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JOHN ABBOT LODGE

Location: Somerville

Chartered By: John T. Heard

Charter Date: 09/08/1858 VI-190

Precedence Date: 10/21/1857

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge to form John Abbot-Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge, 10/02/2001.

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1857
• Petition for Charter: 1858
• Consolidation Petition (with Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge): 2001

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1907 (50th Anniversary)
• 1932 (75th Anniversary)
• 1957 (Centenary)

• 2009 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1858 (Heard; Constitution of Lodge and installation, hall dedication)
• 1882 (Lawrence)
• 1888 (Endicott; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1891 (Wells)
• 1892 (Wells)
• 1896 (Holmes)
• 1898 (Hutchinson)
• 1902 (Gallagher)
• 1906 (Blake)
• 1907 (Blake; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1913 (Benton)
• 1914 (M. Johnson)
• 1916 (M. Johnson)
• 1917 (L. Abbott; Members' Night)
• 1918 (L. Abbott; Members' Night)
• 1919 (L. Abbott)
• 1928 (Simpson; Members' Night)
• 1929 (H. Dean)
• 1932 (Chipman; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1937 (Allen)
• 1940 (Perry; Veterans' Night)
• 1948 (Keith; reception for Deputy Grand Master Hamilton)
• 1957 (A. Jenkins; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1987 (Ames)
• 2001 (Bauer; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1872 1880 1887 1888 1896 1897 1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1919 1920 1921 1924 1926 1932 1938 1940 1947 1950 1963 1966 1970 1971 1972 1987

HISTORY

• 1888 (Historical address at hall dedication, 1888-230)
• 1932 (75th Anniversary History, 1932-179)
• 1957 (Centenary History, 1957-139)

OTHER

• 1886 (Appeal from ruling by Master; 186-57; 1886-103)
• 1887 (Appeal by lodge; 1887-27)
• 1888 (Dedication of hall, 1888-228)
• 1908 (Dedication of monument, 1908-50)

MEMORIALS

EDMUND BURKE 1824-1874

• MM 1866, Mount Tabor
• Affil. John Abbot, 1870

From New England Freemason, Vol. II, No. 1, January 1875, Page 45:

Captain Edmund Burke, who died in Somerville, Mass., Dec. 20th, had been for many years engaged in the trade with the Azores, and had made upwards of fifty voyages from Boston to Fayal; his record being remarkably free from disasters, while the regularity and speed of the passages testified to his efficiency as a skilful navigator. An incident of his seafaring life, which gained him great credit at the time, was the saving of some three hundred and six persons from the British ship Gratitude, on the first of January, 1866, which vessel was discovered at sea in a sinking condition. They were rescued from the unfortunate vessel after great difficulty, and safely transferred to the barque Fredonia, commanded by Captain Burke. In the performance of this noble work Captain Burke was obliged to throw overboard nearly the whole of his cargo of fruit, in order to make room for the men, women and children, just saved from the sinking wreck.

The survivors were brought to Boston, and its citizens soon after united in presenting to Captain Burke a purse of $5000 as a testimonial of his gallant conduct on the occasion. The British Government also gave him a gold chronometer, and the other officers and crew of the Fredonia likewise received a gift of money.

During the secession war, Captain Burke narrowly escaped capture on several occasions, while the rebel cruisers were hovering on the track to the Western Islands. The wrath of Semmes of the Alabama had been greatly excited in consequence of Mr. Dabney's refusal to furnish coal for the blockside runners at Fayal; and as the latter gentleman was the owner of the Fredonia, the rebel Semmes declared that he would destroy that vessel if it took six months to accomplish it. On one occasion he waited off Fayal to intercept her; but Captain Burke, taking advantage of a stormy night, ran in by him and reached the harbor in safety. Semmes waited outside three days after this successful feat, before he learned that the Fredonia had escaped. Captain Burke was a very popular commander, and the many invalids and pleasure travellers whom he h:is transported to and from the Azores will remember the uniform kindness and courtesy they received from him on their ocean voyage. He was a member of John Abbot Lodge, of Somerville.

Biographical Sketch

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Selwyn Z. Bowman, DDGM, District 2 (Charlestown), 1878; Memorial
• Donald W. Carriger, Jr., DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1995, 1996
• Thomas M. Durell, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1893, 1894; SN
• Eugene B. Hamilton, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1939, 1940; Deputy Grand Master 1948; N
• John K. Hall, DDGM, District 11, 1861-1863; SN
• Irving E. Johansen, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1979, 1980
• Frank W. Kaan, Senior Grand Warden 1898; N
• Frank W. Mead, Grand Marshal 1902-1905, Senior Grand Warden 1906
• Seward E. Nichols, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1943, 1944; N
• Michael S. Podymaitis, DDGM, District 3, 2003, 2004
• Charles W. Shepherd, Jr., DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1967, 1968; SN
• Frederic E. Wood, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1906, 1907; N
• Robert W. Young, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1949, 1950; N

DISTRICTS

1857: District 11

1867: District 2 (Charlestown)

1883: District 6 (Somerville)

1911: District 6 (Somerville)

1927: District 6 (Arlington)

LINKS

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