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* Joseph Sherman, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHingham25_1883-1910 District 25 (Hingham)], 1900, 1901; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesSZ#SHERMAN.2C_JOSEPH_1840-1922 SN]'''
 
* Joseph Sherman, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHingham25_1883-1910 District 25 (Hingham)], 1900, 1901; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesSZ#SHERMAN.2C_JOSEPH_1840-1922 SN]'''
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLSSprague Seth Sprague, Jr.], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthShoreDistrict3_1821-34 District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)], 1827, 1828, 1829; Senior Grand Warden 1829
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLSSprague Seth Sprague, Jr.], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthShoreDistrict3_1821-34 District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)], 1827, 1828, 1829; Senior Grand Warden 1829
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLETTaylor Earl T. Taylor], Grand Chaplain, 1834-1837, 1840-1841.
 
* Charles A. Whitman, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPlymouth27_1927-2003 District 27 (Plymouth)], 1930, 1931; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesSZ#WHITMAN.2C_CHARLES_ALPHONSO_1881-1967 N]'''
 
* Charles A. Whitman, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPlymouth27_1927-2003 District 27 (Plymouth)], 1930, 1931; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesSZ#WHITMAN.2C_CHARLES_ALPHONSO_1881-1967 N]'''
  

Revision as of 20:04, 9 August 2013

CORNER STONE LODGE

MA_CornerStone.jpg

Location: Duxbury

Chartered By: Samuel Dunn

Charter Date: 12/14/1801 II-190

Precedence Date: 12/14/1801

Current Status: Active


NOTES

Charter surrendered 07/05/1834; functioned as the "Corner-stone Charitable Association" for the next nine years.
Charter restored 12/11/1844

A very detailed Centennial History appears on Pages 1902-98 through 1902-120.

Note that Corner Stone Lodge was a member of the 5th Masonic District at least from 1861 through 1867.


PAST MASTERS

  • Amos Brown, 1801, 1802, 1804
  • John Pattin, 1803
  • Studley Sampson, 1805-1807, 1812, 1813, 1818; SN
  • Nathaniel Winsor, Jr., 1808-1811
  • George Loring, 1814, 1815
  • Thomas Winsor, 1816, 1817
  • Soloman Washburn, 1819
  • Seth Sprague, Jr., 1820-1822
  • Thomas Peterson, 1823, 1831, 1834
  • William V. Kent, 1824
  • Gershom B. Weston, 1825, 1826, 1829, 1830, 1840-1845
  • John Porter, 1827, 1828
  • Joseph P. Bosworth, 1832, 1833
  • DARK 1835-1840
  • Martin Waterman, 1846, 1853-1856
  • William H. Sampson, 1847-1852
  • John Perkins, 1857
  • Samuel E. Ripley, 1858
  • Hambleton E. Smith, 1859
  • John Holmes, 1860
  • George Bradford, 1861-1864, 1869
  • Jabez Keep, 1865
  • George F. Sampson, 1866-1868, 1870
  • David Cushman, 1871
  • Henry Brewster, 1872
  • George H. Bonney, 1873-1875
  • George Baker, 1876, 1877
  • Thomas Alden, 1878-1880
  • Fernando Wadsworth, 1881
  • Stephen W. Eastman, 1882, 1883
  • Elnathan Delano, 1884, 1885
  • Franklin W. Hatch, 1886-1888
  • George H. Chandler, 1889, 1890
  • Arthur F. Blanchard, 1891, 1892
  • William W. Myrick, 1893, 1894
  • Walter C. Hammond, 1895, 1896
  • Joseph Sherman, 1897-1899, 1903; SN
  • Nathaniel K. Noyes, 1901, 1902
  • Daniel D. Devereaux, 1904-1906
  • Charles W. Bartlett, 1907, 1908
  • George A. Tower, 1909, 1910
  • Robert J. Needham, 1911, 1912
  • Henry T. Sturtevant, 1913, 1914
  • Frank C. Woodward, 1915, 1916
  • Edgar A. Baker, 1917, 1918; SN
  • George B. Cushing, 1919, 1920
  • Oscar C. Swope, 1921, 1922
  • Abraham S. Feinberg, 1923, 1924
  • Charles A. Whitman, 1925, 1926; N
  • Howard W. Carver, 1927, 1928
  • Morgan L. Woodruff, 1929
  • Clarence H. Nickerson, 1930, 1931
  • Harry L. Tinker, 1932, 1933
  • J. Newton Shirley, 1934, 1935
  • Earl W. Chandler, 1936, 1937
  • Clinton W. Baker, 1938, 1939
  • Harvey J. Page, 1940, 1941
  • Eugene O. Page, 1942, 1943
  • Willard R. Randall, 1944, 1945
  • George W. Cushman, 1946, 1947; SN
  • Benjamin J. Goodrich, 1948, 1949
  • Sidney R. Merry, 1950, 1951
  • George R. Riddell, 1952, 1953; N
  • Theodore M. Chase, 1954
  • Denman G. Baker, 1955
  • George A. Davis, 1956, 1957
  • Harold A. MacDonald, 1958; N
  • Georg F. Holl, Jr., 1959
  • Robert B. Delano, 1960
  • Richard A. Melvin, 1961; N
  • Robert W. Melvin, 1962
  • Charles E. Thygeson, 1963
  • Leon O. Paulding, 1964
  • Willard L. Thomes, 1965
  • William E. Hogan, 1966
  • Roger J. Melvin, 1967
  • Kendrick A. Williams, 1968, 1969
  • Richard Frederick Warren, 1970
  • Robert C. Melvin, 1971
  • Richard L. Frisbee, 1972
  • John Burgoyne, 1973
  • Donald R. Foote, 1974
  • Russell E. Blank, 1975
  • John A. Melvin, 1976
  • Winslow B. Carver, 1977, 1992
  • Walter E. Osborne, 1978
  • Irving B. Pierce, Jr., 1979
  • Dexter L. Gasper, 1980; PDDGM
  • Bruce Tenney, 1981
  • Paul Z. Cushman, 1982
  • Ernest G. Davis, 1983
  • Frederick M. Turner, 1984, 1997, 1998
  • August P. Cabral, 1985, 1986
  • Phillip L. Balboni, 1987
  • Roy B. Davis, 1988
  • Clifton J. Woodward, 1989, 1994
  • David R. Gasper, 1990, 1993
  • Alan M. Alexis, 1991
  • James J. Devaney, 1995, 1996
  • Thomas H. Kirkaldy, 1999, 2001
  • Henry Q. Dowd, 2000
  • Jeffrey M. Goldman, 2002
  • James M. Walsh, 2003
  • Thomas A. Morris, III, 2004, 2005
  • James J. Bennette, 2006
  • Carl E. Russell, 2007
  • Jack T. Sutton, 2008
  • Kenneth E. Tucker, 2009
  • Mark A. Grylls, 2010
  • Brandon T. Turner, 2011
  • Roy B. Davis, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Charter: 1801
  • Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1844

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1902 (Centenary)
  • 1926 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1879 1893 1898 1903 1914 1918 1920 1927 1929 1946 1954 1957 1967 1968 1969 1972 1989 1991 1999 2001 2004 2007

HISTORY

  • 1902 (Centenary History, 1902-86)
  • 1926 (125th Anniversary History, 1926-363)
  • 1976 (175th Anniversary History, 1976-390)

OTHER

  • 1816 (Petition for abatement of dues, III-64; rejected)
  • 1830 (Report of delinquency, IV-170)
  • 1866 (Jurisdictional dispute with Norfolk Union Lodge, VII-72)
  • 1872 (Participation in laying the cornerstone of the Myles Standish Monument, 1872-151)
  • 1881 (Jurisdictional dispute with Plymouth Lodge, 1881-66; 1881-193)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1803: District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)

1821: District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)

1844: District 5

1849: District 5

1867: District 16 (Plymouth)

1883: District 25 (Hingham)

1911: District 27 (Plymouth)

1927: District 27 (Plymouth)

2003: District 18


LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges