Bristol

BRISTOL LODGE

Location: Norton; Attleboro East Parish (1811); North Attleboro (1892)

Chartered By: Paul Revere

Charter Date: 06/12/1797 V-264

Precedence Date: 06/12/1797

Current Status: Active

NOTES

At the 125th Anniversary in 1922, an excellent history was presented (beginning on Page 1922-150 of the Proceedings). It indicates that the lodge was in the 3rd Masonic District "as late as 1846", that records (with one exception) are missing from 1832 to 1859, and suggests that the charter was surrendered some time after 1846 and restored in 1859.

PAST MASTERS

Seth Smith, 1797
Laban Wheaton, 1798, 1799, 1807
Ephriam Raymond, 1800, 1801
Ebenezer Tyler, 1802, 1803
William Verry, 1804, 1805, 1806
Abiathar Richardson, Jr., 1808-1814, 1816, 1817, 1825
Edward Richardson, 1818, 1819
Moses Richardson, 1820-1823
George W. Robinson, 1824
Danial Babcock, 1826-1829
Williard Blackinton, 1830; 1859
gap in records and loss of charter
Samuel G. Bates, 1831
George B. Richards, 1832
Samuel S. Ginwood, 1860-1863
Charles E. Smith, 1864, 1865
John B. Maintein, 1866-1868
Thomas A. Sandland, 1869, 1870
Obed C. Turner, 1871, 1872
Frank S. Fairbanks, 1873, 1874
Samuel H. Bugbee, 1875, 1876
Arthur E. Codding, 1877, 1878
Edward R. Price, 1879, 1880
James A. Codding, 1881, 1882
Theodore B. Hazzard, 1883, 1884
Walter E. Barden, 1885, 1886
Elton I. Franklin, 1887, 1888
Fred B. Byram, 1889, 1890
George E. Hawes, 1891, 1892
Owen B. Bestor, 1893, 1894
Leo A. Heilborn, 1895, 1896
Henry H. Curtis, 1897, 1898
William H. Pond, 1899, 1900
missing entry, 1901-1902?
Charles E. Stainley, 1903, 1904
William F. Maintein, 1905, 1906
Arthur E. Coding, 1907, 1908
Edwin E. Hale, 1909
H. Alton Hall, 1910
Arthur T. Parker, 1911
Harry E. Lichtfield, 1912
Charles S. Parker, 1913
Silas H. Dyer, 1914
Ernest T. Upham, 1915
Fred I. Gorton, 1916
Harlie H. Thompson, 1917
George E. Osgood, 1918
Edmund G. Flint, 1919
Winthrop F. Barden, 1920
Byron S. Gardiner, 1921
George A. Livingston, 1922
Henry B. Cornell, 1923
John A. Clarner, 1924
William H. Beckman, 1925
David Sinclair, 1926
Lee R. Higgins, 1927
A. Victor R. Chevers, 1928
John L. Thompson, 1929
John H. Paton, 1930
Frank Batchelder, 1931
John A. Gilchrist, 1932
Edward P. Bennett, Jr., 1933
David G. Hayes, 1934
James Donaldson, 1935
Clarance F. Telford, 1936
John H. Peckham, Jr., 1937
George Lincoln, 1938
Edward E. Osterholm, 1939
William H. Ryder, 1940
Benjamin Armstrong, 1941
Albert B. Totten, 1942
Gerald E. Riley, 1943, 1944
Ovid A. Davington, 1945
Edwin W. Cheney, 1946
A. Gilbert Weller, 1947
Donald F. Austin, 1948
Ralph B. Johnson, 1949
Leroy C. Linnekin, 1950
Earl C. Batchelder, 1951
William Budlong, Jr., 1952
John D. Cruickshank, 1953
Albert Kanadarian, 1954, 1955
Horace E. Darling, 1956
Lawrence E. Zilch, Jr., 1957
Robert J. Gillespie, 1958
Leon G. Carpenter, 1959
Reginald B. Keyes, 1960
Albert K. Welton, 1961
Samuel B. Robinson, 1962
Stanley C. Welton, 1963
Ralph H. Hemmingsen, Jr., 1964
Harold H. Chace, 1965
Frank E. Manchester, 1966
William H. Riley, 1967
Anthony F. Ferreira, 1968
L. Raymond Wyatt, 1969
Robert B. Chamilliard, 1970
John F. Burke, 1971
Mowry E. Tennant, 1972
Ronald C. Hobbs, 1973
Louis A. Harmon, 1974
Blaine Emery, 1975
Herbert M. Tinkham, 1976
Damon J. Swistak, 1977
Edward A. Dyer, 1978
Herbert A. Cote, 1979
Neal B. Emerson, 1980
Markeith E. Host, 1981
Damon J. Swistak, 1982
John H. Nelson, 1983, 1988
David L. Thibault, 1984
Charles A. Currie, 1985
Louis A. Lasker, 1987
Richard F. Grant, 1989
Clifford H. White, 1990
Conrad A. Morel, 1991
Lawrence E. Williams, 1992
David L. Beane, 1993
William E. Taylor, 1994
James W. Halliday, 1995
Herbert A. Prew, Sr., 1996
David S. Tinkham, 1997
Michael E. Rench, 1998
Alfred H. Erdos, Jr., 1999
Todd O. Galarneau, 2000
Oliver J. Galarneau, 1986, 2001
Douglas R. Lovett, 2002
Gerald L. Brookbush, 2003
Donald M. Ryng, 2004
Richard D. Cathcart, 2005
Emil J. Kashouh, 2006, 2009
Herbert A. Prew, Jr., 2007
Frederick C. Parastatides, 2008
Lawrence E. Thomas, 2010
Donald M. Ryng, 2011

YEARS

1797 1798 1811 1812 1821 1830 1836 1838

according to the 125th anniversary history, there are missing records between 1832 and 1846, and it is supposed that the charter was surrendered some time around 1846.

1843 1844

charter restored 1854 (and again in 1859?) According to the 125th Anniversary History, there are no lodge records until 1859.

1854 1859 1870 1871 1876 1881 1882 1892 1893 1894 1897 1902 1908 1916 1920 1923 1926 1927 1928 1929 1935 1943 1947 1953 1954 1957 1962 1970 1972 1973 1976 1989 1993 1994 1997 1998 2001 2003 2004 2008

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Eugene E. Hawkins, DDGM, District 28 (Attleboro), 1960, 1961; N
Lee Higgins, DDGM, District 28 (Attleboro), 1933, 1934; N
Harry E. Litchfield, DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 1925, 1926; N
Edward R. Price, DDGM, District 23 (Taunton), 1893, 1894; Memorial
Gerald E. Riley, DDGM, District 28 (Attleboro), 1947, 1948; N
Charles E. Smith, DDGM, District 13 (Dedham), 1880, 1881; SN
Herbert M. Tinkham, DDGM, District 28 (Attleboro), 1980, 1981; Junior Grand Warden 1985; N