MassachusettsYear1807

1807

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TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Grand Master

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/12 (Vila's Hotel, Boston): II-352;
  • II-353: Petition by Rising Virtue Lodge to remove to [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEBangor Bangor, granted on condition they pay fees due.

• 06/08 (Vila's Hotel, Boston): II-355;
  • II-355: Correspondence with Grand Lodge of New York regarding fees.
  • II-359: Grand Secretary to provide a statement on delinquencies of District Deputy Grand Masters.
  • II-359: Examination of Friendship Lodge accounts to be undertaken.

• 09/14 (Vila's Hotel, Boston): II-363;
  • II-363: Petitions from Federal Lodge, King Solomon Lodge of Perfection, Friendship Lodge; each lodge to be remitted funds.
  • II-365: Report on delinquencies of District Deputies given.
  • II-365: Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
  • II-366: Petition for Pacific Lodge to remove to Leverett; granted.
  • II-366: Petition for Jerusalem Lodge to remove to * Williamsburg; granted.
  • II-366: Petition for Old Colony Lodge to remove to Hingham; granted.

• 12/14 (Masons Hall, Boston): II-367; Annual Communication.
  • II-368: Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania; Grand Lodge to send a deputation to a convention in Philadelphia in May 1808.
  • II-369: Communication from: St. John's Lodge in Demarara.
  • II-369: Correspondence with Portland Lodge.
  • II-369: Correspondence with Lodge of St. Andrew (under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland); they would seek a discharge from Scotland in order to come under Massachusetts jurisdiction.
  • II-372: Re-election of Grand Master Bigelow.
  • II-373: Reports of District Deputies; financial reports.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

• 03/12: II-352; Petition for lodge in New Brunswick withdrawn.

• 03/12: II-352; Petition for Mount Vernon Lodge, Belchertown, granted.

• 03/12: II-353; Petition for Pentucket Lodge, Chelmsford, granted.

• 03/12: II-353; Petition for lodge in Southwick, carried over to next Quarterly.
  • 06/08: II-359; Sylvan Lodge, Southwick, granted.

• 03/12: II-353; Petition for lodge in Buckstown (Me.); considered "inexpedient"; postponed.

• 09/14: II-364; Petition for Oxford Lodge, Paris (Me.), granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 06/27 (Lynn): II-361;
  • II-361: Constitution of Mount Carmel Lodge, Lynn, and installation of officers. Public ceremony; several "odes and hymns" composed for the occasion were sung; address by R.W. and Rev. Asa Eaton.

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LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1807

DISTRICT 1 (Boston and vicinity)

Daniel Davis, District Deputy Grand Master; 14 Lodges

• St. John's (Boston, 1733)
• Rising States, (Boston, 1752)
• The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
• King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
• Columbian (Boston, 1796)
• Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
• Union (Dorchester, 1796)
• Hiram (Lexington, 1797)
• Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
• Mount Moriah (Reading, 1798)
• Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
• Rural (Quincy, 1801)
• Constellation (Dedham, 1802)
• Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)

DISTRICT 2 (Newburyport and North Shore)

Jonathan Gage, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges

• Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
• St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
• The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
• St. Peter's (Newburyport, 1773)
• Unity (Ipswich, 1779)
• Essex (Salem, 1792)
• Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
• St. Mark's, (Newburyport, 1803)
• Mount Carmel, (Lynn, 1805)
• Pentucket, (Chelmsford, 1807)

DISTRICT 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)

Hector Orr, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges

• Old Colony (Hanover, 1792)
• King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
• Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
• Adams (Wellfleet, 1797)
• Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
• Fore Fathers' Rock (Plymouth, 1801)
• Sumner (Dennis, 1801)
• Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
• Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)

DISTRICT 4 (Southeast)

James Ellis, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges

• Bristol (Norton, 1797)
• Montgomery (Franklin, 1797)
• Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1798)
• King David (Taunton, 1798)
• Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
• Washington Remembered (Roxbury, 1803)

DISTRICT 5 (Framingham, west and north)

Jonathan Maynard, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges

• Trinity (Lancaster, 1776)
• Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
• St. Paul's (Groton, 1797)
• Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
• Social (Ashby, 1798)
• Aurora (Leominster, 1801)

DISTRICT 6 (Central Mass., Worcester)

Ezekiel L. Bascomb, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

• Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
• Fayette (Charlton, 1796)
• Thomas (Monson, 1796)
• Olive Branch (Oxford, 1797)
• Meridian Sun (Brookfield, 1797)
• Mount Zion (Hardwick, 1800)
• Harris (Athol, 1802)
• Charity (Mendon, 1803)

DISTRICT 7 (North Central Massachusetts)

Daniel Stebbins, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

• Federal (Blandford, 1792)
• Republican (Greenfield, 1794)
• Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
• Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
• Pacific (Leverett, 1801)
• Mountain (Rowe, 1806)
• Mount Vernon (Belchertown, 1807)
• Sylvan (Southwick, 1807)

DISTRICT 8 (Berkshires)

Caleb Hyde, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges

• Friendship (Williamstown, 1785)
• Franklin (Cheshire, 1794)
• Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
• Cincinnatus (New Marlborough, 1795)
• Sincerity (Partridgefield, 1801)
• Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
• Sheffield (Sheffield, 1803)

DISTRICT 9 (Southern Maine)

Woodbury Storer, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges

• Portland (Portland (Me.), 1762)
• Lincoln (Wiscasset (Me.), 1792)
• Kennebec (Hallowell (Me.), 1796)
• United (Topsham (Me.), 1801)
• Saco (Pepperellboro (Me.), 1802)
• Pythagorean (Fryeburg (Me.), 1803)
• Cumberland (New Gloucester (Me.), 1803)
• Orient (Bridgetown (Me.), 1805)
• Solar (Bath (Me.), 1805)
• Ancient Landmark (Portland (Me.), 1806)
• Oxford (Paris (Me.), 1807)

DISTRICT 10 (Central Maine)

George Ulmer, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges

• Hancock (Castine (Me.), 1794)
• Amity (Camden (Me.), 1801)
• Rising Virtue (Bangor (Me.), 1802)
• Orient (Thomaston (Me.), 1806)
• St. George (Warren (Me.) 1806)

DISTRICT 11 (Eastern Maine)

John Cooper, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges

• Warren (Machias (Me.), 1778)
• Tuscan (Columbia (Me.), 1797)
• Eastern (Eastport (Me.), 1801)
• Ionic (Steuben (Me.), 1801)

DISTRICT 12 (Islands)

William Coffin, District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges

• Union (Nantucket, 1771)
• King Solomon Lodge in Perfection (Holmes' Hole, 1797)

OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS

No District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges

• American Union (Marietta (Ohio), 1776)
• St. John's (Starbrock, Demarara, 1801)
• Scioto (Chillicothe (Ohio), 1805)

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