Amicable

AMICABLE LODGE

Location: Cambridge

Chartered By: Isaiah Thomas

Charter Date: 06/10/1805 II-276

Precedence Date: 06/10/1805

Current Status: Active

NOTES

PAST MASTERS

Need list of living Past Masters and PMs after 1993.

Andrews Adams, 1805
Nathan Crane, 1806, 1807, 1816, 1817
Samuel P.P. Fay, 1808, 1809
James Fillebrown, 1810
Jesse Goodnow, 1811, 1812
Samuel Hancock, 1813
Benjamin Bigelow, 1814, 1815
Thomas L. Parker, 1818
Luther Gay, 1819, 1820, 1821
John Tarbell, 1822, 1823
Eliab W. Metcalf, 1824, 1829, 1830
William J. Whipple, 1825, 1826, 1838
Isaac Livermore, 1827, 1828, 1831, 1832
Thomas F. Norris, 1833
William H. Odoirne, 1834-1837
Lucius R. Paige, 1846-1848
George B. Lothrop, 1849-1851
Benjamin F. Nourse, 1852, 1853
William T. Harris, 1854
James S. Smith, 1855
Oliver J. Rand, 1856
George B. Eaton, 1857, 1858
Leonard Cox, Jr., 1859
Richard O'Brien, 1860
Ebenezer Towle, 1861
William F. Knowels, 1862
Gilbert D. Nourse, 1863
Henry Endicott, 1864-1866
Frederick W. Gregory, 1867
Eben Denton, 1868
James Milligan, 1869
Samuel P. Adams, 1870, 1871
Leander M. Hannum, 1872, 1873; SN
True Scales, 1874, 1875
Samuel D. Young, 1876, 1877
William I. Lathrop, 1878, 1879
Edwin L. Haley, 1880, 1881
James K. O'Dell, 1882, 1883
Frank W. Dallinger, 1884, 1885
George B. Lothrop, Jr., 1886, 1887
Elbridge G. Stevens, 1888, 1889
Richard W. Sutton, 1890, 1891
Alpheus B. Alger, 1892, 1893
Horace G. Kemp, 1894, 1895
Clarence M. Howlett, 1896, 1897
William W. Peirce, 1898, 1899
Henry A. Locke, 1900, 1901; SN
Charles H. Ackers, 1902, 1903
Charles P. Keith, 1904, 1905
Frank Locke, 1906, 1907
LaForest D. Howe, 1908, 1909
Samuel D. Elmore, 1910, 1911
Charles A. Stover, 1912
John Hamilton, 1913, 1914
William H. Walker, 1915, 1916
Albert W. Pratt, 1917
Charles L. Hille, 1918, 1919
Lyman S. Hapgood, 1920, 1921
Edward F. Wallis, 1922, 1923; Mem
Walter H. Nay, 1924, 1925, 1929
Francis L. Bain, 1926, 1927
Arthur W. Weysse, 1928
Eugene B. Wyman, 1930, 1931
Alonzo H. Garcelon, 1932, 1933
George E. Preble, 1934
Walter P. Worden, 1935; N
John T. Mathews, 1936
Richard L. Hapgood, 1937
Leonard H. Hicks, 1938
Everett N. Hatch, 1939
Stanley L. Brown, 1940
Alonzo Taylor, 1941
Frank O. Lunden, 1942
Herbert W. Trohon, Jr., 1943
Arnold F. Thomas, 1944; N
Arthur C. Prescott, 1945
Cleon E. Button, 1946
Hubert F. Marshall, 1947
Stephen E. Mathews, 1948
Chesley Benson, 1949
David S. Crilly, 1950
Fred Simm, 1951
Charles M. Davis, 1952
Cyril H. Oxner, 1953
Harold Gillingham, 1954
Roger W. Jones, 1955; N
David C. Dow, 1956
James A. Essensa, Jr., 1957
William Paterson, 1958; N
Willard S. Putnam, 1959
Frank M. Lewis, 1960
Benjamin T. Wright, 1961
Charles S. Babcock, 1962
Richard C. Husslebee, 1963
Earle F. Cook, 1964
Robert P. Henry, 1965
Wellman J. Bartlett, 1966
Paul E. Whittier, 1967
Arthur A. Quinton, 1968
George F. Cooper, 1969
Roy W. Jackson, 1970
Harold W. Jack, 1971
Charles H. Taylor, Jr., 1972; PDDGM
Frank A. Tavanese, Jr., 1973
Russell G. Quinton, 1974
Hiram P. Shorter, 1975
James W. Spurrell, 1976; PDDGM
Marlin A. Emschweiler, 1977
Christian F. Crouse, 1978
Philip J. McElroy, 1979
William P. Todd, Sr., 1980
Paul R. Donaldson, 1981
Warren H. Clark, 1982
G. Warren Jackson, 1983
Stephen J. Kelley, 1984
Angelo Mangos, 1985
William L. Paterson, 1986
Donald J. Verrochio, 1987
Charles E. Lewis, 1988
Robert C. Quinton, 1989, 1990
Keith C. MacKinnon, 1991
Richard J. Boudreau, 1992
Arthur B. Serino, Jr., 1993
Scott M.G. Gamble, 1994
Gary B. Coke. 1995
Bassam R. Issa, 1996, 1997
Peter K. Whitten, 1998
Henry I. Peirce, 1999
Andrew R. Grove, 2000, 2001
Frank M. Lewis Jr., 2002
Henry I. Peirce, 2003
Daniel L. Wright, 2004
Richard J Boudreau, 2005, 2006
John C. Dorr, 2007
Jerry A. Roach, 2008, 2009, 2010; PDDGM
Andrew R. Grove, 2011
Chris Duggan, 2012
David L. Riley, 2013

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Charter: 1805 "Note that no student at the University would be admitted without permission of the Grand Master."
Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1845

ANNIVERSARIES

1905 (Centenary)
1930 (125th Anniversary)
1955 (150th Anniversary)
1980 (175th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1806 (Thomas; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
1866 (Dame; installation)
1873 (Nickerson)
1879 (Welch)
1880 (Welch)
1881 (Lawrence)
1885 (Howland)
1887 (Endicott; installation)
1888 (Endicott; 2 visits; installation and funeral of Charles Tufts)
1889 (Endicott; 2 visits; including installation)
1891 (Wells)
1893 (Briggs; also a visit by Acting GM Shepard)
1898 (Hutchinson)
1902 (Gallagher)
1905 (Sanford; Centenary)
1906 (Blake)
1910 (Flanders)
1912 (Benton)
1918 (Abbott; reception for Radio School brethren)
1925 (Ferrell; installation)
1930 (Deputy Grand Master Jones; 125th Anniversary)
1955 (W. Johnson; 150th Anniversary)
1980 (Melanson; 175th Anniversary)
1988 (Ames; 2000th Communication)
2005 (Hodgdon; 200th Anniversary)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1872 1879 1885 1889 1898 1899 1904 1907 1909 1910 1919 1920 1923 1924 1926 1930 1937 1951 1962 1963 1968 1975 1986 1996 2001 2009

HISTORY

1905 (Centenary History, 1905-50)
1930 (125th Anniversary History, 1930-255)
1955 (brief 150th Anniversary History, 1955-120)

OTHER

1818 (Memorial regarding the computation of Anno Lucis)
1820 (Conflict over jurisdiction)
1821 (Conflict over jurisdiction resolved)
1848 (Petition regarding money lent to Grand Lodge)
1872 (lodge transferred to a different district)
1889 (cornerstone laying of Cambridge city hall)
1910 (cornerstone laying of Cambridge Masonic hall)
1911 (dedication of Cambridge Masonic hall)

EVENTS

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. 6, April 1846, p. 192:

The officers of Amicable Lodge, Cambridgeport, were installed by the Grand Lodge of this State, on Tuesday evening, March 17th. A large number of Brethren were present, and the prospects of the Lodge are encouraging. Among the members present were two of the original petitioners of the Charter, which was granted in 1805.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Henry Endicott, DDGM, Cambridge 4, 1867, 1868; Senior Grand Warden 1873; Grand Master 1887-1889
Samuel P.P. Fay, DDGM, District 1, 1817, 1818; Deputy Grand Master 1819; Grand Master 1820
Leander M. Hannum, DDGM, Charlestown 2, 1881; SN
William Hilliard, DDGM, North Shore 9, 1830, 1831; Deputy Grand Master 1831
Roger W. Jones, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1963, 1964; N
Henry A. Locke, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1904, 1905; SN
Lucius R. Paige, Deputy Grand Master 1852-1854
William Paterson, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1986, 1987; N
Augustus (Asa) Peabody, DDGM, District 1, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816; Senior Grand Warden 1817; Grand Master 1843-1845
Jerry A. Roach, Jr., DDGM, District 3, 2009, 2010
James W. Spurrell, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1999, 2000
Charles H. Taylor, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1978, 1979
Arnold F. Thomas, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1951, 1952; N
Edward F. Wallis, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1927; Memorial
William J. Whipple, DDGM, North Shore 9, 1823, 1824; Junior Grand Warden 1830-1832, Senior Grand Warden 1833
Walter P. Worden, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1941, 1942; N