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Revision as of 15:32, 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Charters no longer active, lost, destroyed or location unknown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. Rising Sun merged here 1791.
Master's Price 1738 Chartered for the conferral of the Master Mason Degree. Charter surrendered in 1796.
Lodge of St. Andrew Grand Master of 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.
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.


  1. Unity (Ipswich) 03/09/1779 §
  2. Washington Army 10/06/1779 §
  3. St. Patrick, Portsmouth NH 03/17/1780 §
  4. Union, Danbury (Danbury CT) 05/23/1780 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  5. Wooster, Colchester CT 01/23/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  6. St. Paul's, Litchfield CT 05/22/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  7. Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie NY 09/06/1782 §
  8. King Hiram, Shelton CT 01/03/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  9. Montgomery, Lakeville CT 03/06/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  10. King Solomon's 09/05/1783 §
  11. Hampshire (Northampton) 01/30/1784 §
  12. Rising Sun (Keene NH) 03/05/1784 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
  13. North Star (Manchester VT) 01/19/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
  14. Friendship (Williamstown) 07/23/1785 §
  15. Columbia, Norwich CT 07/23/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  16. Frederick, Farmington CT 10/29/1787 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  17. Faithful (Cornish VT) 02/22/1788 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
  18. Dartmouth (Hanover NH) 12/18/1788 §
  19. Harmonic 12/08/1790 §

ACTIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS

  1. St. John's (Boston) 07/30/1733 &
  2. Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756
  3. Philanthropic (Marblehead) 03/25/1760 &
  4. The Tyrian 02/23/1770 §
  5. The Massachusetts 05/13/1770 §
  6. Union (Nantucket) 05/27/1771 &
  7. Trinity 01/30/1778 §
  8. Essex 03/09/1779 §
  9. King Solomon's 09/05/1783 §
  10. Old Colony 12/10/1792
  11. Morning Star 06/11/1793
  12. Republican, 12/08/1794
  13. Evening Star, 06/09/1795
  14. Cincinnatus, 12/09/1795
  15. King Hiram's, 12/12/1795
  16. Washington, 03/17/1796
  17. Columbian, 06/08/1796
  18. Harmony, 06/13/1796
  19. Union (Dorchester), 06/13/1796
  20. Thomas, 12/13/1796
  21. St. Paul, 01/13/1797
  22. Jerusalem, 06/13/1797
  23. Bristol, 06/14/1797
  24. Fellowship, 06/15/1797
  25. Corinthian, 06/16/1797
  26. Montgomery, 09/13/1797
  27. Olive Branch, 09/13/1797
  28. Hiram, 12/11/1797 (now Mystic Valley)
  29. Meridian, 12/11/1797
  30. Marine, 03/13/1798
  31. King David, 06/12/1798
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