MorningSun1

From MasonicGenealogy
Jump to: navigation, search

MORNING SUN LODGE

Location: Ashfield; Conway (1828)

Chartered By: John Abbot

Charter Date: 06/08/1825 III-540

Precedence Date: 06/08/1825

Current Status: unknown; charter revoked around 1836, according to petition for restoration offered in 1869 (see below).

NOTES

According to the centenary history of Morning Sun Lodge (1870), the charter was surrendered "about 1840". (See Page 1969-154.)

H. B. Childs is listed as Master for 1829 (See EVENTS below); this is supposed to be Horace B. Childs, who received his degrees in Jerusalem Lodge of Northampton on 12/28/1824 (EA) and 02/21/1825 (FC and MM).

An attempt was made to restore the charter in 1869, which was rejected by Grand Lodge due to lack of authority. Original document


PAST MASTERS

  • Orra Martin, 1826, 1827
  • Horace B. Childs, 1829

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Charter: 1825

HISTORY

NOTES IN CENTENARY HISTORY OF MORNING SUN LODGE, MAY 1969

From Proceedings, Page 1969-154:

Morning Sun Lodge was first organized in Ashfield in 1826, (this information being taken from the 1917 Edition of the Conway Town History) with Rev. Ora Martin, Pastor of the Baptist Church of South Ashfield as Master, with Horace Childs of Conway as Senior Warden. The Lodge was moved to Conway in 1830. It prospered a few years, but surrendered its Charter about 1840, which as I recollect was around the time of the Morgan affair.

OTHER

  • 1826 (Constitution of Lodge, IV-11)
  • 1828 (Permission to remove to Conway granted, IV-118)
  • 1869 (Rejection of petition to renew charter, VII-287)

EVENTS

OFFICER LIST, APRIL 1826

From Masonic Mirror and Mechanics' Intelligencer, Vol. II, No. 16, April 1826, Page 121:

The following is a list of the officers of Morning Sun Lodge, Ashfield, Mass.

  • R. W. Orra Martin, M.
  • Wor. Henry Aldrich, S. W.
  • Bro. Horace B. Childs, J. W.
  • Bro. Roswell Ranny, Secretary.
  • Bro. Jonathan Lilly, Treasurer.
  • Bro. Salmon W. Matthews, S. D.
  • Bro. Samuel P. Fuller, J. D.
  • Bros. Anson Goodwin and Samuel W. Lee, Stewards.
  • Bro. Luther Boyden, Tyler.

OFFICER LIST, DECEMBER 1826

From Masonic Mirror and Mechanics' Intelligencer, Vol. III, No. 1, December 1826, Page 2:

Officers of Morning Sun Lodge, Ashfield, chosen at their annual meeting, Dec. 30, A. L. 5826:

  • R. W. Orra Martin, M.
  • Bro. Horace B. Childs, S. W.
  • Bro. Samuel P. Fuller, J. W.
  • Bro. Roswell Ranney, Treasurer.
  • Bro. Jonathan Lilly, Jr., Secretary.
  • Bro. Salmon W. Matthews, S. D.
  • Bro. Horace Cole, J. D.
  • Bros. Austin Lilly and Luther Ward, Stewards.
  • Bro. Seth Hall, Tyler.
  • Bro. Samuel L. Lee, Marshal.

OFFICER LIST, DECEMBER 1828

From Amaranth, or Masonic Garland, Vol. I, No. 11, February 1829, Page 351:

Officers of Morning Sun Lodge, Ashfield, Mass. elected Dec. 15, A. L. 5828.

  • H. B. Childs, M.;
  • S. Hayward, S. W.;
  • S. Cole, J. W.;
  • Rev. J. R. Goodnough, C.;
  • J. Lilley, S.;
  • R. Ranney, T.;
  • D. Childs, S. D.;
  • E. William, J. D.;
  • I. Ansden, L. B. Wing, Sts.;
  • C. Brown, M.;
  • John Colton, T.

DISTRICTS

1825: District 10


LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges