Bethel

BETHEL LODGE

Location: Enfield

Chartered By: John Abbot

Charter Date: 09/14/1825 III-554

Precedence Date: 09/14/1825

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged into Eden Lodge, 10/27/1939. Charter may have been surrendered some time between 1826 and 1858; restored 1858.

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition For Dispensation: 1825
Petition for Merger: 1939

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1826 (Abbot; constitution of lodge)
1927 (Simpson)
1939 (Perry; consolidation with Eden Lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1858 1896 1910 1912 1922 1924

OTHER

1829 (report on delinquency)
1857 (petition for restoration)
- 1858 (restoration granted)
1938 (in Grand Master's address: last meeting due to creation of Quabbin Reservoir)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

William S. Douglas, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1886, 1887, 1888; SN
H. Morgan Ryther, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1926; District 19 (Palmer), 1927; N
J. Frederick Zappey, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1936, 1937; SN