LodgePrecedence

LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE

OVERALL LIST

• Lodges still active under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts are noted in bold italic. Lodges active in other Grand Lodges are noted in italic.
• & = Lodges chartered by St. John's Grand Lodge
• § = Lodges chartered by Massachusetts Provincial/Independent Grand Lodge

1. St. John's (Boston) 07/30/1733 &
2. First, Philadelphia PA 06/24/1734 &
3. Solomon's #1, Charleston SC 12/27/1735 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of South Carolina
4. St. John's (Portsmouth) (Portsmouth NH) 06/24/1736 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
5. Master's 01/02/1738 &
6. Annapolis Royal, NS 06/24/1738 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia
7. First Lodge West Indies, Antigua 06/24/1738 & withdrawn to the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Leeward Islands
8. St. John's, Newfoundland 12/24/1746 &
9. St. John's Newport (Newport RI) 12/27/1749 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
10. Halifax 07/19/1750 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia
11. Annapolis MD 08/12/1750 &
12. Hiram (New Haven CT) 11/12/1750 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
13. Lodge at New London (New London CT) 01/12/1753 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
14. St. John's, Middletown (Middletown CT) 02/04/1754 &' withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
15. Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756
16. Rising States 11/30/1756 (Separated part of Lodge of St. Andrew, 1783) §
17. St. John's, Cranston (Providence RI) 01/18/1757 &
18. Master's, Newport (Newport RI) 03/20/1759 &
19. Philanthropic (Marblehead) 03/25/1760 &
20. Surinam 04/08/1761 &
21. Hartford (Hartford CT) 03/21/1762 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
22. Falmouth (Portland) (Portland Maine) 03/30/1762 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
23. Temple, Elizabeth Town NJ 07/28/1762 &
24. King Solomon's, Waterbury (Waterbury CT) 10/26/1764 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
25. Quebec 10/26/1764 &
26. Pitt County, NC 12/10/1764 &
27. St. John's, Princeton NJ 10/25/1765 &
28. St. John's, Newburyport 07/17/1766 &
29. Norwich (Norwich CT) 10/24/1766 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
30. Salem 10/24/1766 &
31. St. Christopher, West Indies 10/24/1766 &
32. Barbados 10/24/1766 &
33. Virginia 10/24/1766 &
34. Compass, Wallingford (Wallingford CT) 05/01/1769 &
35. The Tyrian 02/23/1770 §
36. The Massachusetts 05/13/1770 §
37. Union (Nantucket) 05/27/1771 &
38. St. Peter's 03/06/1772 §
39. Rising Sun 06/22/1772 & merged with St. John's Boston, 11/15/1791
40. American Union 02/15/1776 &
41. Berkshire (Williamstown) 03/08/1777 §
42. Trinity 01/30/1778 §
43. United States 01/30/1778 §
44. Warren (Machias ME) 09/04/1778 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
45. Essex 03/09/1779 §
46. Unity (Ipswich) 03/09/1779 §
47. Washington Army 10/06/1779 §
48. St. Patrick, Portsmouth NH 03/17/1780 §
49. Union, Danbury (Danbury CT) 05/23/1780 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
50. Wooster, Colchester CT 01/23/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
51. St. Paul's, Litchfield CT 05/22/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
52. Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie NY 09/06/1782 §
53. King Hiram, Shelton CT 01/03/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
54. Montgomery, Lakeville CT 03/06/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
55. King Solomon's 09/05/1783 §
56. Hampshire (Northampton) 01/30/1784 §
57. Rising Sun (Keene NH) 03/05/1784 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
58. North Star (Manchester VT) 01/19/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
59. Friendship (Williamstown) 07/23/1785 §
60. Columbia, Norwich CT 07/23/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
61. Frederick, Farmington CT 10/29/1787 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
62. Faithful (Cornish VT) 02/22/1788 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
63. Dartmouth (Hanover NH) 12/18/1788 §
64. Harmonic 12/08/1790 §
65. Lincoln 06/01/1792 withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
66. Old Colony 12/10/1792
67. Federal 12/10/1792
68. Morning Star 06/11/1793
69. Franklin (Cheshire) 06/09/1794
70. Hancock 06/09/1794 withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
71. Republican 12/09/1794
72. Middlesex 06/08/1795
73. Evening Star 06/09/1795
74. Cincinnatus 12/09/1795
75. King Hiram's, 12/12/1795
76. Kennebec, 03/15/1796 withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
77. Fayette, 03/15/1796
78. Washington, 03/17/1796
79. Columbian, 06/08/1796
80. Harmony, 06/13/1796
81. Union (Dorchester), 06/13/1796
82. Thomas, 12/13/1796
83. St. Paul, 01/13/1797
84. Jerusalem, 06/13/1797
85. Tuscan (Me.)
86. Bristol, 06/14/1797
87. Fellowship, 06/15/1797
88. Corinthian, 06/16/1797
89. Montgomery, 09/13/1797
90. Olive Branch, 09/13/1797
91. Meridian Sun (1797), 09/13/1797
92. Hiram, 12/11/1797 (now Mystic Valley)
93. Meridian, 12/11/1797
94. King Solomon in Perfection, 12/11/1797
95. Marine, 03/13/1798
96. Mount Moriah (Reading), 03/14/1798
97. Social, 03/16/1798
98. King David, 06/12/1798
99. Eastern Star (1798), 03/16/1798
100. Rising Star, 12/10/1799

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
32. Rising Star, 12/10/1799