MassachusettsYear1829
1829
JOHN SOLEY, Grand Master
Contents
NOTES
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 03/11 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-150;
- IV-152: Committee appointed for deed committed by Meridian Sun Lodge, Brookfield.
- 06/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-153;
- IV-155: Committees on place of meeting and traveling diplomas requested to meet at next communication.
- 09/09 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-156;
- 12/09 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-158; Annual Communication.
- IV-160: Report of committee on "traveling diplomas." Committee suggests that creating "unnecessary multiplication of Masonic documents" is impolitic, "at a time when artful and interested disturbers of the peace are making attempts to excite and enlist popular prejudice and odium against the Institution." The committee recommends that no action be taken; accepted.
- IV-162: Report of Committee on Charity.
- IV-163: Report of Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
- IV-163: Communications from other Grand Lodges noted.
- IV-164: Election of Grand Master Joseph Jenkins and other Grand Lodge officers.
- 12/27 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-146:
- IV-147: Report of Grand Treasurer. Delinquent lodges:
- Carmel (6th District)
- Charity (4th District)
- Cincinnatus (8th District)
- Eden (6th District)
- Evening Star (8th District)
- Federal (9th District)
- Franklin (8th District)
- Freedom (9th District)
- Friendship (8th District); charter already surrendered.
- Hampden (10th District)
- Mystic (8th District)
- Rising Sun (8th District)
- Sumner (11th District)
- Trinity (5th District)
- Wisdom (8th District)
- IV-148: Installation of Grand Master Jenkins and other Grand Lodge officers.
- IV-147: Report of Grand Treasurer. Delinquent lodges:
PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS
None.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICT (with date of precedence): 1829
DISTRICT 1
Abraham A. Dame, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
- St. John's (Boston, 1733)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796)
- Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
- Union (Dorchester, 1796)
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
- Rural (Quincy, 1801)
DISTRICT 2
John Cook, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 14 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)
- Jordan (Danvers, 1808)
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Freedom (Woburn, 1824)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Grecian (Methuen, 1825)
DISTRICT 3
Seth Sprague, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
- Old Colony (Hanover, 1792)
- Fore Fathers' Rock (Plymouth, 1801)
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
- Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
- Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
- Phoenix (Hanover, 1826)
DISTRICT 4
Thomas S. Mann, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
- Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1798)
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
- Constellation (Dedham, 1801)
- Charity (Milford, 1803)
- St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
- Cassia (Medfield, 1823)
DISTRICT 5
William Whiting, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
- Trinity (Lancaster, 1776)
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
- St. Paul's (Groton, 1797)
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
- Social (Ashby, 1798)
- Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
- Pentucket (Chelmsford, 1807)
- Fredonia (Northboro, 1810)
- United Brethren (Marlborough, 1824)
- Clinton (Billerica, 1826)
- Farmers (Sterling, 1826)
DISTRICT 6
Otis Hayden, District Deputy Grand Master; 17 Lodges
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Fayette (Charlton, 1796)
- Olive Branch (Oxford, 1797)
- Meridian Sun (Brookfield, 1797)
- Mount Zion (Hardwick, 1800)
- Harris (Gerry, 1802)
- Thompson (Rutland, 1812)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Leicester (Leicester, 1823)
- Eden (Ware, 1824)
- Orange (Orange, 1825)
- Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1825)
- Doric (Southbridge, 1826)
- Mount Ararat (Petersham, 1826)
- Central (Dudley, 1827)
DISTRICT 7
Horatio G. Newcomb, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
- Republican (Gill, 1794)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Pacific (Leverett, 1801)
- Orion (Cummington, 1815)
- Golden Rule (New Salem, 1815)
- Mountain (Rowe, 1806)
DISTRICT 8
Charles Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
- Franklin (Cheshire, 1794)
- Cincinnatus (New Marlborough, 1795)
- Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
- Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
- Sheffield (Sheffield, 1803)
- Rising Sun (New Marlborough, 1808)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
DISTRICT 9
Ephraim Buck, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Hiram (Lexington, 1797)
- Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
- Mount Moriah (Reading, 1798)
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
- Good Samaritan (Reading, 1816)
- Mount Hermon (Malden, 1817)
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
- Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
DISTRICT 10
William W. Partridge, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
- Federal (Blandford, 1792)
- Thomas (Monson, 1796)
- Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
- Mount Vernon (Belchertown, 1807)
- Friendly Society (Southwick, 1807)
- Mount Pleasant (Granville, 1808)
- Humanity (Holland, 1811)
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Morning Sun (Ashfield, 1825)
DISTRICT 11
Sylvester Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
- Sumner (Dennis, 1801)
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
DISTRICT 12
William Morse, District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges
DISTRICT 13
Luther Hamilton, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Conjectural
- Bristol (Attleboro, 1797)
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS
No District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges
- St. John's (Starbrock, Demarara, 1801)
- L'Hereux Reveil (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, 1821)