MAFirstAntigua
FIRST LODGE, WEST INDIES
Location: Antigua
Chartered By: Tomlinson
Charter Date: 06/24/1738 I-7
Precedence Date: 06/24/1738
Current Status: Removed from the Roll of Lodges of the Grand Lodge of England in 1813; assigned to the Provincial Grand Lodge of the West Indies in 1739.
NOTES
According to the Antigua web page of the District Grand Lodge of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean:
"The Premier Grand Lodge of England (The Moderns) issued a Warrant on 31st January 1738, for Parham Lodge No 154 to meet in St. John’s, Antigua. Further Warrants were issued to Court House Lodge No 164 on 22 nd November 1738 and Bakers Lodge No 170 on 17 th March 1739. William Isaac Matthew was issued with a Patent in 1739 as Provincial Grand Master for the Leeward Islands, which in those days included Antigua."
