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MAY FLOWER LODGE

Location: Middleboro

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 03/09/1865 VII-2

Precedence Date: 03/04/1864

Current Status: Active


PAST MASTERS

  • John Shaw, Jr., 1864, 1865
  • Benjamin F. Tripp, 1866, 1867
  • Andrew B. Bosworth, 1868-1871
  • Charles H. Carpenter, 1872
  • Reland F. Barrows, 1873, 1885
  • Francis R. Eaton, 1874, 1875
  • Warren H. Southworth, 1876, 1877
  • James M. Coombs, Jr., 1878, 1879
  • Charles L. Starkey, 1880, 1903
  • Charles W. Drake, 1881, 1882
  • Otis L. Barden, 1883, 1884
  • James H. Weston, 1886, 1887
  • Arlon R. Dustin, 1888, 1889; N
  • George W. Lovell, 1890, 1891
  • Homer R. Caswell, 1892, 1893
  • George A. Cox, 1894, 1895; Mem
  • Josiah H. Cushing, 1896, 1897
  • William R. Mitchell, 1898, 1999
  • Wilkes H. F. Pettee, 1900
  • Ichabod B. Thomas, 1901, 1902
  • George E. White, 1904
  • Winsor F. Fryer, 1905, 1906
  • Sylvanus L. Brett, 1907, 1908
  • George F. Cox, 1909, 1910
  • Charles N. Warren, 1911, 1912
  • Harold S. Thomas, 1913, 1914
  • Theodore N. Wood, 1915, 1916; N
  • William W. Brackett, 1917, 1918
  • John G. Paun, 1919-1920
  • Clarington H. Berry, 1921, 1922
  • Albert A. Thomas, 1923, 1924
  • Arthur W. Cunningham, 1925, 1926
  • Fred F. Churbuck, 1927, 1928
  • Mryon L. Hinckley, 1929, 1930
  • Ichabod B. Thomas, Jr., 1931, 1932
  • Frederick S. Weston, 1933, 1934; N
  • Ernest S. Pratt, 1935, 1936
  • Dalton L. Penniman, 1937; N
  • N. Merill Sampson, 1938
  • Robert A. Clark, 1939, 1940
  • Frank J. Dow, 1941, 1942
  • Clyde S. Thomas, 1943, 1944
  • Norman W. Lindsay, 1945, 1946
  • Willard A. Dunham, 1947
  • Walter R. Norris, 1948
  • Roderick G. Matheson, 1949
  • Frederic J. Carey, 1950
  • G. Ward Stetson, 1951; N
  • Lloyd E. Banks, 1952
  • Walter J. D. Mcneil, 1953
  • Paul Weaver, 1954
  • Winthrop K. Winberg, 1955
  • Charles R. Carey, 1956
  • Adnah H. Harlow, 1957
  • Donland A. Martin, 1958
  • Arthur A. Hanson, 1959; N
  • Edwin O. Wilson, 1960
  • Robert L. Cushing, 1961
  • Crawford Wright, 1962
  • Arthur P. Craig, 1963
  • J. Warren Tufts, 1964
  • Bruce G. Atwood, 1965
  • William R. Holmes, 1966
  • Stanley E. Barnicoat, 1967
  • H. Alden Sinnott, Jr., 1968
  • Norman F. Franz, 1969
  • Robert F. Mizaras, 1970
  • Preston H. Richmond, 1971
  • Oliver Harju, 1972-1973
  • Maurice K. Richmond, 1974
  • Herbert E. Day, 1975
  • William C. Allison, 1976, 1992; PDDGM
  • Joseph W. Macallister, 1977
  • Herbert E. Thompson, Jr., 1978-1979
  • Herbert E. Day, 1980
  • Albert J. Hardy, 1981
  • Raymond L. Patton, 1982
  • Raymond W. Hertz, 1983
  • Clifford W. Holman, 1984
  • Paul W. Bain, 1985
  • Joseph Russo, Jr., 1986; PDDGM
  • Richard A. Franz, 1987
  • Norman F. Franz, 1988
  • James E. Manchester, 1989
  • Donald H. Plant, 1990
  • Edward J. Broussard, 1991
  • Paul M. Whalen, 1993
  • Richard S. Nantais, 1994
  • Mark C. Donegan, 1995
  • Michael A. Fruzzetti, 1996
  • Kenneth H. Nantais, 1997
  • Michael J. Douglas, 1998; PDDGM
  • Louis M. DeMelo, 1999
  • Henry E. Goodnow, Jr., 2000
  • Benjamin Barker, 2001
  • Walter A. Bradford, 2002
  • David W. Romer, 2003
  • James A. Coffin, Jr., 2004-2005
  • C. Steven Blanchard, 2007-2008
  • Barry E. Standish, 2006; PDDGM
  • David G. Goodfellow, 2009
  • Robert C. Asbury, 2010
  • Robert A. Hughes, 2011, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1864
  • Petition for Charter: 1865

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1914 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1939 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1964 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER


BY-LAW CHANGES

1882 1884 1885 1892 1898 1907 1916 1920 1930 1956 1968 1977 1982 1989 2006 2007

HISTORY

  • 1914 (* Account of the "early days of the Lodge", 1914-24)
  • 1939 (75th Anniversary History, 1939-149)
  • 1964 (Centenary History, 1964-95)
  • 1979 (Meeting Places of May Flower Lodge, 1979-91)

OTHER

  • 1927 (Participation in corner stone laying, 1927-187)
  • 1929 (Participation in corner stone laying, 1929-181)

EVENTS

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 5, April 1865, p. 190:

MAY FLOWER LODGE. This is the very pretty name of a new Lodge just established at Middleboro in the county of Plymouth. The Charter was granted at the last communication of the Grand Lodge, and the Lodge was constituted by the M. W. Grand Master on the 21st ultimo. It has done a very prosperous business the past year, and being located in a pleasant and thriving village, its prospects for the future are highly encouraging. It has a good roll of able and active officers and members, who are fully competent to manage its affairs in a proper manner, and to insure its success. The officers for the year are as follows:-

  • John Shaw, Jr., W. M.
  • Charles H. Carpenter, S. W.
  • Benjamin F. Tripp, J. W.
  • Geo. F. Hartwell, Treas.
  • Lucien Wilbur, Sec.
  • Andrew B. Bosworth, S. D.
  • Andrew M. Eaton, J. D.
  • Lorenzo R. Swift, S. S.
  • Henry H. Shaw, J. S.
  • Southworth Loring, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1864: District 7

1867: District 14 (New Bedford)

1883: District 23 (Taunton)

1911: District 29 (Brockton)

1927: District 28 (Taunton)

2003: District 16


LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges