CharterSummary
From MasonicGenealogy
CHARTER SUMMARY
The following tables list charters granted in Massachusetts. They do not include charters granted by either Massachusetts Grand Lodge in other colonies or states that have since come under the authority of other Grand Lodges (such as Connecticut or Maine).
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Status | Meaning |
Charters active under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in the possession of the Lodge* | |
Charters no longer active, lost, destroyed or location unknown | |
Charters surrendered or revoked, not in possession of the Grand Lodge Library. | |
Charters surrendered or revoked, in possession of the Grand Lodge Library. |
* The original charters for many active old lodges are kept in archival storage in Lexington.
Lodge Name | Status | Grand Master | Charter Date | Notes |
St. John's (Boston) | Price | 1733 | First lodge chartered in Massachusetts. Original charter lost, replaced after 1864 fire. Second merged here 1783. Rising Sun merged here 1791. Fourth Estate merged here in 1985. | |
Master's | Price | 1738 | Chartered for the conferral of the Master Mason Degree. Charter surrendered in 1796. | |
Second | Oxnard | 1749 | Merged into First Lodge in 1783. | |
Third | Oxnard | 1749 | Ceased work around 1753. | |
Lodge of St. Andrew | GM Scotland | 1756 | Chartered by the Grand Master of Scotland and not recognized by St. John's Grand Lodge. Founding Lodge of Massachusetts Provincial Grand Lodge. Endorsed 1809 by Grand Master Thomas to come under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. | |
Philanthropic (Marblehead) | Gridley | 1760 | Possibly not using the original 1760 charter but instead a reissued document from the 1780s; suspended, reinstated 1821. | |
St. John's, Newburyport | Gridley | 1766 | Active. In possession of original charter; endorsed by Thomas in 1803. | |
The Tyrian | Joseph Warren | 1770 | ]Merged with Acacia Lodge to form Tyrian-Acacia, 2003; merged with Ashler Lodge to form Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia, 2007 | |
The Massachusetts | Joseph Warren | 1770 | Active. | |
Union (Nantucket) | Rowe | 1771 | Active. | |
St. Peter's | Joseph Warren | 1772 | Inactive, but status of charter unknown. | |
Rising Sun | Rowe | 1771 | Merged into St. John's (Boston), 1791. Status of charter unknown. | |
American Union | Rowe | 1776 | Renewed 1803; became a part of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1817; charter presumably still in use there. | |
Berkshire (Williamstown) | Webb | 1783 | Charter recalled 1784; status unknown. | |
Trinity | Webb | 1778 | New charter issued in 1859; original charter and precedence restored in 2017. Original charter in Grand Lodge vault; certified copy of original in use by the lodge. | |
United States | Webb | 1778 | "Erased" 1788; status unknown. | |
Essex | Webb | 1779 | Active; an additional (or replacement) charter was granted in 1791, and endorsed in 1792. | |
Unity (Ipswich) | Webb | 1779 | Inactive; location unknown. | |
Washington Army | Webb | 1779 | Inactive; lapsed. Charter disposition unknown. | |
King Solomon's | John Warren | 1783 | Active. Sagamore Lodge merged here, 1986. | |
Rising States | John Warren | 1783 | Separated from Lodge of St. Andrew to remain under Massachusetts Independent Grand Lodge; took St. Andrew's precedence; charter resigned in 1810. | |
Hampshire | John Warren | 1784 | Inactive; charter lapsed or revoked sometime between 1796 and 1804. | |
Friendship (Williamstown) | Webb | 1785 | Inactive; charter surrendered 1828. | |
Harmonic | Hays | 1790 | Charter vacated 1797; charter location unknown. | |
Old Colony | Cutler | 1792 | Active. | |
Federal (Blandford) | Cutler | 1792 | Inactive; dropped from Grand Lodge rolls in 1835. | |
Morning Star | Cutler | 1793 | Active. Rose of Sharon merged here in 1974 (but has been re-granted). Isaiah Thomas merged here in 2004. Quinsigamond merged here in 2017. | |
Franklin (Cheshire) | Cutler | 1794 | Inactive; surrendered around 1826. | |
Republican | Cutler | 1794 | Active. The library has the 1851 temporary charter. | |
Middlesex | Revere | 1795 | Active. | |
Evening Star | Revere | 1795 | Active. Charter endorsed 1813 to resume work. | |
Cincinnatus | Revere | 1795 | Active. | |
King Hiram's | Revere | 1795 | Active. | |
Fayette | Revere | 1796 | Inactive; ceased work around 1830. Charter location unknown. | |
Washington | Revere | 1796 | Active. | |
Columbian | Revere | 1796 | Active. | |
Harmony | Revere | 1796 | Active. | |
Union (Dorchester)' | Revere | 1796 | Active. | |
Thomas | Revere | 1796 | Active. | |
St. Paul | Revere | 1797 | Active. | |
Adams | Revere | 1797 | Inactive, surrendered in 1821. A new charter was issued in 1867 for a new lodge. | |
Jerusalem | Revere | 1797 | Active. Ionic merged here in 2005. | |
Bristol | Revere | 1797 | Active. | |
Fellowship | Revere | 1797 | Active. Satucket merged here, 2016. | |
Corinthian | Revere | 1797 | Active. | |
Montgomery | Revere | 1797 | Active. Blackstone River merged here, 1997. | |
Olive Branch | Revere | 1797 | Active. | |
Meridian Sun | Revere | 1797 | Inactive, unknown; last meeting under this charter in 1834. | |
Hiram | Revere | 1797 | Active. (now Mystic Valley) | |
Meridian | Revere | 1797 | Active. Maugus Hill merged here, 1999. Perfection merged here, 2017. | |
King Solomon in Perfection | Revere | 1797 | Inactive; unknown. Surrendered 1822. | |
Marine | Bartlett | 1798 | Active. | |
Mount Moriah (Reading) | Bartlett | 1798 | Inactive; ceased work 1829. | |
Social | Bartlett | 1798 | Inactive; ceased work 1827. | |
Eastern Star | Bartlett | 1798 | Inactive; surrendered charter 1822 | |
King David | Bartlett | 1798 | Active. Alfred Baylies merged here, 1974; Ezra merged here, 1985; Ionic and Charles H. Titus merged here, 1998. | |
Mount Zion | Dunn | 1800 | Active. | |
Mount Lebanon | Dunn | 1801 | Active. | |
Fore Fathers' Rock | Dunn | 1801 | Inactive; charter surrendered 1821. | |
Fraternal | Dunn | 1801 | Active. | |
Pacific | Dunn | 1801 | Inactive; unknown, removed from Grand Lodge lists around 1834. | |
Aurora | Dunn | 1801 | Active. | |
St. John's (Demarara) | Dunn | 1801 | Inactive; unknown, removed from Grand Lodge lists around 1834. | |
Rural | Dunn | 1801 | Active. | |
Sincerity | Dunn | 1801 | Inactive; charter surrendered 1824. | |
Sumner | Dunn | 1801 | Inactive; ceased work around 1829 | |
Corner Stone | Dunn | 1801 | Inactive; charter surrendered 1834 and restored in 1844 | |
Constellation | Dunn | 1801 | Inactive; charter vacated 1842. A new charter was granted in 1872. | |
Harris | Dunn | 1802 | Inactive; charter surrendered around 1834. | |
Merrimack | Dunn | 1802 | Active. | |
Charity | Thomas | 1803 | Inactive; ceased work sometime after 1830, charter never returned to Grand Lodge, status unknown. | |
Wisdom | Thomas | 1803 | Active; charter surrendered around 1834, re-granted 1855. | |
Washington Remembered | Thomas | 1803 | Inactive; dropped from Grand Lodge list in 1821. | |
St. Mark's | Thomas | 1803 | Active. | |
Sheffield | Thomas | 1803 | Inactive; last meeting 1826; status unknown. | |
Amicable | Thomas | 1805 | Active; charter surrendered 1838, re-granted 1845. | |
Mount Carmel | Thomas | 1805 | Active. Charter surrendered 1836, re-granted 1845. Mount Sinai Lodge merged here 1989; Damascus Lodge merged here, 2001; Bethlehem Lodge merged here, 2006. | |
Mountain | Bigelow | 1806 | Active. Originally granted in Rowe; re-granted in Colerain in 1818; inactive 1832-1855. | |
Mount Vernon | Bigelow | 1807 | Inactive; ceased work 1828; status of charter unknown. | |
Pentucket | Bigelow | 1807 | Active. | |
Sylvan | Bigelow | 1807 | Inactive. Name changed to Sylvan 1810; ceased work 1828; status of charter unknown. | |
Mount Pleasant | Bigelow | 1808 | Inactive; no record after 1828; status of charter unknown. | |
Rising Sun | Bigelow | 1808 | Inactive; ceased work 1828; status of charter unknown. | |
Jordan | Bigelow | 1808 | Active. Starr King Lodge merged here, 2016. | |
Fredonia | Bartlett | 1810 | Inactive; surrendered charter 1834. | |
Mystic | Bartlett | 1810 | Active; New Moon Lodge since 2015. | |
Humanity | Bigelow | 1811 | Inactive; ceased work some time after 1828; status of charter unknown. | |
Thompson | Bigelow | 1812 | Inactive; ceased work some time after 1826; status of charter unknown. | |
Orion | Russell | 1815 | Inactive; ceased work around 1835; status of charter unknown. | |
Golden Rule, | Russell | 1815 | Inactive; ceased work some time after 1829; status of charter unknown. | |
Good Samaritan | Russell | 1816 | Inactive; ceased work some time after 1840; charter voted to be restored in 1855, but the lodge never worked under it. | |
Hampden | Oliver | 1817 | Active; now Brigham Lodge; merged with Indian Orchard Masonic in 2013, formed by merger between Hampden and Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard in 2003. | |
Mount Hermon | Oliver | 1817 | Inactive; changed name to Brooks Lodge; no record after 1828, charter status unknown. | |
St. Alban's | Oliver | 1818 | Active; dark from 1833 to 1855. | |
Solomon's Temple | Oliver | 1818 | Active. Granite merged here, 1983. | |
Bethesda | Oliver | 1819 | Active. | |
Norfolk Union | Oliver | 1819 | Active; inactive 1838-1854. | |
Seven Stars | Fay | 1820 | Inactive; charter surrendered 1824; status of charter unknown. | |
Monitor | Fay | 1820 | Active; oldest component of Waltham Triad Lodge since 1988. | |
L'Hereux Reveil | Dixwell | 1821 | Inactive; lodge in Puerto Rico, inactive prior to 1833; no information on charter. | |
Urbanity | Dixwell | 1822 | Inactive; ceased work sometime around 1830. | |
St. Matthew's | Dixwell | 1822 | Active. | |
Warren | Dixwell | 1822 | Inactive; merged into Charles C. Dame Lodge, 2016. | |
Social Harmony | Dixwell | 1823 | Active; dark 1834-1855. | |
Cassia | Dixwell | 1823 | Inactive; ceased work sometime after 1832. Status of charter unknown. | |
Star in the East | Dixwell | 1823 | Active. Paskamansett Lodge merged here in 1992; now Star in the East Lodge (includes Wamsutta Lodge since 2004.) | |
Leicester | Dixwell | 1823 | Inactive; ceased work sometime after 1830. Status of charter unknown. | |
Liberty | J. Abbot | 1824 | Active. | |
United Brethren | J. Abbot | 1824 | Inactive; ceased work sometime after 1831. Status of charter unknown. | |
Freedom | J. Abbot | 1824 | Inactive; returned to Grand Lodge in 1848; likely destroyed in the 1864 fire. | |
Eden | J. Abbot | 1824 | Inactive; ceased work sometime after 1827, but removed from record in 1848. Status of charter unknown, likely destroyed in 1864 fire. | |
Carmel | J. Abbot | 1824 | Inactive; ceased work sometime after 1829. Status of charter unknown. | |
Mount Hope | J. Abbot | 1824 | Active. | |
Orphan's Hope | J. Abbot | 1825 | Active; now Weymouth United Masonic Lodge. | |
Orange | J. Abbot | 1825 | Inactive; ceased work sometime after 1831. Status of charter unknown. | |
Morning Sun | J. Abbot | 1825 | Inactive; charter revoked around 1835. Status of charter unknown. | |
Plymouth | J. Abbot | 1825 | Active; dark 1834-1855. | |
Bethel | J. Abbot | 1825 | Inactive; merged into Eden Lodge in 1939 as a result of the Quabbin Reservoir construction. | |
Oxford | J. Abbot | 1825 | Inactive; ceased work 1831, charter revoked around 1854. Status of charter unknown. | |
Grecian | J. Abbot | 1825 | Active; now the oldest part of Lawrence United Lodge. | |
Mount Ararat | J. Abbot | 1826 | Inactive; ceased work before 1834. Status of charter unknown. | |
Doric | J. Abbot | 1826 | Inactive; ceased work around 1830; status of charter unknown. | |
Clinton | J. Abbot | 1826 | Inactive; ceased work sometime after 1828; status of charter unknown. | |
Phoenix | J. Abbot | 1826 | Inactive; ceased work after 1829, charter revoked around 1854. Status of charter unknown. | |
Farmers | J. Abbot | 1826 | Inactive; ceased work after 1832; status of charter unknown. | |
Central | Soley | 1827 | Inactive; ceased work before 1834; status of charter unknown. | |
Star of Bethlehem | Peabody | 1845 | Active. | |
Mount Tabor | Robinson | 1846 | Active. Seaview and Hammatt-Ocean Lodges merged here in 2007. | |
St. Paul's | Robinson | 1847 | Inactive; Merged with Algonquin Lodge in 1988; merged into Delta Lodge in 2014; using this charter. | |
Lafayette (North Adams) | Robinson | 1848 | Active. Greylock Lodge merged here in 1988 to form Lafayette-Greylock Lodge. | |
Chicopee | Raymond | 1849 | Active. Now the active charter for Mount Holyoke Lodge. | |
Mount Tom | Raymond | 1850 | Active. | |
Ashler | Randall | 1852 | Inactive; merged into The Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia Lodge, 2007. | |
Franklin | Randall | 1852 | Active. | |
Baalbec | Randall | 1853 | Inactive; merged into Wyoming Lodge, 2001. | |
Ancient York | Randall | 1853 | Active. | |
Germania | Randall | 1854 | Active. Now the oldest part of The Consolidated Lodge. | |
Bethesda (Valparaiso) | Randall | 1854 | Active. | |
Mount Hermon | Lewis | 1855 | Inactive; merged into Golden Rule Lodge, 2014. | |
Mount Horeb | Lewis | 1855 | Active. | |
Benjamin Franklin | Lewis | 1856 | Inactive; merged into Mount Horeb (West Harwich) in 1859. | |
Gate of the Temple | Lewis | 1856 | Inactive; merged into Rising Star Lodge in 2012. | |
DeWitt Clinton | Lewis | 1856 | Active. | |
Mount Horeb (Woburn) | Lewis | 1856 | Active. | |
Winslow Lewis | Lewis | 1856 | Active. | |
Mount Moriah (Westfield) | Lewis | 1856 | Active. | |
Blackstone River | Lewis | 1856 | Inactive; merged into Montgomery Lodge in 1997. | |
Revere | Heard | 1857 | Inactive; merged into Germania-Revere Lodge, 1999. Now part of The Consolidated Lodge. | |
Paul Revere | Heard | 1857 | Active. Paul Dean merged here in 2004. | |
Joseph Warren | Heard | 1857 | Active. Current charter for Joseph Warren-Soley Lodge. Soley Lodge merged here 1983. | |
Wyoming | Heard | 1857 | Active. Fidelity Lodge merged here in 2017. | |
Pequossette | Heard | 1857 | Active. | |
Eureka | Heard | 1858 | Active. Now a part of Quittacus Lodge. | |
Berkshire | Heard | 1858 | Active. | |
Mount Vernon | Heard | 1858 | Active. Now a part of Mount Vernon-Galilean Lodge since 1997 merger. | |
John Abbot | Heard | 1858 | Merged to form John Abbot-Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge in 2001; became a part of Mystic Valley Lodge in 2004. | |
Quaboag | Heard | 1859 | Active. | |
Montacute | Heard | 1859 | Active: merged to form Guiding Lights Lodge, 2003; now a part of Boylston Lodge since 2017. | |
Henry Price | Heard | 1859 | Merged to form Price-Benton Lodge, 2002; now a part of The Consolidated Lodge. | |
Webster | Heard | 1859 | Active. | |
Trinity | Heard | 1859 | Lodge now active under 1778 charter; this charter was used until 2017 and then surrendered. | |
Hiram (Chile) | Heard | 1859 | Ceased work sometime before 1869; charter placed in Grand Lodge archives around 1877 {?} | |
Southern Cross (Chile) | Heard | 1859 | Charter issued but lodge never worked under it. | |
Caleb Butler | Lewis | 1860 | Active. | |
Pilgrim | Lewis | 1860 | Active. | |
Wilder | Lewis | 1860 | Active. | |
John Cutler | Lewis | 1860 | Active; Wampatuck Lodge after 2016 merger. | |
Orange | Lewis | 1860 | Active; North Quabbin Lodge after 2007 merger. | |
United Brethren | Lewis | 1860 | Active. Doric merged here, 2003. St. Bernard merged here, 1996. | |
Martha's Vineyard | Lewis | 1860 | Active; Oriental-Martha's Vineyard Lodge after 1994 merger/. | |
Oxford | Lewis | 1860 | Active. | |
Hammatt | Lewis | 1860 | Inactive; part of Mount Tabor Lodge since 2007/ | |
Quinebaug | Lewis | 1860 | Active. | |
John Warren | W. Coolidge | 1861 | Active. | |
Dalhousie | W. Coolidge | 1861 | Active. Wellesley Lodge merged here, 2017. | |
Pacific | W. Coolidge | 1861 | Active. | |
John Hancock | W. Coolidge | 1861 | Active. | |
Aberdour | W. Coolidge | 1861 | Inactive. Merged into United Lodge, 1980. Now in The Consolidated Lodge. | |
Orient | W. Coolidge | 1862 | Active. | |
Pythagorean | W. Coolidge | 1862 | Active. | |
Day Spring | Parkman | 1863 | Active. | |
Pythagorean | Parkman | 1863 | Active. | |
Tuscan | Parkman | 1863 | merged with Phoenician Lodge to form Tuscan-Phoenician Lodge, 1980; since 1987 a part of Lawrence United Lodge. | |
Mount Olivet | Parkman | 1864 | Active. | |
Pioneer | Parkman | 1864 | Active. | |
Blue Hill | Parkman | 1864 | Active. | |
Eden | Parkman | 1864 | Active. Bethel Lodge merged here in 1939. | |
Amity | Parkman | 1864 | Active; Amity-Mosaic Lodge since 2004. | |
Hayden | Parkman | 1864 | Active. Spencer Lodge and Meridian Sun Lodges merged here, 2003. | |
Doric | Parkman | 1864 | Inactive; merged into United Brethren Lodge in 2004. | |
Starr King | Parkman | 1865 | Inactive; merged into Jordan Lodge, 2016. | |
Roswell Lee | Parkman | 1865 | Active; a part of Brigham Lodge since 2013. | |
Ancient Landmark (China) | Parkman | 1865 | In recess since March 1950; charter technically still in force, but no members remaining. | |
Hope | Parkman | 1865 | Active. | |
St. James | Parkman | 1865 | Inactive; merged into Ezekiel Bates Lodge, 2018. | |
Belmont | Parkman | 1865 | Inactive; part of Belmont-Beaver Lodge from 1980; merged into Simon W. Robinson Lodge, 2004. | |
May Flower | Parkman | 1865 | Active. | |
John T. Heard | Parkman | 1865 | Active. | |
William Parkman | Parkman | 1865 | Active. | |
North Star | Parkman | 1865 | Active. | |
Star | Parkman | 1865 | Inactive; merged into Star-Athol Lodge in 1997; a part of North Quabbin Lodge since 2007. | |
The Lodge of Eleusis | Parkman | 1865 | Inactive; merged into Delta Lodge in 1995. | |
Saggahew | Parkman | 1865 | Active. | |
Mount Hollis | Parkman | 1865 | Active. | |
Golden Fleece | Parkman | 1865 | Active. | |
Lafayette | Dame | 1865 | Active. Now Lafayette-Dover Lodge. Dover Lodge merged here, 1985. | |
Ashler | Randall | 1852 | Inactive; merged into The Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia Lodge, 2007. | |
Charles W. Moore | Dame | 1866 | Active. | |
Artisan | Dame | 1866 | Active. | |
James Otis | Dame | 1866 | Inactive; surrendered charter in 1891. | |
Adelphi | Dame | 1866 | Inactive. Adelphi-Noddles Island Lodge after 1982; merged into Moses Michael Hays Lodge, 2003. | |
Hyde Park | Dame | 1866 | Inactive. Eliot-Hyde Park Lodge from 1986; part of Celestial Lodge from 2010. | |
King Philip | Dame | 1866 | Active. | |
Alfred Baylies | Dame | 1866 | Inactive. Merged into King David Lodge in 1974. | |
Adams | Dame | 1866 | Active. This is a distinct charter from the 1797 one. | |
Excelsior | Dame | 1867 | Active. | |
Kilwinning | Dame | 1867 | Inactive. Merged into William Sewall Gardner-Kilwinning Lodge in 2007. | |
Oriental | Dame | 1867 | Inactive. Merged into Oriental-Martha's Vineyard Lodge in 1994. | |
Eliot | Dame | 1867 | Inactive. Eliot-Hyde Park Lodge from 1986; part of Celestial Lodge from 2010. | |
Siloam | Dame | 1867 | Active. | |
William Sutton | Dame | 1867 | Active. | |
Ionic | Dame | 1867 | Inactive. Merged into King David Lodge in 1998. | |
Huntington | Dame | 1867 | Inactive. Huntington-Federal Lodge after 1995; surrendered charter 2015. | |
Robert Lash | Dame | 1867 | Inactive. Surrendered charter 1993. | |
Charles C. Dame | Dame | 1867 | Active. | |
Zetland | Dame | 1867 | Active. Lynnfield-Zetland from 2002. | |
William North | Dame | 1868 | Active. | |
Isaac Parker | Dame | 1868 | Inactive. Merged into Waltham Triad Lodge in 1988. | |
Paul Dean | Dame | 1868 | Inactive. Merged into Paul Revere Lodge in 2004. | |
Ionic | Dame | 1868 | Inactive. Merged into Jerusalem Lodge in 2005. | |
Mizpah | Dame | 1868 | Inactive. Mizpah-Faith Lodge from 1981. Merged into Charity Lodge in 2008. | |
St. Bernard | Dame | 1868 | Inactive. Merged into United Brethren Lodge in 1996. | |
Faith | Gardner | 1869 | Inactive. Merged into Mizpah-Faith Lodge in 1981. | |
Delta | Gardner | 1869 | Active. The Lodge of Eleusis and Quincy Lodge merged here in 1995. St. Paul's-Algonquin merged here in 2014, and the lodge is using that charter. | |
Bethany | Gardner | 1869 | Inactive. Merged into Saggahew Lodge in 2015. | |
Palestine | Gardner | 1869 | Inactive. Merged into William Sutton Lodge in 2019. | |
Rabboni | Gardner | 1870 | Active. | |
Globe | Gardner | 1870 | Active. Globe Unity Lodge from 2009. Unity Lodge merged here in 2009. | |
Charity | Gardner | 1870 | Active. | |
Vernon | Gardner | 1870 | Inactive. Merged into Mount Holyoke Lodge in 2019. | |
Morning Sun | Gardner | 1870 | Inactive. Surrendered charter 1993. | |
Mount Holyoke | Gardner | 1870 | Active. | |
Upton | Gardner | 1870 | Active. | |
Puritan | Gardner | 1870 | Active. | |
Howard | Gardner | 1870 | Active. | |
Charles River | Gardner | 1871 | Active. | |
Temple | Gardner | 1871 | Inactive. Merged into Moses Michael Hays Lodge in 1985. | |
Aconcagua (Chile) | Gardner | 1871 | Inactive. Surrendered charter 1901. | |
Ezekiel Bates | Gardner | 1871 | Active. | |
Quinsigamond | Gardner | 1870 | Inactive. Merged into Morning Star Lodge in 2017. | |
Mariners' | Gardner | 1870 | Active. | |
Occidental | Gardner | 1870 | Active. | |
Belcher | Gardner | 1871 | Active. Elm-Belcher Lodge from 1988. | |
Beth-Horon | Gardner | 1871 | Active. Moses Michael Hays Lodge from 2019. Nehoiden Lodge merged here in 2010. | |
Mosaic | Gardner | 1871 | Inactive. Merged into Amity-Mosaic Lodge in 2004. | |
Newton | Gardner | 1871 | Inactive. Springfield Lodge merged here in 2002. Merged into The Meadows Lodge in 2018. | |
Phoenician | Gardner | 1871 | Inactive. Merged with Tuscan Lodge to form Tuscan-Phoenician Lodge, 1980; since 1987 a part of Lawrence United Lodge. | |
Simon W. Robinson | Gardner | 1871 | Active. Belmont-Beaver Lodge merged here in 2004. | |
Good Samaritan | Gardner | 1871 | Active. King Cyrus merged here 2003. | |
Hampshire | Nickerson | 1872 | Active. | |
Constellation | Nickerson | 1872 | Inactive. Merged into Celestial since 2010 after merger with Eliot-Hyde Park in 2010. | |
Williams | Nickerson | 1872 | Active. | |
Greylock | Nickerson | 1872 | Inactive. Merged into Lafayette-Greylock Lodge, 1988. | |
Spencer | Nickerson | 1872 | Inactive. Merged into Hayden Lodge, 2003. | |
St. Martin's | Nickerson | 1872 | Active. | |
Charles A. Welch | Nickerson | 1873 | Active. | |
Charles H. Titus | Nickerson | 1873 | Inactive. Merged into King David Lodge, 1998. | |
Athol | Nickerson | 1873 | Inactive. Merged into Star-Athol Lodge, 1997. Now part of North Quabbin Lodge. | |
Bay State | Nickerson | 1873 | Inactive. Merged into Harmony Lodge, 2004. | |
Concordia | Nickerson | 1873 | Active. Changed to name George H. Taber in 1901. | |
Phoenix | Nickerson | 1874 | Active. | |
Crescent | Nickerson | 1874 | Inactive. Merged into Pittsfield-Crescent Lodge, 1990. Merged into New Moon Lodge, 2015. | |
Anchor | Nickerson | 1874 | Inactive. Charter surrendered 1891. | |
Norfolk | Everett | 1875 | Active. | |
Cochichewick | Everett | 1875 | Active. | |
Satuit | Everett | 1876 | Active. Nantascot merged here, 1996. | |
Alpha | Everett | 1876 | Active. | |
Fraternity | Everett | 1876 | Active; charter surrendered between 1888 and 1911. Fraternity & Fuller from 1981; Norumbega Fraternity from 2001. Ebenezer Fuller merged here, 1981; Norumbega & Brookline merged here, 2001. | |
King Cyrus | Everett | 1876 | Inactive. Merged into Good Samaritan, 2003. | |
Narragansett | Everett | 1876 | Inactive. Merged into Massasoit-Narragansett, 1976. | |
Huelen (Chile) | Everett | 1877 | Active. | |
Joseph Webb | Everett | 1877 | Active. | |
Boylston | Everett | 1877 | Active. Guiding Lights merged here, 2017. | |
Mumford River | Everett | 1878 | Inactive. Merged into Olive Branch merged here, 2017. | |
St. George | Everett | 1878 | Active. | |
Mechanic's | Everett | 1879 | Inactive. Merged into Harmony Lodge, 2004. Mount Sugar Loaf merged here, 1989. | |
Noquochoke | Everett | 1879 | Active. | |
Soley | Everett | 1880 | Inactive. Merged into Joseph Warren-Soley Lodge, 1983. | |
Granite | Lawrence | 1881 | Inactive. Merged into Solomon's Temple Lodge, 1983. | |
Satucket | Lawrence | 1882 | Inactive. Merged into Fellowship Lodge, 2016. | |
St. John's (Chile) | Howland | 1885 | Active. | |
Converse | Endicott | 1887 | Active. | |
Winthrop | Endicott | 1889 | Inactive. Merged into Star of Bethlehem Lodge, 1995. | |
Golden Rule | Endicott | 1888 | Active. | |
Thomas Talbot | Endicott | 1889 | Active. | |
Prospect | Wells | 1890 | Active. | |
Brigham | Wells | 1892 | Inactive. Merged with Indian Orchard Masonic to form Brigham Lodge, 2013. | |
Macedonian | Briggs | 1893 | Active. | |
Meridian Sun | Weld | 1894 | Inactive. Merged into Hayden Lodge, 2003. | |
Springfield | Holmes | 1894 | Inactive. Merged into Wilbraham Masonic Lodge, 2002. | |
Unity | Hutchinson | 1897 | Inactive. Merged into Globe Unity Lodge, 2009. | |
Wollaston | Hutchinson | 1899 | Inactive. Merged into Rural Lodge, 2004. | |
Friendship | Gallagher | 1902 | Active. | |
Shanghai (China) | Sanford | 1904 | Inactive. In recess since 1950. | |
Pei-he (China) | Sanford | 1904 | Inactive. Charter revoked 1905. | |
Sinim (China) | Sanford | 1904 | Active. In recess 1950-52; now meeting in Tokyo, Japan. | |
Damascus | Blake | 1907 | Inactive. Merged into Mount Carmel Lodge, 2001. | |
William Whiting | Flanders | 1909 | Inactive. Charter revoked 1997. Mount Nonotuck merged here in 1939. | |
Esoteric | Flanders | 1909 | Active. Esoteric-Sherwood Lodge since 2006. Samuel D. Sherwood merged here in 2006. | |
The Lodge of Stirling | Flanders | 1911 | Inactive. Merged into Golden Rule Lodge, 2005]. | |
Indian Orchard | Benton | 1912 | Inactive. Indian Orchard-Shawmont Lodge from 1982. Merged into Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard Lodge in 1997. | |
Shawmut | Benton | 1912 | Inactive. Merged into The Consolidated Lodge in 2008. United Lodge merged here in 1993. | |
Sojourners (Panama) | Benton | 1912 | Active. | |
Wellesley | Benton | 1913 | Inactive. Merged into Dalhousie Lodge, 2017]. | |
Dorchester | Benton | 1913 | Active. West Roxbury-Dorchester Lodge since 1990. West Roxbury Lodge merged here, 1990. | |
Rufus Putnam | Benton | 1913 | Active. | |
Mount Sugar Loaf | Benton | 1913 | Active. Merged into Mechanics' Lodge, 1989]. Charter restored 2008. | |
Somerville | Benton | 1913 | Inactive. Merged into Mount Horeb (Woburn) Lodge, 2017]. | |
Canal Zone (Panama) | Benton | 1912 | Active. Canal Zone-Isthmian Lodge from 1977. Ancon Lodge from 1982. Isthmian Lodge merged here, 1977. Chagres Lodge merged here, 1982. (Note that the library possesses a regular copy of this charter.) | |
Mount Orthodox | Benton | 1913 | Active. | |
Algonquin | M. Johnson | 1914 | Inactive. Merged into St. Paul's-Algonquin Lodge, 1988]. | |
Wayfarers | M. Johnson | 1914 | Inactive. Merged into Philanthropic Lodge, 2006]. Benjamin F. Arrington Lodge merged here, 1984. | |
Federal | M. Johnson | 1914 | Inactive. Merged into Huntington-Federal Lodge, 1995. | |
Sagamore | M. Johnson | 1914 | Inactive. Merged into King Solomon's Lodge, 1986. | |
Abraham H. Howland Jr. | M. Johnson | 1916 | Active. | |
Army | M. Johnson | 1916 | Active. Balboa Lodge from 1983. Darien Lodge merged here, 1983. | |
International (China) | M. Johnson | 1916 | In recess since March 1950; charter technically still in force, but no members remaining. | |
Massasoit | M. Johnson | 1916 | Active. Massasoit-Narragansett Lodge from 1976. | |
Euclid | M. Johnson | 1916 | Active. | |
Isthmian (Panama) | L. Abbott | 1917 | Inactive. Merged into Canal Zone Isthmian Lodge in 1977. Now a part of Ancon Lodge. | |
Baalis Sanford | L. Abbott | 1918 | Active. | |
Darien (Panama) | L. Abbott | 1917 | Inactive. Merged into Balboa Lodge in 1983. | |
Universal | L. Abbott | 1918 | Active. | |
Seaview | L. Abbott | 1919 | Inactive. Merged into Mount Tabor Lodge in 2007. | |
Fidelity | L. Abbott | 1919 | Inactive. Merged into Wyoming Lodge in 2017. | |
Sibert (Panama) | L. Abbott | 1919 | Inactive. Merged into Gatun Lodge in 1995. | |
West Roxbury | Prince | 1920 | Inactive. Merged into West Roxbury-Dorchester Lodge in 1990. | |
Theodore Roosevelt | Prince | 1920 | Inactive. Theodore Roosevelt-Manet Lodge from 1979. Quincy Lodge from 1987. Merged into Delta Lodge in 1995. | |
Isaiah Thomas | Prince | 1920 | Inactive. Merged into Morning Star Lodge in 2004. | |
Victory | Prince | 1920 | Inactive. Merged into Waltham Triad Lodge in 2003. | |
Bethlehem | Prince | 1920 | Inactive. Merged into Mount Carmel Lodge in 2006. | |
Mount Nonotuck | Prince | 1920 | Inactive. Merged into William Whiting Lodge in 1939. | |
Mystic Valley | Prince | 1920 | Inactive. Merged into Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge in 1979. | |
Pittsfield | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Merged into Crescent-Pittsfield Lodge in 1990. Now a part of New Moon Lodge. | |
Norumbega | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Norumbega & Brookline Lodge in 1984. Now a part of Norumbega Fraternity Lodge. | |
Talien (China) | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Charter revoked 1952. | |
Paskamansett | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Merged into Star in the East-Paskamansett Lodge in 1992. | |
Atlantic | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Merged into Quincy Lodge in 1992. Now a part of Delta Lodge. | |
Samuel Crocker Lawrence | Prince | 1921 | Active. Mystic Valley merged here in 1979. Merged into John Abbot-Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge in 2001. This charter was a part of Mystic Valley Lodge from 2004, but was re-granted as a separate Lodge in 2010. | |
Loyalty | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Loyalty-Realty Lodge from 1983. A part of Cosmopolitan Lodge from 1991. Charter suspended in 2013. | |
Brookline | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Merged into Norumbega & Brookline Lodge in 1984. Now a part of Norumbega Fraternity Lodge. | |
Richard C. MacLaurin | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Charter suspended in 2016. | |
Noddle's Island | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Merged into Adelphi-Noddle's Island Lodge in 1982. Now a part of Moses Michael Hays Lodge. | |
Wessagusset | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Merged into Weymouth United Masonic Lodge in 1994. | |
Manchester | Prince | 1921 | Active. | |
Quittacus | Prince | 1921 | Inactive; merged into Eureka Lodge under the name "Quittacus" in 1991. | |
Budleigh | Prince | 1921 | Active. New Meadows merged here, 2001. | |
Chagres (Panama) | Prince | 1921 | Inactive. Merged into Ancon Lodge in 1982. | |
Samuel Osgood | Prince | 1922 | Inactive. Merged into Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood Lodge in 1979. Now a part of Brigham Lodge. | |
Samuel D. Sherwood | Prince | 1922 | Inactive. Merged into Esoteric-Sherwood Lodge in 2006. | |
Wamesit | Prince | 1922 | Active. | |
Charles C. Spellman | Prince | 1922 | Active. The Meadows Lodge from 2007. | |
Manet | Prince | 1922 | Inactive. Merged into Theodore Roosevelt-Manet Lodge in 1979. Now a part of Delta Lodge. | |
Azure | Prince | 1922 | Active. | |
Galilean | Prince | 1922 | Inactive. Merged into Mount Vernon-Galilean in 1997. | |
Hykes Memorial (China) | Prince | 1922 | Inactive. In recess since 1950; no active members. | |
The Harvard | Ferrell | 1923 | Active. | |
Milton | Ferrell | 1923 | Active. | |
Fourth Estate | Ferrell | 1923 | Inactive. Merged into St. John's (Boston) in 1985. | |
Beaver | Ferrell | 1923 | Inactive. Merged into Belmont-Beaver Lodge in 1980. Now a part of Simon W. Robinson Lodge. | |
Chin Ling (China) | Ferrell | 1923 | Inactive. Charter revoked 1928. | |
Russell | Ferrell | 1924 | Inactive. Merged into Mystic Valley Lodge in 2004. | |
Bay Path | Ferrell | 1924 | Active. | |
Eastern Star | Ferrell | 1924 | Active. Netop Lodge merged here in 1996. | |
Netop | Ferrell | 1924 | Inactive. Merged into Eastern Star Lodge in 1996. | |
Elm | Ferrell | 1925 | Inactive. Merged into Elm-Belcher Lodge in 1988. | |
United | Ferrell | 1925 | Inactive. Merged into Shawmut Lodge in 1993. | |
Everett C. Benton | Simpson | 1926 | Inactive. Merged into Price-Benton Lodge, 2002; now a part of The Consolidated Lodge. | |
Hesperia | Simpson | 1926 | Inactive. Merged into St. Paul's-Algonquin Lodge in 2004. | |
Pagoda (China) | Simpson | 1926 | Inactive. Surrendered charter 1939. | |
Boston University | Simpson | 1926 | Active. Charter surrendered 1999, re-granted 2012; we have the 1999 charter, as a new one was issued at the restoration. | |
Major General Henry Knox | Simpson | 1926 | Active. | |
Watuppa | Simpson | 1927 | Inactive. Charter surrendered 2002. | |
Brotherhood | Simpson | 1927 | Inactive. Merged into Moses Michael Hays Lodge in 1986. | |
Joel H. Prouty | Simpson | 1927 | Active. | |
Nehoiden | Simpson | 1928 | Inactive. Merged into Beth-Horon Lodge in 2010. | |
Rose of Sharon | Simpson | 1928 | Active. Merged into Morning Star Lodge, 1974; restored and re-granted in 1993 at the Masonic Home. | |
William Sewall Gardner | Simpson | 1928 | Active. Kilwinning Lodge merged here, 2007; from then, William Sewall Gardner-Kilwinning. | |
Benjamin F. Arrington | Simpson | 1928 | Inactive. Merged into Wayfarers Lodge in 1984. | |
Matthew John Whittall | H. Dean | 1929 | Active. | |
Waltham | H. Dean | 1929 | Inactive. Merged into Waltham Triad Lodge in 1988. | |
Sungari (China) | H. Dean | 1929 | Inactive. Surrendered charter 1939 | |
Tahattawan | H. Dean | 1929 | Active. | |
Mount Scopus | Chipman | 1932 | Inactive. Canaan Lodge merged here, 1973. Merged into Converse Lodge in 2009. | |
Longmeadow | Chipman | 1932 | Inactive. Merged into The Meadows Lodge in 2007. | |
Moses Michael Hays | H. Dean | 1932 | Inactive. Many lodges merged here, but this charter was surrendered in favor of the Beth-Horon charter in 2019. | |
Mount Sinai | Wragg | 1946 | Inactive. Merged into Mount Carmel Lodge in 1989. | |
Wampatuck | Wragg | 1947 | Inactive. Merged into [1] Lodge in 2016, taking precedence of John Cutler Lodge. | |
Lynnfield | Wragg | 1947 | Inactive. Merged into Lynnfield-Zetland Lodge in 2002. | |
Freedom | Wragg | 1947 | Inactive. Merged into Moses Michael Hays Lodge in 1999. | |
Wamsutta | Keith | 1950 | Inactive. Merged into Star in the East Lodge in 2004. | |
Zerubbabel | Keith | 1950 | Inactive. Merged into Cosmopolitan Lodge in 2001. | |
Dover | Roy | 1952 | Inactive. Merged into Lafayette-Dover Lodge in 1985. | |
Canaan | Roy | 1952 | Inactive. Merged into Mount Scopus Lodge in 1973. | |
Ezra | Roy | 1952 | Inactive. Merged into King David Lodge in 1985. | |
Level | Roy | 1952 | Active. | |
Shawmont | Roy | 1953 | Inactive. Merged into Indian Orchard-Shawmont Lodge in 1982. Now a part of Brigham Lodge. | |
Realty | W. Johnson | 1955 | Inactive. Merged into Loyalty-Realty Lodge in 1983. | |
Nantascot | W. Johnson | 1955 | Inactive. Merged into Satuit Lodge in 1996. | |
Garden City | W. Johnson | 1955 | Active. | |
Simonds | W. Johnson | 1955 | Inactive. Merged into King David Lodge in 1985. | |
Emeth | W. Johnson | 1955 | Inactive. Merged into King David Lodge in 1985. | |
Frank W. Thompson | W. Johnson | 1956 | Active. | |
North Reading | W. Johnson | 1956 | Active. | |
Perfection | A. Jenkins | 1958 | Inactive. Merged into Meridian Lodge in 2017. | |
Maugus Hill | A. Jenkins | 1958 | Inactive. Merged into Meridian Lodge in 1999. | |
Ocean | A. Jenkins | 1959 | Inactive. Merged into Hammatt-Ocean Lodge in 1994. Now a part of Mount Tabor Lodge. | |
New Meadows | A. Jenkins | 1959 | Inactive. Merged into Budleigh Lodge in 2001. | |
Sharon | A. Jenkins | 1959 | Inactive. Merged into Moses Michael Hays Lodge in 1989. | |
Daniel Webster | Eaton | 1965 | Active. | |
Carribbean Naval (Cuba) | Booth | 1966 | Active. | |
The Demolay | Maxwell | 1975 | Inactive. Charter revoked 2012. | |
Metacomet Daylight | Ames | 1988 | Inactive. Merged into Cawnacome Sunshine Lodge in 2006. | |
Cawnacome Sunshine | Booth | 1992 | Active. Metacomet Daylight Lodge merged here in 2006. | |
Nauset Light | A. Johnson | 1997 | Inactive. Charter surrendered 2013. | |
Eloy Alfaro (Panama) | Hodgdon | 2008 | Active. | |
Scouters' | Stewart | 2011 | Active. | |
Scimitar | Waugh | 2015 | Active. | |
Lodge of the Royal Secret | Gleason | 2019 | Active. |