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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GLStJRGridley Richard Gridley]''', Deputy Grand Master
 
'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GLStJRGridley Richard Gridley]''', Deputy Grand Master
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=== INFORMATION FROM PAST GRAND MASTER [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMJohnson JOHNSON]'S ADDRESS, SEPTEMBER 1931 ===
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''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.''
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* 1931-206: Meeting of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnN St. John's] (Newburyport).
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=== SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS ===
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* I-220: 02/17; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRowe#FUNERAL_PROCESSION.2C_FEBRUARY_1787 Memorial] for Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRowe Rowe], including a procession from the house of Br. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDunn Samuel Dunn], then Master of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's] Lodge.
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* I-220: 08/04; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
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** I-220: "''Voted,'' That John Cutler & Nath Patten Esqr be a Committee totransact the prudential affairs of this Lodge."
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** 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.
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** 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."
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''Note: There is no record of any meetings of the Grand Lodge from these special meetings until July 1790.''
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=== LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1787 ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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! No.
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! Location
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! Lodge
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! Precedence Date
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|1
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's] (Boston)
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|07/30/1733 ★
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|-
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|2
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=NHPortsmouth Portsmouth] (N.H.)
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnPortsmouthNH St. John's (Portsmouth)]
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|06/24/1736
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|-
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|3
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Masters1 Master's]
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|01/02/1738
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|-
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|4
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|Newport, Rhode Island
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnNewportRI St. John's Newport]
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|12/27/1749
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|-
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|5
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|New Haven, Connecticut
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHiramNewHavenCT Hiram]
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|11/12/1750
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|-
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|6
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|New London, Connecticut
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewLondonNLCT Lodge at New London]
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|01/12/1753
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|-
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|7
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|Middletown, Connecticut
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnMiddletonCT St. John's, Middletown]
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|02/04/1754
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|-
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|8
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|Providence, Rhode Island
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnProvidenceRI St. John's, Cranston]
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|01/18/1757
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|-
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|9
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|Newport, Rhode Island
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewportMastersRI Master's, Newport]
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|03/20/1759
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|-
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|10
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarblehead Marblehead]
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Philanthropic Lodge at Marblehead]
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|03/25/1760
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|-
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|11
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|Hartford, Connecticut
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnHartfordCT Hartford]
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|03/21/1762
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|-
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|12
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEPortland Falmouth (Portland)] (Maine)
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=PortlandM Portland]
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|03/30/1762
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|-
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|13
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|Waterbury, Connecticut
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAKingSolomonWaterburyCT King Solomon's, Waterbury]
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|10/26/1764
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|-
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|14
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport]
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnN Newburyport]
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|07/17/1766 ★
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|-
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|15
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|Norwich, Connecticut
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorwichCT Norwich]
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|10/24/1766
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|-
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|16
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem]
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Salem Salem]
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|10/24/1766
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|-
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|17
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|Wallingford, Connecticut
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACompassWallingfordCT Compass, Wallingford]
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|05/01/1769
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|-
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|18
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANantucket Nantucket]
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionN Union]
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|05/27/1771
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|-
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|19
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RisingSun0 Rising Sun]
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|06/22/1772
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|-
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|20
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARoxbury Roxbury]
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=AmericanUnion American Union]
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|02/15/1776
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|-
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|21
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|Danbury, Connecticut
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAUnionDanburyCT Union, Danbury]
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|05/23/1780
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|}
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★ = Meeting of lodge noted.
  
 
== MASSACHUSETTS (INDEPENDENT) GRAND LODGE ==
 
== MASSACHUSETTS (INDEPENDENT) GRAND LODGE ==

Latest revision as of 12:49, 24 June 2015

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.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 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
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
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
1 Boston Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland

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