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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OldColony Old Colony]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMCutler Cutler]''</td>
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<td>1792</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MorningStar Morning Star]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMCutler Cutler]''</td>
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<td>1793</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Republican Republican]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMCutler Cutler]''</td>
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<td>1794</td>
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<td>Active. The library has the 1851 temporary charter.</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=EveningStar Evening Star]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
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<td>1795</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OldColony Old Colony]''''' 12/10/1792
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# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MorningStar Morning Star]''''' 06/11/1793
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Cincinnatus Cincinnatus]</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Republican Republican]''''', 12/08/1794
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=EveningStar Evening Star]''''', 06/09/1795
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Cincinnatus Cincinnatus]''''', 12/09/1795
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<td>1795</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingHiram King Hiram's]''''', 12/12/1795
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<td>Active.</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Washington Washington]''''', 03/17/1796
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# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Columbian Columbian]''''', 06/08/1796
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# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmony Harmony]''''', 06/13/1796
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# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionD Union (Dorchester)]''''', 06/13/1796
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingHiram King Hiram's]</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas Thomas]''''', 12/13/1796
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPaulA St. Paul]''''', 01/13/1797
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jerusalem Jerusalem]''''', 06/13/1797
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<td>1795</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bristol Bristol]''''', 06/14/1797
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<td>Active.</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fellowship Fellowship]''''', 06/15/1797
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# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Corinthian Corinthian]''''', 06/16/1797
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# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Montgomery Montgomery]''''', 09/13/1797
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# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OliveBranch Olive Branch]''''', 09/13/1797
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Washington Washington]</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram]''''', 12/11/1797 (now '''''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MysticValley2 Mystic Valley]''''')
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Meridian Meridian]''''', 12/11/1797
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Marine Marine]''''', 03/13/1798
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<td>1796</td>
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingDavid King David]''''', 06/12/1798
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<td>Active.</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Columbian Columbian]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
 +
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
 +
<td>1796</td>
 +
<td>Active.</td>
 +
</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmony Harmony]</td>
 +
<td bgcolor="green"></td>
 +
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
 +
<td>1796</td>
 +
<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionD Union (Dorchester)]'</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
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<td>1796</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas Thomas]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
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<td>1796</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPaulA St. Paul]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
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<td>1797</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jerusalem Jerusalem]</td>
 +
<td bgcolor="green"></td>
 +
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
 +
<td>1797</td>
 +
<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bristol Bristol]</td>
 +
<td bgcolor="green"></td>
 +
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
 +
<td>1797</td>
 +
<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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 +
<tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fellowship Fellowship]</td>
 +
<td bgcolor="green"></td>
 +
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
 +
<td>1797</td>
 +
<td>Active.</td>
 +
</tr>
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 +
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Corinthian Corinthian]</td>
 +
<td bgcolor="green"></td>
 +
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
 +
<td>1797</td>
 +
<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Montgomery Montgomery]</td>
 +
<td bgcolor="green"></td>
 +
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
 +
<td>1797</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OliveBranch Olive Branch]</td>
 +
<td bgcolor="green"></td>
 +
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
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<td>1797</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
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<td>1797</td>
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<td>Active. (now [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MysticValley2 Mystic Valley])</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Meridian Meridian]</td>
 +
<td bgcolor="green"></td>
 +
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere]''</td>
 +
<td>1797</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Marine Marine]</td>
 +
<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBartlett Bartlett]''</td>
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<td>1798</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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</tr>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingDavid King David]</td>
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<td bgcolor="green"></td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBartlett Bartlett]''</td>
 +
<td>1798</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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Revision as of 16:20, 11 December 2019

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).

KEY

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, 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.
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.
St. John's, Newburyport Gridley 1766 Active
The Tyrian Joseph Warren 1770Merged 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 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.
Unity (Ipswich) Webb 1779 Inactive; location unknown.
Washington Army Webb 1779 Inactive; lapsed. Charter disposition unknown.
King Solomon's John Warren 1783 Active.
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.
Morning Star Cutler 1793 Active.
Republican Cutler 1794 Active. The library has the 1851 temporary charter.
Evening Star Revere 1795 Active.
Cincinnatus Revere 1795 Active.
King Hiram's Revere 1795 Active.
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.
Jerusalem Revere 1797 Active.
Bristol Revere 1797 Active.
Fellowship Revere 1797 Active.
Corinthian Revere 1797 Active.
Montgomery Revere 1797 Active.
Olive Branch Revere 1797 Active.
Hiram Revere 1797 Active. (now Mystic Valley)
Meridian Revere 1797 Active.
Marine Bartlett 1798 Active.
King David Bartlett 1798 Active.