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ST. JOHN'S LODGE NEWFOUNDLAND

Location: Placentia, Newfoundland

Chartered By: Oxnard

Charter Date: 11/24/1746 I-9

Precedence Date: 11/24/1746

Current Status: ceased to function sometime before 1832; not on the rolls of the current Provincial Grand Lodge.


NOTES

From the web site of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Newfoundland and Labrador:

Although our Grand Lodge is relatively new, Freemasonry in Newfoundland & Labrador can be traced back to 1746.

The first Warrant for a Lodge in Newfoundland was granted by Thomas Oxnard, The Provincial Grand Master of Massachusetts,1746 for a lodge believed to be in Placentia Area, a second Lodge appears on the Massachusetts records as "St. John's Newfoundland Lodge".


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Massachusetts Lodges