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ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE
JOHN ROWE, Grand Master
No records available for this year.
INFORMATION FROM PAST GRAND MASTER JOHNSON'S ADDRESS, SEPTEMBER 1931
In 1931, Past Grand Master Melvin M. Johnson gave a paper at the September Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge, detailing information regarding the activities of St. John's Grand Lodge, demonstrating that it was active during the period for which records were, and remain, unavailable. The following items are from his report, and indicate the page in the 1931 Proceedings where they are listed.
- 1931-197: 01/05; Letter from American Union Lodge requesting a warrant for Union, Danbury; granted 05/23/1780.
- 1931-197: Meetings of the Lodge at Marblehead, Masters, Lodge at Falmouth, St. John's (Newburyport), Second, Unity
- 1931-199: Feast of St. John the Evangelist in Newburyport.
LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1780
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
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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 | Boston | Second Lodge | 02/15/1749 ★ |
5 | Newport, Rhode Island | St. John's Newport | 12/27/1749 |
6 | New Haven, Connecticut | Hiram | 11/12/1750 |
7 | New London, Connecticut | Lodge at New London | 01/12/1753 |
8 | Middletown, Connecticut | St. John's, Middletown | 02/04/1754 |
9 | Providence, Rhode Island | St. John's, Cranston | 01/18/1757 |
10 | Newport, Rhode Island | Master's, Newport | 03/20/1759 |
11 | Marblehead | Lodge at Marblehead | 03/25/1760 ★ |
12 | Hartford, Connecticut | Hartford | 03/21/1762 |
13 | Falmouth (Portland) (Maine) | Portland | 03/30/1762 ★ |
14 | Elizabeth Town, New Jersey | Temple | 07/28/1762 no longer meeting |
15 | Waterbury, Connecticut | King Solomon's, Waterbury | 10/26/1764 |
16 | Prince Town, New Jersey | St. John's, Prince Town, New Jersey | 10/26/1764 no longer meeting |
17 | Newburyport | Newburyport | 07/17/1766 ★ |
18 | Norwich, Connecticut | Norwich | 10/24/1766 |
19 | Salem | Salem | 10/24/1766 ★ |
20 | Wallingford, Connecticut | Compass, Wallingford | 05/01/1769 |
21 | Nantucket | Union | 05/27/1771 |
22 | Boston | Rising Sun | 06/22/1772 |
23 | Roxbury | American Union | 02/15/1776 ★ |
24 | Danbury, Connecticut | Union, Danbury | 05/23/1780 ★ |
★ = Meeting of lodge noted.
MASSACHUSETTS (INDEPENDENT) GRAND LODGE
JOSEPH WEBB, Grand Master
Samuel Barrett, Deputy Grand Master
Paul Revere, Senior Grand Warden
Thomas Crafts, Junior Grand Warden
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1780
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
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1 | Boston | Lodge of St. Andrew | 11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland |
2 | Gloucester | The Tyrian | 02/23/1770 |
3 | Boston | The Massachusetts | 05/13/1770 |
4 | Newburyport | St. Peter's | 03/06/1772 |
5 | Stockbridge | Berkshire #5 | 03/08/1777 |
6 | Lancaster | Trinity | 01/30/1778 |
7 | Danvers | United States | 01/30/1778 |
8 | Machias (Me.) | Warren | 09/04/1778 |
9 | Salem | Essex | 03/09/1779 |
10 | Boston | Friendship | 03/09/1779 French Lodge; const. 01/25/1780 |
11 | Ipswich | Unity | 03/09/1779 |
12 | Traveling Military Lodge | Washington Army | 10/06/1779 |
13 | Beverly | Amity | 10/06/1779 |
14 | Portsmouth, NH | St. Patrick's | 03/17/1780 |