MassachusettsYear1787
1787
ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE
JOHN ROWE, Grand Master
JOHN CUTLER, Senior Grand Warden, Acting Grand Master
Richard Gridley, Deputy Grand Master
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.
- 1931-206: Meeting of St. John's (Newburyport).
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- I-220: 02/17; Memorial for Grand Master Rowe, including a procession from the house of Br. Samuel Dunn, then Master of St. John's Lodge.
- I-220: 08/04; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
- I-220: "Voted, That John Cutler & Nath Patten Esqr be a Committee totransact the prudential affairs of this Lodge."
- I-220: "Voted, That Joseph Gardner our Treasurer be directed to pay into their hands the sum which may be due to Thomas Brown late Secretary of this Lodge & any other Expences which they may be at in Obtaining from him the Books, Papers & Jewells in his hands belonging to the Lodge and also Three & half dollars to Jno. Jones in full for his Services as Toiler.
- I-220: "Voted, That the above Committee write a Circular Letter to all the Lodges under this Jurisdiction, requiring their Attendance at the Grand Lodge, to Assist in Choosing Grand Officers agreeable to the Constitution."
Note: There is no record of any meetings of the Grand Lodge from these special meetings until July 1790.
LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1787
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
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1 | Boston | St. John's (Boston) | 07/30/1733 ★ |
2 | Portsmouth (N.H.) | St. John's (Portsmouth) | 06/24/1736 |
3 | Boston | Master's | 01/02/1738 |
4 | Newport, Rhode Island | St. John's Newport | 12/27/1749 |
5 | New Haven, Connecticut | Hiram | 11/12/1750 |
6 | New London, Connecticut | Lodge at New London | 01/12/1753 |
7 | Middletown, Connecticut | St. John's, Middletown | 02/04/1754 |
8 | Providence, Rhode Island | St. John's, Cranston | 01/18/1757 |
9 | Newport, Rhode Island | Master's, Newport | 03/20/1759 |
10 | Marblehead | Lodge at Marblehead | 03/25/1760 |
11 | Hartford, Connecticut | Hartford | 03/21/1762 |
12 | Falmouth (Portland) (Maine) | Portland | 03/30/1762 |
13 | Waterbury, Connecticut | King Solomon's, Waterbury | 10/26/1764 |
14 | Newburyport | Newburyport | 07/17/1766 ★ |
15 | Norwich, Connecticut | Norwich | 10/24/1766 |
16 | Salem | Salem | 10/24/1766 |
17 | Wallingford, Connecticut | Compass, Wallingford | 05/01/1769 |
18 | Nantucket | Union | 05/27/1771 |
19 | Boston | Rising Sun | 06/22/1772 |
20 | Roxbury | American Union | 02/15/1776 |
21 | Danbury, Connecticut | Union, Danbury | 05/23/1780 |
★ = Meeting of lodge noted.
MASSACHUSETTS (INDEPENDENT) GRAND LODGE
JOSEPH WEBB, Grand Master
JOHN WARREN, Grand Master
John Lowell, Deputy Grand Master
Josiah Bartlett, Senior Grand Warden
Thomas Edwards, Junior Grand Warden
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1787
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
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1 | Boston | Rising States | 11/30/1756 |
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 | Ipswich | Unity | 03/09/1779 |
11 | Traveling Military Lodge | Washington Army | 10/06/1779 |
12 | Beverly | Amity | 10/06/1779 |
13 | Portsmouth, NH | St. Patrick's | 03/17/1780 |
14 | Colchester, CT | Wooster | 01/23/1781 |
15 | Danbury, CT | St. Paul's | 05/22/1781 |
16 | Cornish, VT | Vermont | 11/08/1781 resigned some time in 1787 |
17 | Derby, CT | King Hiram | 01/03/1783 |
18 | Lakeville, CT | Montgomery | 03/06/1783 |
19 | Charlestown | King Solomon's | 09/05/1783 |
20 | Northampton | Hampshire | 01/30/1784 |
21 | Keene, NH | Rising Sun | 03/05/1784 |
22 | Manchester, VT | North Star | 01/19/1785 |
23 | Williamstown | Friendship | 07/23/1785 |
24 | Norwich, CT | Columbia | 07/23/1785 charter forfeited 07/1787 |
25 | Frederick, CT | Frederick #26 | 09/07/1787 |
OTHER
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 |