknown; ø Charter probably declared as vacated 06/11/1834
NOTES
MEMBER LIST, 1802
From Vocal Companion and Masonic Register, Boston, 1802, Part II, Page 32:
- R. W. Phineas Hubbard, M.
- W. Roswell Field, S. W.
- W. Samuel Church, J. W.
- Samuel Gamwell, Sec.
- Caleb Hubbard, Tr.
- Joseph Willard, S. D.
- Rufus Field, J. D.
- David Stockbridge, Steward.
- Friend Smith, Steward.
No. of Members, 35.
- Francis Harwood
- Edward Ruggles
PAST MASTERS
- Phineas Hubbard, 1801, 1802
- Roswell Field, 1803
- Samuel Church, 1804-1805
- Caleb Hubbard, 1806, 1807, 1808
- Beal Crocker, 1809, 1810
- William Delano, 1811, 1812
- John Dickinson, 1813, 1814, 1815
- Aaron Howard, 1816, 1817
- Erastus Dewey, 1818, 1819
- Ebenezer Mattoon, Jr., 1820, 1821
- Asahel Thayer, 1822, 1823
- Zebina Rankin, 1824, 1825
- Mason C. Darling, 1826
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Charter: 1801
- Consecration and Installation: 1804
- Petition for Removal (to Leverett): 1807
- Petition for Removal (to Amherst): 1816; granted, 1817
HISTORY
- 1926 (Notes on this lodge in the History of Pacific Lodge; see below)
- 2001 (Notes on this lodge in the "Bicentennial" of Pacific Lodge; see below)
HISTORY IN THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY OF PACIFIC LODGE, JUNE 2001
NOTES IN THE BICENTENNIAL OF PACIFIC LODGE, JUNE 2001
From Proceedings, Page 2001-79:
The Charter of the Pacific Lodge was issued by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts on June 8, 1801 in answer to a petition of thirteen Masons residing in the towns of Sunderland, Leverett. North Hadley and Amherst. In the earliest days, the Lodge held its communications in the part of Sunderland called "Plumtrees" in Major Caleb Hubbard's tavern. Phineas Hubbard was our first Master and Caleb was our fourth in 1801 and 1807 respectively. Most of the Charter members were from Republican Lodge in Greenfield.
In 1802, the Lodge was removed to Amherst and in 1807, it was moved from Amherst to Leverett, and in September 1817, it returned to Amherst where the Lodge met in the Odd Fellow Hall, thanks to the hospitality and cooperation of the Order of Odd Fellows.
OTHER
MEMORIALS
Ithamar Conkey 1788-1862, listed with Pacific Lodge
DISTRICTS
1803: District 7 (North Central Massachusetts)
