YRCharterSummary

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	Charters no longer active, lost, destroyed or location unknown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

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
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
King Hiram's (1)	Greenwich		John Abbot	06/13/1815	surrendered 06/13/1837
Adoniram	Attleboro; Taunton 1824-1845; New Bedford 1845-.		Andrew Sigourney	06/24/1817	Active
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 09/08/1840; restored 03/08/1853
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		Paul Dean	09/18/1823	revoked 09/08/1840; restored 03/10/1846
Mount Lebanon	Medway; Milford (from 1855)		Paul Dean	02/25/1825	forfeited 09/13/1842; restored 03/13/1855
Northampton	Northampton		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	surrendered 06/09/1829
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
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 (2?)	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	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	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

COUNCILS OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS

Council	Location	Status	Ill. Grand Master	Charter Date	Notes
Boston	Boston		XXX	07/20/1817	Active
Salem-Zebulon	Salem		XXX	05/28/1818	Active: Originally Salem Council
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		XXX	10/26/1825	Active
Ahasuerus	Lowell		XXX	07/06/1826	Active
Princeton	Princeton		XXX	03/01/1847	Unknown
Pawtucket	Pawtucket, RI		XXX	03/01/1847	RHODE ISLAND
Manchester	Manchester, NH		XXX	1852	Unknown
King Solomon's (2)	Belfast, ME		XXX	06/13/1855	MAINE
Mount Vernon	Brunswick, ME		XXX	06/14/1854	MAINE
Alpha	Augusta, ME		XXX	06/14/1854	MAINE
Gardiner	Gardiner, ME		XXX	06/14/1854	MAINE
Hallowell	Hallowell, ME		XXX	06/14/1854	MAINE
Portland	Portland, ME		XXX	06/14/1854	MAINE
East Boston	East Boston		XXX	02/26/1856	Unknown
Orient	Somerville		XXX	02/26/1856	Active; orig date 01/26/1889
Titus Strong	Greenfield		XXX	12/09/1856	Unknown
Haverhill	Haverhill		XXX	12/12/1866	Active
Melrose	Melrose		XXX	12/12/1866	Active
Fall River	Fall River		XXX	01/30/1868	Active
Lawrence	Lawrence		XXX	02/07/1868	Unknown
Medford	Medford		XXX	04/16/1869	Unknown
Abington	Abington		XXX	05/01/1869	Unknown; part of Brockton-Abington?
Napthali	Chelsea		XXX	05/01/1869	Unknown
Roxbury	Roxbury		XXX	03/07/1871	Unknown
Taunton (1)	Taunton		XXX	05/19/1871	Unknown
New Bedford	New Bedford		XXX	05/19/1871	Unknown: same as Taunton(1)?
Attleboro	Attleboro		XXX	05/14/1872	Active
Hyde Park	Hyde Park		XXX	12/21/1872	Active
Cryptic	Newtonville		XXX	12/22/1873	Active
Holyoke	Holyoke		XXX	05/27/1873	Active
Washington (2)	Palmer		XXX	06/22/1873	Unknown
Berkshire	Pittsfield		XXX	03/10/1874	Unknown
Brockton	Brockton		XXX	03/29/1884	Unknown
Lafayette	Washington, DC		XXX	1885	Unknown
Amesbury	Amesbury		XXX	01/25/1889	Unknown
William Parsons	Northampton		XXX	07/26/1895	Unknown
Adoniram (2)	Waltham		XXX	10/14/1896	Active
Zebulon	Lynn		XXX	01/02/1899	Unknown
Milford	Milford		XXX	11/20/1902	Active
Cambridge	Cambridge		XXX	05/11/1910	Unknown
Temple	East Weymouth		XXX	05/28/1913	Active
Westfield	Westfield		XXX	09/23/1914	Unknown
Harris	Athol		XXX	10/03/1917	Unknown
Marlborough	Marlborough		XXX	06/27/1919	Unknown
Hamilton	North Adams		XXX	12/03/1920	Unknown
Taunton (2)	Taunton		XXX	04/14/1921	Active
Friendship	Quincy		XXX	10/24/1963	Unknown
Cape Cod	Centerville		XXX	10/05/1965	Active
Needham	Needham		XXX	01/31/1975	Unknown
Boston (SD)	Santo Domingo, DR		XXX	01/08/1980	Unknown
Vineyard	Oak Bluffs		XXX	12/10/1984	Unknown
King Solomon's	Newburyport		XXX	12/09/2009	Active