MassachusettsYear1876

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1876

There were 18 districts in Massachusetts in 1876, as well as districts for Chile and China.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

Henry G. Fay, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Report: 1876-211; Tabular: 1876-247

• St. John's (Boston, 1733)
• Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
• The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
• Columbian (Boston, 1796)
• Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
• Germania (Boston, 1854)
• Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
• Revere (Boston, 1856)
• Joseph Warren (Boston, 1856)
• Aberdour (Boston, 1860)
• The Lodge of Eleusis (Boston, 1865)
• Zetland (Boston, 1867)
• Joseph Webb (Boston, U.D.)

DISTRICT 2: Charlestown

Francis Childs, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Report: 1876-213; Tabular: 1876-248

• King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
• Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
• Star of Bethlehem (Chelsea, 1844)
• John Abbot (Somerville, 1857)
• Henry Price (Charlestown, 1858)
• Mount Olivet (Cambridge, 1863)
• William Sutton (Saugus, 1866)
• Robert Lash (Chelsea, 1867)
• Faith (Charlestown, 1868)
• Palestine (Everett, 1868)

DISTRICT 3: Boston Highlands

Seth C. Ames, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges
Report: 1876-215; Tabular: 1876-249

• Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
• Union (Dorchester, 1796)
• Mount Tabor (East Boston, 1846)
• St. Paul's (South Boston, 1846)
• Baalbec (East Boston, 1852)
• Gate of the Temple (South Boston, 1855)
• Hammatt (East Boston, 1859)
• Lafayette (Roxbury, 1865)
• Adelphi (South Boston, 1865)
• Eliot (Jamaica Plain, 1866)
• Rabboni (South Boston, 1869)
• Temple (East Boston, 1870)

DISTRICT 4: Cambridge

Edward C. Damon, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Report: 1876-216; Tabular: 1876-250

• Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
• Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
• Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
• Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
• Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
• Dalhousie (Newtonville, 1860)
• Belmont (Belmont, 1864)
• Isaac Parker (Waltham, 1867)
• Mizpah (Cambridge, 1867)
• Beth-Horon(Brookline, 1870)
• Charles A. Welch (Maynard, 1872)
• Fraternity (Newtonville, U.D.)

DISTRICT 5: Salem

Willliam C. MAxwell, District Deputy Grand Master; 13 Lodges
Report: 1876-219; Tabular: 1876-251

• Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
• The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
• Essex (Salem, 1791)
• Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
• Jordan (Danvers, 1808)
• Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
• Ashler (Rockport, 1851)
• Amity (Danvers, 1863)
• Starr King (Salem, 1864)
• John T. Heard (Ipswich, 1864)
• Golden Fleece (Lynn, 1864)
• Acacia (Gloucester, 1865)
• Mosaic (Danvers, 1870)

DISTRICT 6: Newburyport

Warren Currier, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Report: 1876-220; Tabular: 1876-252

• St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
• Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
• St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
• Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
• St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
• Grecian (Lawrence, 1825)
• John Hancock (Methuen, 1860)
• Tuscan (Lawrence, 1863)
• Saggahew (Haverhill, 1864)
• Charles C. Dame (Georgetown, 1867)
• Bethany (Merrimac, 1868)
• Phoenician (Lawrence, 1870)
• Cochichewick (North Andover, 1874)

DISTRICT 7: Lowell

Solon W. Stevens, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 2 U.D.
Report: 1876-222; Tabular: 1876-253

• St. Paul's (Ayer, 1797)
• Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
• Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
• Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
• Trinity (Clinton, 1858)
• Wilder (Leominster, 1859)
• Caleb Butler (Ayer, 1859)
• Charles W. Moore (Fitchburg, 1865)
• Kilwinning (Lowell, 1866)
• William North (Lowell, 1867)
• Luther S. Bancroft (Pepperell, U.D.)
• Boylston (West Boylston, U.D.)

DISTRICT 8: Greenfield

Jonas K. Patch, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
Report: 1876-223; Tabular: 1876-254

• Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
• Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
• Pacific (Amherst, 1860)
• Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
• Orange (Orange, 1859)
• Hope (Gardner, 1864)
• Star (Athol, 1864)
• Artisan (Winchendon, 1865)
• Morning Sun (Conway, 1869)
• Bay State (Montague, 1872)
• Athol (Athol, 1872)

DISTRICT 9: Pittsfield

H. S. Russell, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges
Report: 1876-225; Tabular: 1876-255

• Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
• Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
• Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
• Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
• Lafayette (North Adams, 1847)
• Berkshire (South Adams, 1857)
• Globe (Hinsdale, 1869)
• Upton (Cheshire, 1869)
• Occidental (Stockbridge, 1870)
• Williams (Williamstown, 1871)
• Greylock (North Adams, 1871)
• Crescent (Pittsfield, 1873)

DISTRICT 10: Springfield

John E. Shipman, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
Report: 1876-227; Tabular: 1876-256

• Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
• Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
• Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
• Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
• Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
• Roswell Lee (Springfield, 1864)
• Huntington (Huntington, 1866)
• Ionic (Easthampton, 1867)
• Mount Holyoke (South Hadley, 1869)
• Belcher (Chicopee, 1870)
• Hampshire (Haydenville, 1871)

DISTRICT 11: Worcester

Charles W. Moody, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
Report: 1876-229; Tabular: 1876-257

• Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
• Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
• Montacute (Worcester, 1858)
• Webster (Webster, 1858)
• Oxford (Oxford, 1859)
• United Brethren (Marlborough, 1859)
• Doric (Hudson, 1864)
• Athelstan (Worcester, 1865)
• St. Bernard (Southborough, 1867)
• Quinsigamond(Worcester, 1870)
• Spencer (Spencer, 1871)

DISTRICT 12: Milford

Irving B. Sayles, District Deputy Grand Master; 13 Lodges
Report: 1876-230; Tabular: 1876-258

• Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
• Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
• Olive Branch (Millbury, 1797)
• Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
• Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
• Blackstone River (Blackstone, 1855)
• John Warren (Hopkinton, 1860)
• Mount Hollis (Holliston, 1864)
• North Star (Ashland, 1864)
• Excelsior (Franklin, 1866)
• Siloam (Westborough, 1866)
• Charles River (Medway, 1871)
• Norfolk (Needham, 1874)
• Alpha, (Framingham, U.D.)

DISTRICT 13: Taunton

George L. Rhoads, District Deputy Grand Master; 14 Lodges
Report: 1876-232; Tabular: 1876-259

• Bristol (Attleboro, 1797)
• King David (Taunton, 1798)
• Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
• St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
• Orient (Norwood, 1861)
• Blue Hill (Canton, 1863)
• St. James (Mansfield, 1864)
• Alfred Baylies (Taunton, 1866)
• Hyde Park (Hyde Park, 1866)
• Ionic (Taunton, 1867)
• Paul Dean (North Easton, 1867)
• Ezekiel Bates (Attleboro, 1870)
• Constellation (Dedham, 1871)
• Charles H. Titus (Taunton, 1872)

DISTRICT 14: New Bedford

Abraham G. Hart; 12 Lodges
Report: 1876-234; Tabular: 1876-260

• Union (Nantucket, 1771)
• Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
• Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
• Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
• Eureka (New Bedford, 1857)
• Martha's Vineyard (Tisbury, 1859)
• Pythagorean (Marion, 1861)
• Pioneer (Somerset, 1863)
• May Flower (Middleboro, 1864)
• King Philip (Fall River, 1866)
• Oriental (Edgartown, 1866)
• Concordia (Fairhaven, 1872)
• Narragansett (Fall River, U.D.)

DISTRICT 15: Barnstable

John W. Atwood, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
Report: 1876-236; Tabular: 1876-261

• King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
• Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
• Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
• Mount Horeb (Harwich, 1854)
• DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
• Pilgrim (Harwich, 1859)
• James Otis (Barnstable, 1865)
• Adams (Wellfleet, 1865)
• Howard (Yarmouth, 1869)
• Mariners' (Cotuit, 1871)
• St. Martin's (Chatham, 1872)

DISTRICT 16: Plymouth

Hosea Kingman, District Deputy Grand Master; 13 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Report: 1876-238; Tabular: 1876-262

• Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
• Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
• Rural (Quincy, 1801)
• Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
• Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
• Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
• Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
• Paul Revere (North Bridgewater, 1856)
• John Cutler (Abington, 1859)
• Konohassett (Cohasset, 1864)
• Delta (Weymouth, 1868)
• Puritan (Abington, 1869)
• Phoenix (Hanover, 1873)
• Satuit (Scituate, U.D.)

DISTRICT 17: Woburn

Theodore N. Foque, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Report: 1876-239; Tabular: 1876-263

• Hiram (Arlington, 1797)
• Putnam (Cambridge, 1854)
• Mount Hermon (Medford, 1854)
• Mount Horeb (Woburn, 1855)
• Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
• Mount Vernon (Malden, 1857)
• William Parkman (Winchester, 1864)
• Charity (Cambridge, 1869)
• Good Samaritan (Reading, 1870)
• Simon W. Robinson(Lexington, 1870)
• King Cyrus (Stoneham, U.D.)

DISTRICT 18: Palmer

John Wetherbee, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Report: 1876-240; Tabular: 1876-264

• Thomas (Monson, 1796)
• Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
• Quaboag (Warren, 1858)
• Quinebaug (Southbridge, 1859)
• Day Spring (Monson, 1862)
• Hayden (Brookfield, 1863)
• Eden (Ware, 1863)
• Vernon (Belchertown, 1869)
• Newton (Wilbraham, 1870)
• Anchor (Wales, 1873)

CHILE DISTRICT

H. Plunket Bourchier, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Report: 1876-243; Tabular: 1876-265

• Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, 1854)
• Hiram (Caldera, Chile, 1858)
• Aconcagua (Valparaiso, Chile, 1870)
• Huelen (Santiago, Chile, U.D.)

CHINA DISTRICT

Ithamar B. Eames, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Report: 1876-243; Tabular: 1876-266

• Ancient Landmark (Shanghai, China, 1863)

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