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ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE
JOHN ROWE, Grand Master
JOHN CUTLER, Senior Grand Warden, Acting Grand Master
Richard Gridley, Deputy Grand Master
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 |
