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== MASSACHUSETTS MASONIC DISTRICTS == | == MASSACHUSETTS MASONIC DISTRICTS == | ||
− | The first division of the Massachusetts jurisdiction into Masonic Districts occurred | + | The first division of the Massachusetts jurisdiction into Masonic Districts occurred at the December [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1801 1801] Annual Communication, when a committee assigned to revise the Grand Constitutions proposed a system and the creation of a new officer, the District Deputy Grand Master. |
+ | It is unclear whether District Deputies were appointed in 1802, but they were in place by 1803, as there are notes in the ''Proceedings'' indicating that certain District Deputies were acting under instruction of the Grand Master to dedicate halls and constitute lodges. | ||
− | http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1811#Section_9_3 | + | The form of districts and the duties of District Deputies were formally established in the [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1811#Section_9_3 9th Section] of the 1811 Grand Constitutions. |
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+ | === 1803-1820 DISTRICT ALIGNMENTS === | ||
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+ | There were 12 districts in existence in 1803, and lodges constituted subsequent to that time were added to the district closest to their meeting place. The Boston (1st) District was by far the largest, while the Islands (12th) District was the smallest. Maine was represented by three Districts (the 9th, 10th and 11th); lodges outside Massachusetts proper, such as those in Ohio or the lodges in [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB Demarara] or [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=LHereuxReveil Puerto Rico] were not assigned to any district. | ||
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+ | When Maine became a state and established its own Grand Lodge, the districts were reorganized. | ||
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+ | Districts in 1803: | ||
+ | # Boston and Vicinity | ||
+ | # Newburyport and North Shore | ||
+ | # South Shore and Cape Cod | ||
+ | # Southeast | ||
+ | # Framingham, West and North | ||
+ | # Central Massachusetts and Worcester | ||
+ | # North Central Massachusetts | ||
+ | # Berkshires | ||
+ | # Southern Maine | ||
+ | # Central Maine | ||
+ | # Eastern Maine | ||
+ | # Islands |
Revision as of 22:32, 17 August 2010
MASSACHUSETTS MASONIC DISTRICTS
The first division of the Massachusetts jurisdiction into Masonic Districts occurred at the December 1801 Annual Communication, when a committee assigned to revise the Grand Constitutions proposed a system and the creation of a new officer, the District Deputy Grand Master.
It is unclear whether District Deputies were appointed in 1802, but they were in place by 1803, as there are notes in the Proceedings indicating that certain District Deputies were acting under instruction of the Grand Master to dedicate halls and constitute lodges.
The form of districts and the duties of District Deputies were formally established in the 9th Section of the 1811 Grand Constitutions.
1803-1820 DISTRICT ALIGNMENTS
There were 12 districts in existence in 1803, and lodges constituted subsequent to that time were added to the district closest to their meeting place. The Boston (1st) District was by far the largest, while the Islands (12th) District was the smallest. Maine was represented by three Districts (the 9th, 10th and 11th); lodges outside Massachusetts proper, such as those in Ohio or the lodges in Demarara or Puerto Rico were not assigned to any district.
When Maine became a state and established its own Grand Lodge, the districts were reorganized.
Districts in 1803:
- Boston and Vicinity
- Newburyport and North Shore
- South Shore and Cape Cod
- Southeast
- Framingham, West and North
- Central Massachusetts and Worcester
- North Central Massachusetts
- Berkshires
- Southern Maine
- Central Maine
- Eastern Maine
- Islands