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YORK RITE CHARTER SUMMARY

The following tables list charters granted in Massachusetts.

KEY

Status Meaning
Charters active under the appropriate Grand Body, in the possession of the particular body
Charters no longer active, lost, destroyed or location unknown
Charters surrendered as part of a merger
Charters held by the Grand Lodge Library

ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS

Chapter Location Status Grand High Priest Charter Date Notes
St. Andrew's Boston Organized before the Grand Chapter 08/28/1769 Active
King Cyrus Newburyport Organized before the Grand Chapter 06/28/1790 surrendered 09/08/1840;
restored 09/07/1848;
surrendered 06/13/1854
St. John's (1) Groton Timothy Bigelow 10/12/1804 revoked 10/12/1842
Mount Vernon Portland (Maine) MAINE Timothy Bigelow 02/13/1805 Active under the GRAC of Maine as Cumberland-Mt. Vernon #1
King Solomon's Charlton Timothy Bigelow 09/17/1805 revoked 09/08/1840
Washington Salem James Dean Hopkins 01/09/1811 revoked 09/08/1840; restored 03/09/1852
Houlton Chapter merged here
King Hiram's (1) Greenwich John Abbot 06/13/1815 demanded 06/13/1837;
revoked 03/13/1838
Adoniram Attleboro; Taunton 1824-1845; New Bedford 1845-. Andrew Sigourney 06/24/1817 Active
Fairhaven and Wareham Chapters merged here
Morning Star Springfield (Feeding Hills) Andrew Sigourney 06/10/1817 forfeited 09/13/1842; restored 02/11/1846
Rising Sun Nantucket James Prescott 06/09/1818 surrendered 12/14/1824
Franklin Greenfield James Prescott 12/07/1818 surrendered 01/05/1836; restored 03/08/1853
Merged into Amherst Chapter
St. Paul's Boston James Prescott 01/25/1819 Active
Montgomery Bath (Maine) MAINE James Prescott 12/07/1819 Active under the GRAC of Maine as Montgomery & St. Bernard's #2
Jerusalem Hallowell (Maine) MAINE James Prescott 12/07/1819 Founding Chapter of GRAC of Maine
New Jerusalem Wiscasset (Maine) MAINE James Prescott 12/07/1819 Founding Chapter of GRAC of Maine
Mount Zion Stoughton Jonathan Gage 12/12/1820 Now part of Phoenix
Thomas Princeton; (Fitchburg from 1847) Jonathan Gage 12/11/1821 revoked 09/08/1840; restored 10/12/1847
Worcester Worcester 2 copies Paul Dean 09/18/1823 revoked 09/08/1840; restored 03/10/1846
merged into Eureka
Brookfield Brookfield Paul Dean 02/25/1825 Unknown
Mount Lebanon Medway; Milford (from 1855) Paul Dean 02/25/1825 forfeited 09/13/1842; restored 03/13/1855
Northampton Northampton (2 copies) Paul Dean 06/23/1825 forfeited 09/13/1842; restored 02/16/1848
Concord Concord Paul Dean 03/25/1826 surrendered 09/08/1840;restored 12/12/1854
Mt. Horeb Lowell Paul Dean 04/08/1826 revoked 09/08/1840'; restored 03/10/1846
St. Luke Marblehead Paul Dean 06/01/1826 Unknown
Bethlehem New Bedford Paul Dean 09/26/1826 warrant returned 06/09/1834;
never chartered
Sutton (1) Sutton Paul Dean 09/26/1826 Unknown
St. John's (2) East Boston Stephen Lowell 12/12/1854 Now part of Cambridge
Evening Star (1) Pittsfield Stephen Lowell 12/12/1854 disappeared, not listed in roster after 1854
Shekinah Chelsea Stephen Lovell 12/11/1855 Now part of Tabernacle
Orient Hyannis (now Centerville) Daniel Harwood 09/09/1856 Active
Pentucket Haverhill Daniel Harwood 12/09/1856 Active
Berkshire Pittsfield (now Cummington) John McClellan 12/07/1858 Active
King Solomon's (2) Enfield (later Warren) John McClellan 12/07/1858 Now part of Eureka
Keystone Foxboro James Kimball 06/12/1860 Now part of Rabboni
Mt. Sinai Lawrence James Kimball 07/13/1860 Now part of Mount Horeb
Pilgrim (now Satucket-Pilgrim) Abington James Kimball 12/10/1861 Active
Cambridge Cambridge Solon Thornton 12/13/1862 Active
Waverly Melrose Solon Thornton 03/10/1863 Active
Mystic Medford Solon Thornton 06/09/1863 Now part of Concord;
2 copies
St. Matthew's (now Neponset Valley) South Boston (now Norwood) Solon Thornton 06/09/1863 Active
Sutton (2) Lynn (now Marblehead) Solon Thornton 09/09/1863 Active
Hampden Palmer Solon Thornton 12/09/1863 Now part of Morning Star
Fall River Fall River Solon Thornton 06/07/1864 Active
St. Mark's Taunton Solon Thornton 12/13/1864 Active
Waltham Waltham Solon Thornton 12/13/1864 Now part of Newton
Corinthian Adams Solon Thornton 12/13/1864 Unknown
Mt. Vernon Roxbury Richard Briggs 03/07/1865 Now part of Newton
Mt. Holyoke Holyoke Richard Briggs 06/13/1865 Active
Doric Southbridge' Richard Briggs 12/11/1865 Active
Union Athol Richard Briggs 03/13/1866 Now part of Thomas
St. Stephen's Dorchester (now Hingham) Richard Briggs 03/13/1866 not active?
Menotomy Arlington Richard Briggs 06/12/1866 Now part of Concord
Houghton Marlborough Richard Briggs 06/11/1867 Now part of Concord
Isle of the Sea Nantucket Richard Briggs 09/10/1867 Unknown
Parker Natick Henry Chickering 03/10/1868 Now part of Concord; 2 copies
Signet Charlestown Henry Chickering 06/08/1868 Now part of Concord
Samoset Plymouth (now Marshfield) Henry Chickering 12/08/1868 Active
Joseph Warren Provincetown Henry Chickering 06/08/1869 Unknown
Clinton Clinton Henry Chickering 09/07/1869 Unknown
Newton Newtonville Henry Chickering 08/07/1869 Active
Satucket Brockton Henry Chickering 09/07/1869 Now part of Satucket-Pilgrim/td>
Sylvester Baxter West Harwich Henry Chickering 12/07/1869 Active
Norfolk Hyde Park Henry Chickering 05/17/1870 Now part of Neponset Valley
Pentalpha East Weymouth Henry Chickering 06/07/1870 Active
Evening Star (2?) Westfield Henry Chickering 09/12/1870 Now part of Morning Star
Trinity Amesbury Henry Chickering 09/13/1870 merged into King Cyrus
Eureka Worcester Henry Chickering 12/13/1870 Active
Worcester merged here
Somerville Somerville Henry Chickering 12/13/1870 Now part of Cambridge;
2 copies
William Ferson Gloucester Henry Chickering 12/13/1870 Now part of Ipswich-Ferson
Woburn Woburn Henry Chickering 12/13/1870 Now part of Concord
Miller Franklin Henry Chickering 12/12/1871 Unknown; 2 copies
Amity Beverly Alfred Chapman 03/12/1872 Unknown
Houlton Danvers Alfred Chapman 03/12/1872 Unknown
North Star Winchendon Alfred Chapman 06/11/1872 Now part of Concord
Reading Reading Alfred Chapman 06/11/1872 Unknown
Composite North Adams Alfred Chapman 12/27/1872 Now part of Berkshire
Walden Concord Alfred Chapman 03/11/1873 Now part of Concord
Tyrian Millbury Alfred Chapman 12/09/1873 Now part of Eureka
Monument Great Barrington Alfred Chapman 06/09/1874 Now part of Berkshire
Unity Chicopee Falls John W. Dadmun 12/07/1875 Now part of Morning Star
King Hiram's (2) Attleboro Alfred Chapman 03/07/1876 Now part of Rabboni
Harmony Bridgewater Albert C. Smith 03/07/1882 Now part of St. Mark's
Hebron Norwood Albert C. Smith 06/12/1883 Now part of Neponset Valley
Crescent Orange Albert C. Smith 03/11/1884 Now part of Thomas
Tabernacle Malden (now Wakefield) Frederick T. Comee 03/09/1886 Active
St. Elmo's Whitinsville John Albert Blake 06/07/1892 Now part of Eureka
Dorchester Dorchester John Albert Blake 03/07/1893 Unknown
Winthrop Winthrop Warren B. Ellis 09/19/1899 Now part of Cambridge
Bancroft Ayer Warren B. Ellis 09/11/1900 Unknown
Wareham Wareham Baalis Sanford 09/07/1909 Merged into Adoniram
Gardner Gardner Baalis Sanford 12/07/1909 Now part of Leominster
Ipswich Ipswich Charles Dana Barrage 09/12/1910 Now part of Ipswich-Ferson
Bethsaida Everett Charles Dana Barrage 02/22/1911 Now part of Tabernacle
Rabboni North Attleboro Charles Dana Barrage 03/07/1911 Unknown
Amherst Amherst Charles Dana Barrage 01/15/1912 Active
Franklin merged here
Old Colony Middleboro Eugene A. Holton 10/14/1914 Now part of St. Mark's
Mt. Wollaston Wollaston Arthur D. Prince 08/22/1918 Now part of St. Stephen's
Vineyard Vineyard Haven Arthur D. Prince 02/26/1918 Now part of St. Paul's
Henry J. Mills Saugus John J. Van Valkenburgh 12/20/1919 Unknown
Swampscott Swampscott John J. Van Valkenburgh 05/13/1919 Unknown
Webster Webster John J. Van Valkenburgh 06/03/1920 Now part of Doric
Belmont Belmont John J. Van Valkenburgh 10/13/1920 Now part of Concord
Fairhaven Fairhaven John J. Van Valkenburgh 12/07/1920 Merged into Adoniram
Wampatuck Hingham John J. Van Valkenburgh 12/24/1920 Now part of St. Stephen's
James Rogerson Easthampton John J. Van Valkenburgh 05/19/1921 Unknown
Winchester Winchester John J. Van Valkenburgh 05/20/1921 Unknown
Watertown Watertown John J. Van Valkenburgh 05/26/1921 Now part of Newton
Roslindale Roslindale John J. Van Valkenburgh 06/09/1922 Now part of Newton
Leominster Leominster Curtis Chipman 12/08/1923 Active
Kingsway West Springfield Harry G. Pollard 12/16/1926 Now part of Morning Star
Walter E. Marcy Seekonk Alexander Campbell 10/27/1952 Unknown
St. Andrew (Santo Domingo) Santo Domingo, D. R. Robert O. Thayer 01/08/1980 Unknown
Phoenix "the Attleboroughs" Dana A. Jackson 12/21/2019 Active

COUNCILS OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS

Council Location Status Ill. Grand Master Charter Date Notes
Boston Boston XXX 07/20/1817 Active
Salem-Zebulun Salem XXX 05/28/1818 Active: Originally Salem Council;
old copy
Springfield Springfield XXX 06/03/1818 Active
King Solomon's (1) Newburyport XXX 1822 Unknown
Warren Sheffield XXX 06/16/1824 Unknown
Adoniram (1) Medfield XXX 1825 Unknown
Brimfield Brimfield XXX 1825 Unknown
Washington (1) Greenwich XXX 10/14/1825 Unknown
Hiram Worcester Abraham A. Dame 10/26/1825 Active
Ahasuerus Lowell Abraham A. Dame 07/06/1826
12/13/1826
Active
Princeton Princeton Abraham A. Dame 03/01/1847 Unknown
Pawtucket Pawtucket, RI RI Abraham A. Dame 03/01/1847 Pawtucket #2, Rhode Island
Manchester Manchester, NH NH Abraham A. Dame 1852 Unknown
King Solomon's (2) Belfast, ME MAINE Abraham A. Dame 06/13/1855 King Solomon #1, Maine
Mount Vernon Brunswick, ME MAINE Abraham A. Dame 06/14/1854 Mt. Vernon #2, Maine
Alpha Augusta, ME MAINE Abraham A. Dame 06/14/1854 Alpha #3, Maine
Gardiner Gardiner, ME MAINE Abraham A. Dame 06/14/1854 Unknown
Hallowell Hallowell, ME MAINE Abraham A. Dame 06/14/1854 Unknown
Portland Portland, ME MAINE Abraham A. Dame 06/14/1854 Portland #4, Maine
East Boston East Boston Abraham A. Dame 02/26/1856 Unknown
Orient Somerville Daniel W. Jones 02/26/1856 Active; orig date 01/26/1889
Titus Strong Greenfield Abraham A. Dame 12/09/1856 Unknown
Haverhill Haverhill William P. Anderson 12/12/1866 Active
Melrose Melrose William P. Anderson 12/12/1866 Active
Fall River Fall River William P. Anderson 01/30/1868 Active
Lawrence Lawrence William P. Anderson 02/07/1868 Unknown
Medford Medford Charles E. Powers 04/16/1869 Unknown
Abington Abington Charles E. Powers 05/01/1869 Unknown; part of Brockton-Abington?
Napthali Chelsea Charles E. Powers 05/01/1869 Unknown
Roxbury Roxbury Charles Henry Norris 03/07/1871 Unknown; 2 copies
Taunton (1) Taunton Charles Henry Norris 05/19/1871 Unknown
New Bedford New Bedford Charles Henry Norris 05/19/1871 Unknown: same as Taunton(1)?
Attleboro Attleboro Charles Henry Norris 05/14/1872 Active
Hyde Park Hyde Park Charles Henry Norris 12/21/1872 Active
Cryptic Newtonville Charles Henry Norris 12/22/1873 Active
Holyoke Holyoke Charles Henry Norris 05/27/1873 Active
Washington (2) Palmer Charles Henry Norris 06/22/1873 Unknown
Berkshire Pittsfield Thomas Elliott St. John 03/10/1874 Unknown
Brockton Brockton John Haigh 03/29/1884 Unknown
Lafayette Washington, DC Seranus Bowen 1885 Unknown
Amesbury Amesbury Daniel W. Jones 01/25/1889 Unknown
William Parsons Northampton John Albert Blake 07/26/1895 Unknown; 3 copies
Adoniram (2) Waltham John Albert Blake 10/14/1896 Active
Zebulun Lynn Samuel G. Lyman 01/02/1899 Unknown
Milford Milford Baalis Sanford 11/20/1902 Active
Cambridge Cambridge Everett C. Benton 05/11/1910 Unknown
Temple East Weymouth Edgar W. Evans 05/28/1913 Active
Westfield Westfield Edgar W. Evans 09/23/1914 Unknown
Harris Athol William H. L. Odell 10/03/1917 Unknown
Marlborough Marlborough Wallace C. Keith 06/27/1919 Unknown
Hamilton North Adams Wallace C. Keith 12/03/1920 Unknown
Taunton (2) Taunton Dean K. Webster 04/14/1921 Active
Friendship Quincy Waldo I. Powell 10/24/1963 Unknown
Cape Cod Centerville Frank W. Balcomb 10/05/1965 Active
Needham Needham Edmund J. Outhouse 01/31/1975 Unknown
Boston (SD) Santo Domingo, DR 2 copies Clarence A. Carrington 01/08/1980 Unknown
Vineyard Oak Bluffs Willis J. Rice 12/10/1984 Unknown
King Solomon's Newburyport Wayne L. Robbins 12/09/2009 Active

COMMANDERIES OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

Commandery Location Status Grand Commander Charter Date Notes
St. John's #1 Cranston, RI Thomas Smith Webb 10/07/1805 Active
Boston #2 Boston Thomas Smith Webb 03/03/1806 Active
Newburyport #3 Newburyport Thomas Smith Webb 05/19/1808 Active
Washington #4 Newport, RI Thomas Smith Webb 06/07/1814 Part of GdB-Washington #4, Fall River
Maine Encampment Gardner, ME MAINE Henry Fowle 03/17/1821 Active as Maine/Trinity #1, Augusta ME
Worcester County #5 Worcester Henry Fowle 12/17/1824 Active
Village Encampment Greenwich Henry Fowle 06/16/1825 Unknown
Springfield #6 Springfield John Carlile 06/19/1826 Active, Feeding Hills
DeMolay #7 Boston John R. Bradford 10/10/1848 now Gethsemane-DeMolay
Holy Sepulchre #8 Pawtucket, RI John R. Bradford 10/10/1848 Active
Pilgrim #9 Lowell Simon W. Robinson 10/10/1855 Active
Palestine #10 Chelsea Winslow Lewis 10/28/1859 now Beauseant-Palestine, Wakefield
Milford #11 Milford Winslow Lewis 10/28/1859 Active
St. Bernard #12 Boston Winslow Lewis 10/28/1859 Active
Calvary #13 Providence, RI William Field 05/22/1860 Active
Haverhill #14 Haverhill William Sewall Gardner 05/14/1863 Active; we have copy
Old Colony #15 Abington William Sewall Gardner 10/26/1863 Unknown; 2 copies
Sutton #16 New Bedford William Sewall Gardner 03/04/1864 Active
Bethany #17 Lawrence William Sewall Gardner 06/01/1864 Unknown
Winslow Lewis #18 Salem Charles H. Titus 03/03/1865 Active
Jerusalem #19 Fitchburg Charles H. Titus 03/08/1865 Unknown
Hugh De Payens #20 Melrose Charles H. Titus 03/27/1865 Now Metro North #20
St. Omer #21 South Boston Charles H. Titus 09/30/1865 Now United #21
Berkshire #22 Pittsfield Charles H. Titus 12/22/1865 Unknown
Connecticut Valley #23 Greenfield Charles H. Titus 05/22/1866 Unknown
Woonsocket #24 Woonsocket, RI William W. Baker 01/31/1867 Unknown
Godfrey de Bouillon #25 Fall River William W. Baker 05/29/1868 Now part of GdB-Washington #4, Fall River
Joseph Warren #26 Roxbury Benjamin Dean 01/01/1869 Unknown
Narragansett #27 Westerly, RI Benjamin Dean 05/12/1869 Active
William Parkman #28 East Boston Benjamin Dean 05/12/1869 Unknown
Bristol #29 North Attleboro Benjamin Dean 10/20/1870 Unknown
Northampton #30 Northampton Benjamin Dean 06/02/1870 Active
South Shore #31 East Weymouth Benjamin Dean 06/09/1870 Active
Trinity #32 Hudson Nicholas Van Slyck 04/07/1871 Unknown
Natick #33 Natick Nicholas Van Slyck 04/12/1871 Unknown
Coeur De Lion #34 Charlestown Nicholas Van Slyck 10/14/1871 Active; now in Concord
Gethsemane #35 Newtonville Nicholas Van Slyck 05/20/1872 now part of Gethsemane-DeMolay
Olivet #36 Lynn Charles A. Stott 03/13/1873 Unknown
Athol #37 Athol Charles A. Stott 06/07/1873 Unknown
Bay State #38 Brockton Charles A. Stott 09/13/1873 Active
Cypress #39 Hyde Park Charles A. Stott 10/31/1873 Unknown
St. Paul #40 North Adams Caleb Saunders 10/28/1882 Unknown
Beauseant #41 Malden Edward P. Chapin 10/20/1886 now part of Beauseant-Palestine
Cambridge #42 Cambridge John P. Sanborn 05/28/1890 Unknown
Bethlehem #43 Gloucester John P. Sanborn 10/29/1890 Unknown
St. George #44 Beverly William H. H. Soule 10/23/1892 Unknown
Orange #45 Orange Charles C. Fry 10/26/1893 Unknown
Ivanhoe #46 Gardner William R. Walker 10/31/1896 Unknown
Quincy #47 Quincy Lafayette G. Blair 02/20/1911 Unknown
Temple #48 Norwood XXX 10/20/1919 Unknown
St. Andrew #49 Holyoke XXX 10/28/1920 Unknown
Reading #50 Reading XXX 01/14/1921 Unknown
Thomas Smith Webb #51 Cranston, RI XXX 05/06/1921 Unknown
Sir Galahad #52 Waltham XXX 05/31/1922 Unknown
Winthrop #53 Winthrop XXX 06/21/1924 Unknown
Cape Cod #54 Hyannis XXX 05/30/1980 Active