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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1865 1865]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman Parkman]; constitution of lodge and installation; see description below)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1878 1878]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWelch Welch]; installation)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1878 1878]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWelch Welch]; installation)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1879 1879]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWelch Welch]; installation)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1879 1879]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWelch Welch]; installation)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1975 1975]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMaxwell Maxwell]; installation)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1975 1975]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMaxwell Maxwell]; installation)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1973 1973]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMelanson Melanson]; 2 visits Hall dedication and merger)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1973 1973]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMelanson Melanson]; 2 visits Hall dedication and merger)
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''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 7, May 1865:''
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'''BELMONT LODGE.''' This is the name of a new Lodge recently established in the neighboring village of Belmont. Having worked a year under Dispensation, it was regularly constituted by the M. W. Grand Lodge on the evening of the 5th of April last. Situated in the midst of several flourishing Lodges, and in a small but pleasant village, it will probably never be numerically large, but it is in the hands of intelligent Brethren whose zeal will insure its success. At the close of the ceremonies, the M. W. Grand Master [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman Parkman] addressed the members on the importance of their trust they had voluntarily assumed, and on their general duties and obligations as Masons. The following are the officers for the current year :—
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* Wm. B. Bothamly, W. M.
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* Wm. Mead, S. W.
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* Albert Higgins, J. W.
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* Jonas B. Chenery, Treas.
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* John G. Smith, Sec.
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* Geo. W. Long, S. D.
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* Merlon Simonds, J. D.
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* Horace H. Homer, S. S.
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* John Alexander, J. S.—P. M.
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* Wm. T. Underwood, Tyler.
  
 
=== GRAND LODGE OFFICERS ===
 
=== GRAND LODGE OFFICERS ===

Revision as of 17:22, 17 September 2012

BELMONT LODGE

Location: Belmont

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 03/09/1865 VII-2

Precedence Date: 03/08/1864

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Beaver Lodge to form Belmont-Beaver Lodge, 09/15/1980.

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition For Dispensation: 1864
  • Petition For Charter: 1865
  • Petition For Merger: 1980

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1914 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1928 (1000th meeting)
  • 1939 (75th Anniversary; GL Special Communication)
  • 1964 (Centenary; GL Special Communication)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1880 1889 1893 1896 1901 1902 1906 1911 1913 1914 1922 1927 1928 1931 1936 1941 1942 1943 1946 1949 1953 1954 1956 1965 1966 1967

HISTORY

  • 1939 (75th Anniversary History, 1939-31)
  • 1964 (Centennial History, 1964-22)

OTHER

  • 1894 (At Boston burial lot dedication, 1894-85)
  • 1896 (Cornerstone laying, Waverley Unitarian Church, 1896-276)
  • 1899 (Cornerstone laying, Masonic hall, 1899-20)
  • 1930 (Donation of the Henry Price chair, 1930-309)

EVENTS

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 7, May 1865:

BELMONT LODGE. This is the name of a new Lodge recently established in the neighboring village of Belmont. Having worked a year under Dispensation, it was regularly constituted by the M. W. Grand Lodge on the evening of the 5th of April last. Situated in the midst of several flourishing Lodges, and in a small but pleasant village, it will probably never be numerically large, but it is in the hands of intelligent Brethren whose zeal will insure its success. At the close of the ceremonies, the M. W. Grand Master Parkman addressed the members on the importance of their trust they had voluntarily assumed, and on their general duties and obligations as Masons. The following are the officers for the current year :—

  • Wm. B. Bothamly, W. M.
  • Wm. Mead, S. W.
  • Albert Higgins, J. W.
  • Jonas B. Chenery, Treas.
  • John G. Smith, Sec.
  • Geo. W. Long, S. D.
  • Merlon Simonds, J. D.
  • Horace H. Homer, S. S.
  • John Alexander, J. S.—P. M.
  • Wm. T. Underwood, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1867: District 4 (Cambridge)

1883: District 5 (Newton)

1897: District 5 (Waltham)

1911: District 5 (Waltham)

1927: District 5 (Brighton)

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges

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