KingHiram

KING HIRAM'S LODGE

Location: Truro; Provincetown (1804)

Chartered By: Paul Revere

Charter Date: 03/25/1796 II-81

Precedence Date: 12/12/1795

Current Status: Active

NOTES

PAST MASTERS

John Young, 1796-1799
Jonathan Cook, 1800-1801; 1805-1807
Allen Hinckley 1802-1803
Henry Paine, 1804
Orasmus Thomas, 1810-1810; 1817-1821
Ephraim Blanchard, 1810-1812
Daniel Pease, 1812-1814
Simeon Conant, 1816-1817
Joseph Sawtelle, 1821-1827
Henry Willard, 1828-1829
Jonathan Cook, Jr., 1829-1830
Barzilla Higgins, 1831-1834, 1847-1848
Waterman Crocker, 1835-1847
Godfrey Ryder, 1849-1850
Joseph Prosper Johnson, 1851-1854, 1859-1864
Peter F. Doliver, 1855
Lewis L. Sellew, 1856
Reuben F. Cook, 1857-1858
Elijah Smith, 1865-1866
John W. Atwood, 1867-1870
Joseph S. Atwood, 1871-1872
E. Parker Cook, 1873-1874
John M. Crocker, 1875-1876
Artemus P. Hannum, 1877-1878
Moses N. Gifford, 1879-1880
F.A.H. Gifford, 1881
Joseph H. Dyer, 1882
Harvey O. Sparrow, 1883
Thomas Lowe, 1884
Hezekiah P. Hughes, 1885
Lewis H. Baker, 1886
James A. Small, 1887-1888
Andrew T. Williams, 1889
Jerome S. Smith, 1890-1891
George W. Holbrook, 1892-1894
William W. Johnson, 1895-1896
William H. Young, 1897-1898
Irving R. Rosenthal, 1899-1900
Daniel M. McKay, 1901-1902
Simeon C. Smith, 1903-1904
John W. Small, 1905-1906
Henry A. Wippich, 1907-1909
George W. Cashman, 1910-1911
William McIntyre, 1912-1913
WIlliam W. Taylor, 1914
E.A. DeWager, 1915-1916
Fred L. Dearborn, 1917
Charles N. Rogers, 1918-1919
John P. Silva, 1920-1921
Lloyd H. Higgins, 1922-1923
Charles H. Scudder, 1924
Lawrence N. MacKenzie, 1925-1926
George F. Miller, 1927-1928
Ephraim J. Rivard, 1929-1930
George S. Chapman, Jr., 1931-1932, 1938, 1945-1946
Harry L. Eastman, 1933
E. Hayes Small, 1934
Ernest H. Small, Jr. 1935
Ralph C. Tinkham, 1936-1937
Irving H. MacNayr, 1939-1940
Gustav Aust, 1941-1942, 1944
Charles E. Garran, 1943
Irving A. Horton, 1947-1948
William N. Rogers, 1949-1950
Churchill T. Smith, 1951-1952
Clifford B. Taylor, 1953-1954
Henry B. Fisk, 1955-1956
Burton Kenney, 1957-1958
Wesley G. Felton, 1959-1960
Gilman L. Lane, 1961
John R. Patrick, 1962-1963
William W. McKeller, 1964-1965
George R. Felton, 1966-1967, 1979
LeRoy E. Atkins, 1968-1969
William D. Hersey, 1970-1971
Irving R. Wheeler, 1972-1974
John S. Barros, 1975-1976
Donald A. Belisle, 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1989-1990
Marc W. Belisle, 1982-1984
Fredrick E. Young, 1985-1986
Robert J. Walther, 1987-1988
Chronis G. Kalivas, 1991-1992
Mario B. Mere, 1993
Scott J. Alden, 1994
Walter B. Pollock, III, 1995, 2001, 2004
James J. Theriault, 1996, 2006
Michael A. Janoplis, 1997
David R. Thomson, 1998, 2000
Southard Lippincott, 1999
Matthew E. Monroe, 2002-2003
Mark A. Finley, 2005
Rex McKinsey, 2006-2007
Ralph E. Desmond, 2008-2009

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Charter: 1795

ANNIVERSARIES

1896 (Centenary)
1946 (150th Anniversary)
1970 (175th Anniversary)
1996 (200th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1805 (Thomas; installation)
1885 (Howland)
1896 (Holmes; Centenary; Special Communcation)
1913 (Benton)
1933 (Chipman)
1946 (Wragg; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1970 (Jaynes; 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1976 (Maxwell; Rededication of Pilgrim Monument; Special Communication)
1988 (Ames)
1996 (A. Johnson; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
2001 (Bauer)
2007 (Hodgdon; Rededication of Pilgrim Monument; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1880 1881 1903 1912 1916 1924 1930 1932 1956 1961 1964 1973 1981 1985 1992 1994 2003 2010

HISTORY

1946 (150th Anniversary History, 1946-265)
1970 (175th Anniversary History, 1970-424)
1996 (200th Anniversary History, 1996-39; detailed excerpt from Every First Monday)

OTHER

1804 (Petition granted to remove to Provincetown, II-256)
1821 (Note on delinquency, III-341, III-368)
1822 (Petition for remission of dues refused, III-404)
1824 (Note on delinquency, III-478)
1848 (Petition on substitution of charter, V-166, V-223)
1849 (Withdrawal of petition, V-230)
1853 (Report on conflict with District Deputy, V-478)
1855 (Report on conflict with District Deputy, V-579, V-588)
1856 (Report on conflict with District Deputy, VI-18)
1857 (Restoration of District Deputy, VI-142)
1883 (Objection of proxy of lodge to Constitutions amendment, 1883-13)
1884 (Dispensation for public profession, 1884-146)
1937 (Reduction of fees approved, 1937-108)

MEMORIALS

ALLEN HINCKLEY 1769-1861

MM 1797, WM 1802-1804, King Hiram's
Charter Member of King Hiram's

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XX, No. 5, March 1861, Page 160:

We learn from Provincetown, Cape Cod, that the venerable Brother Deacon Allen Hinckley died at thai place on the 16th February last, aged 91 years and 4 months. Bro. Hinckley was the oldest Mason belonging to King Hiram Lodge, and one of the oldest in the country. He was one of the petitioners for the Charter of his Lodge, which was granted in 1795. He must therefore have been initialed 66 or 67 years ago. He was a faithful Brother and has gone to receive the reward of the good and true.