MAConnecticutSummary
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MASSACHUSETTS LODGES IN CONNECTICUT
Prior to 1789, Both Massachusetts Grand Lodges chartered many lodges in Connecticut. This page summarizes those lodges and their present disposition.
See also Early Freemasonry in Connecticut.
ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE
- Hiram, New Haven
- New London
- St. John's, Middletown
- Chartered 02/04/1754; Oxnard
- Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as St. John's #2
- St. John's, Hartford
- Chartered 03/21/1762; Gridley
- Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as St. John's #4
- Merged with Wyllys #99 to form Wyllys-St. John's #4, 12/21/1988.
- King Solomon's, Waterbury
- Chartered 07/17/1765; Gridley
- Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as King Solomon's #7
- Norwich
- Compass, Wallingford
- Chartered 05/01/1769; Rowe
- Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Compass #9
- Guilford
- Chartered 07/10/1771; Rowe
- No mention after May 1775; Tabbert lists this lodge as replaced by St. Alban's #38 in 1797.
MASSACHUSETTS INDEPENDENT GRAND LODGE
- Wooster, Colchester
- Chartered 01/23/1780; Webb
- Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Wooster #10
- Union, Danbury
- St. Paul's, Litchfield CT
- Chartered 06/01/1781; Webb
- Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as St. Paul's #11
- King Hiram
- Chartered 01/03/1783; John Warren
- Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as King Hiram #12
- Montgomery
- Chartered 03/05/1783; John Warren
- Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Montgomery #13
- Columbia
- Frederick
- Chartered 10/29/1787; John Warren
- Founding Lodge, Grand Lodge of Connecticut, as Frederick #14
- Merged with Franklin #56 to form Frederick-Franklin #14, 01/01/2002.
