YRCharterSummary

YORK RITE CHARTER SUMMARY

The following tables list charters granted in Massachusetts. They do not include charters granted by either Massachusetts Grand Lodge in other colonies or states that have since come under the authority of other Grand Lodges (such as Connecticut or Maine).

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	Charters no longer active, lost, destroyed or location unknown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

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	Active
St. John's (1)	Groton		Timothy Bigelow	10/12/1804	Unknown
King Solomon's	Charlton		Timothy Bigelow	09/06/1805	Unknown
Washington	Salem		James Dean Hopkins	01/09/1811	Active
King Hiram's (1)	Greenwich		John Abbot	06/13/1815	Unknown
Adoniram	Attleboro		Andrew Sigourney	10/04/1816	Active
Morning Star	Springfield (Feeding Hills)		Andrew Sigourney	06/10/1817	Active
Rising Sun	Nantucket		James Prescott	06/09/1818	Unknown
Franklin	Greenfield		James Prescott	12/07/1818	Now part of Morning Star
St. Paul's	Boston		James Prescott	12/10/1818	Active
Mount Zion	Stoughton		Jonathan Gage	12/12/1820	Now part of Phoenix
Thomas	Princeton (now Fitchburg)		Jonathan Gage	12/11/1821	Active
Mt. Lebanon	Medfield (now Milford)		Paul Dean	12/14/1824	Active
Northampton	Northampton		Paul Dean	06/25/1825	Now part of Mount Holyoke
Bethlehem	New Bedford		Daniel Lewis Gibbens	01/15/1826	Active
Concord	Concord		Daniel Lewis Gibbens	03/25/1826	Active
Mt. Horeb	Lowell		Daniel Lewis Gibbens	04/08/1826	Active
St. Luke	Marblehead		Daniel Lewis Gibbens	06/01/1826	Unknown
Sutton (1)	Sutton		Daniel Lewis Gibbens	09/26/1826	Unknown
St. John's (2)	East Boston		Stephen Lowell	12/12/1852	Now part of Cambridge
Shekinah	Chelsea		Stephen Lovell	12/27/1855	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)	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	09/11/1860	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
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	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
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	Westfield		Henry Chickering	09/12/1870	Now part of Morning Star
Trinity	Amesbury		Henry Chickering	09/13/1870	Now part of King Cyrus
Eureka	Worcester		Henry Chickering	12/13/1870	Active
Somerville	Somerville		Henry Chickering	12/13/1870	Now part of Cambridge
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
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	yr12/07/1875/td>	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	Now part of 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	Active?
Amherst	Amherst		Charles Dana Barrage	01/15/1912	Active
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	Now part of 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