MassachusettsYear1775

1775

ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE

JOHN ROWE, Grand Master

Richard Gridley, Deputy Grand Master
Samuel Fitch, Senior Grand Warden
John Joy, Junior Grand Warden

LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1775

No.	Location	Lodge	Precedence Date
1	Boston	First Lodge	07/30/1733
2	Portsmouth (N.H.)	St. John's (Portsmouth)	06/24/1736
3	Boston	Master's	01/02/1738
4	Newfoundland	St. John's, Newfoundland	12/24/1746
5	Boston	Second Lodge	02/15/1749
6	Newport, Rhode Island	St. John's Newport	12/27/1749
7	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Halifax	07/19/1750
8	Annapolis, Maryland	Annapolis, Maryland	08/12/1750
9	New Haven, Connecticut	Hiram	11/12/1750
10	New London, Connecticut	Lodge at New London	01/12/1753
11	Middletown, Connecticut	St. John's, Middletown	02/04/1754
12	Crown Point, New York	Lake George Army Lodge	05/13/1756
13	Providence, Rhode Island	St. John's, Cranston	01/18/1757
14	Louisbourg, Acadia	Louisbourg Army	11/13/1758
15	Newport, Rhode Island	Master's, Newport	03/20/1759
16	Marblehead	Lodge at Marblehead	03/25/1760
17	Surinam	Surinam	04/06/1761
18	Crown Point, New York	Crown Point Army	03/20/1762
19	Hartford, Connecticut	Hartford	03/21/1762
20	Falmouth (Portland) (Maine)	Portland	03/30/1762
21	Elizabeth Town, New Jersey	Temple	07/28/1762
22	Québec, Canada	Québec	10/26/1764
23	Pitt County, North Carolina	Pitt County	10/26/1764
24	Waterbury, Connecticut	King Solomon's, Waterbury	10/26/1764
25	Prince Town, New Jersey	St. John's, Prince Town, New Jersey	10/26/1764
26	Newburyport	Newburyport	07/17/1766
27	Norwich, Connecticut	Norwich	10/24/1766
28	Salem	Salem	10/24/1766
29	Virginia	Virginia	10/24/1766
30	St. Christopher, West Indies	St. Christopher	10/24/1766
31	Barbados, West Indies	Barbados	10/24/1766
32	Wallingford, Connecticut	Compass, Wallingford	05/01/1769
33	Nantucket	Union	05/27/1771
34	Guilford, Connecticut	Guilford	07/10/1771
35	Boston	Rising Sun	06/22/1772

MASSACHUSETTS (PROVINCIAL) GRAND LODGE

JOSEPH WARREN, Grand Master

Joseph Webb, Deputy Grand Master; Acting Grand Master
Ezra Collins, Senior Grand Warden
Samuel Barrett, Junior Grand Warden

• Memo 19th April 1775. Hostellitys Commenc'd, between the Troops of G Britain & America, in Lexington Battle. In Consequence of which the Town was Blockaded, & no Lodge held untill Dec. 1776.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1775

No.	Location	Lodge	Precedence Date
1	Boston	Lodge of St. Andrew	11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland
2	Boston	Lodge #322	1759 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Ireland
3	Boston	Lodge #58	1769 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of England
4	Gloucester	The Tyrian	02/23/1770
5	Boston	The Massachusetts	05/13/1770
6	Newburyport	St. Peter's	03/06/1772
7	Boston	Lodge #243	12/02/1774 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Ireland

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