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This flourishing Lodge having recently fitted up for its exclusive use a neat and spacious hall, with the necessary ante-rooms and other conveniences, the same was dedicated in due form, by the M. W. Grand Lodge, on the 7th ult., in the presence of a large number of Brethren from the neighboring Lodges. The dedicatory ceremonies were performed by Dr. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLewis Lewis], G. M., assisted by Dr.[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJSmith J. V. C. Smith], Dep. Grand Master, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWCoolidge Wlm. D. Coolidge], J. G. Warden, and other officers of the Grand Lodge. The installation was performed by the R. W. Brother Coolidge in his usual effective manner. After which the Brethren present were addressed by Dr. Smith, who was listened to with great attention and with the highest satisfaction. At the conclusion of these ceremonies the Lodge with its invited guests repaired to the hall below, where an hour was agreeably spent at refreshment.
 
This flourishing Lodge having recently fitted up for its exclusive use a neat and spacious hall, with the necessary ante-rooms and other conveniences, the same was dedicated in due form, by the M. W. Grand Lodge, on the 7th ult., in the presence of a large number of Brethren from the neighboring Lodges. The dedicatory ceremonies were performed by Dr. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLewis Lewis], G. M., assisted by Dr.[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJSmith J. V. C. Smith], Dep. Grand Master, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWCoolidge Wlm. D. Coolidge], J. G. Warden, and other officers of the Grand Lodge. The installation was performed by the R. W. Brother Coolidge in his usual effective manner. After which the Brethren present were addressed by Dr. Smith, who was listened to with great attention and with the highest satisfaction. At the conclusion of these ceremonies the Lodge with its invited guests repaired to the hall below, where an hour was agreeably spent at refreshment.
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''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXIII, No. 5, February 1864, Page 160:''
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''Officers of Bethesda Lodge, Brighton.''
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* C. H. B. Breck, W. M.
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* E. D. Jones, S. W.
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* W. A. Brabiner, J. W.
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* W. R. Champney, Treas.
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* J. P. C. Winship, Sec.
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* E. H. Chamberlin, S. D.
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* H. H. Blake, J. D.
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* E. A. Snow, S. S.
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* Thos. Hunt, J. S.
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* Rev. James Eastwood, Chap.
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* W. D. Bickford, Mar.
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* L. A. Story. Tyler.
  
 
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Revision as of 03:39, 5 August 2013

BETHESDA LODGE (Brighton)

Location: Brighton; Watertown (1983)

Chartered By: Francis J. Oliver

Charter Date: 03/12/1819 III-184

Precedence Date: 03/10/1819

Current Status: Active


PAST MASTERS

Need list of living PMs

  • John Norcross, 1819
  • Francis Moore, 1820-1821
  • Thomas Park, 1822-1823, 1826-1827
  • Joseph Warren, 1824-1825 Mem
  • William R. Champney, 1828-1829
  • B.W. Hobart, 1830
  • Ebenezer Fuller, 1831-1848
  • Amos Wright, 1849
  • E.C. Sparhawk, 1850-1851
  • Sumner Wellman, 1852-1856
  • F. Lyman Winship, 1857-1861
  • Weare D. Wickford, 1862-1863
  • Charles H.B. Breck 1864-1866
  • Eben D. Jones, 1867-1868, 1870
  • W.H. Merritt, 1869
  • Louis H. Adams, 1871-1872
  • George B. Livermore, 1873-1874
  • S.T.P. Martin, 1875-1876
  • Austin Bigelow, 1877-1878
  • S.N. Davenport, 1879-1880
  • Horace E. Marion, 1881-1882
  • J. Wesley Farmer, 1883-1884
  • Otis H. Marion, 1885-1886; SN
  • Joshua J. Duncklee, 1887-1888
  • George W. Warren, 1889-1890
  • Edward C. Scates, 1891-1892
  • H.B. Hazelwood, 1893-1894
  • Leonard W. Ross, 1895-1896
  • William M. Farrington, 1897-1898
  • Frank H. Howe, 1899-1900
  • Daniel W. Hyde, 1901-1902
  • Charles E. Holman, 1903-1904
  • Frank G. Howard, 1905-1906
  • Fred A. Norcross, 1907-1908
  • Charles A. Hunt, 1909-1910
  • James H. Dalton, 1911-1912
  • James Young, Jr., 1913
  • Irving G. Findlay, 1914-1915
  • George E. Brock, 1916
  • Walter V. Batson, 1917-1918
  • Frank J. Perry, 1919
  • Walter A. Lambert, 1920
  • Herbert A. Wilson, 1921
  • William D. Williams, 1922
  • Clarence N. Holman, 1923
  • Rudolph Burrough, 1924; SN
  • George A. Mosher, 1925
  • Ernest L. Porter, 1926
  • H. Wendell Prout, 1927
  • Leon E. Smith, 1928; N
  • Roger W. Conkey, 1929
  • Frank W. Larrabee, 1930
  • Bradford C. Patch, 1931
  • Albert W. Holbrow, 1932
  • George B. Sargent, 1933
  • Roy B. Stewart, 1934
  • Benjamin F. Wood, 1935
  • Everett A. Kelly, 1936
  • Harry N. Girard, 1937
  • Frederick W. Mosher, 1938
  • Frederick W. MacSween, 1939
  • Henry C. Teudesman, 1940
  • William Hall, 1941
  • Henry H. Sullivan, 1942
  • Charles H. Warren, 1943
  • Walter W. Weeden, 1944
  • Chester G. Parsons, 1945
  • Bradley H. Wentworth, 1946
  • William J. Russell, 1947
  • Evan A.G. Anderson, 1948
  • William H. Welch, 1949
  • James W. O'Donnell, Jr., 1950
  • Albert W. Keddy, 1951
  • Leslie McNally, 1952
  • Walter J. Day, 1953
  • John E. Henderson, 1954
  • Albert C. Gaskell, 1955
  • Theodore R. Woodworth, 1956
  • Harry W. Leigh, 1957
  • Brewster A. Thorburn, 1958
  • William J. Ireland, 1959
  • James M. Allan, 1960
  • Kenneth F. Haley, 1961
  • Hugh A. Howes, 1962
  • Richard F. Humber, 1963
  • John A. Collins, 1964
  • Ira L. Enman, 1965
  • Walter T. Watson, 1966
  • John A. Musserian, 1967, 1972; SN
  • Chester S. Miller, 1968, 1974
  • Clifford B. Porter, 1969
  • William M. Tennant, 1970, 1973, 1983
  • Theodore L. Miller, 1971
  • Benjamin L. Todd, 1975
  • James V. Pelusi, 1976, 1991
  • Frank R. Puccino, 1977
  • Alan E. Otash, 1978-1979
  • Harold J. Cunningham, 1980
  • James L. Woodyard, 1981, 1984
  • Leon P. Fontaine, 1982
  • Robert N. Morley, 1985-1986, 1990
  • Donald S. Pacuska, 1987
  • David P. Echevarria, 1988, 1992
  • Ralph S. Dodge, 1989
  • Deeb E. Homsi, Jr., 1993-1994
  • William R. Davis, Jr., 1995-1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010-2012
  • Mark F. Sweeney, 1997, 1998, 2000
  • Jonathan A. Cohen, 2002-2004, 2007, 2008
  • Morris H. Rosenthal, 2009

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Charter: 1818

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1894 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1919 (Centenary)
  • 1944 (125th Anniversary)
  • 1969 (150th Anniversary)
  • 1994 (175th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1873 1881 1888 1892 1893 1894 1896 1898 1899 1901 1902 1908 1912 1919 1920 1922 1927 1933 1934 1937 1945 1949 1953 1955 1958 1968 1977 1982 1990

HISTORY

  • 1969 (150th Anniversary History, 1969-8)

OTHER

  • 1844 (Resolution praising the work of the Lodge)
  • 1896 (Cornerstone laying of Newton Masonic hall)

EVENTS

OFFICER LIST, FEBRUARY 1831

From Boston Masonic Mirror, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 34, February 19, 1831, Page 268:

Officers of Bethesda Lodge, Brighton, Massachusetts.

  • Ebenezer Fuller, Jr. Master
  • Wm. Fletcher, S. Warden
  • James Morse, J. Warden
  • Stephen Stone, Treasurer
  • Joseph Warren, Secretary
  • Thomas J. Leverett, S. Deacon
  • James Fullenton, J. Deacon
  • Rev. Daniel Austin, Chaplain
  • Thomas Park, Marshall
  • Thomas Smallwood, S. Steward
  • Charles Herd, J. Steward
  • Amos Wright, Tyler

INSTALLATION, JANUARY 1847

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. VI, No. 4, February 1847, Page 107:

The officers of Bethesda Lodge, at Brighton, were publicly installed by the Grand Master and his officers, on Tuesday, the 5th January. The Lodge room was well filled by ladies and invited guests. The address was delivered by Rev. Br. Addison Searle, Dist. Dep. Grand Master of the 1st District.

HALL DEDICATION, MARCH 1860

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XIX, No. 5, March 1847, Page 139:

This flourishing Lodge having recently fitted up for its exclusive use a neat and spacious hall, with the necessary ante-rooms and other conveniences, the same was dedicated in due form, by the M. W. Grand Lodge, on the 7th ult., in the presence of a large number of Brethren from the neighboring Lodges. The dedicatory ceremonies were performed by Dr. Lewis, G. M., assisted by Dr.J. V. C. Smith, Dep. Grand Master, Wlm. D. Coolidge, J. G. Warden, and other officers of the Grand Lodge. The installation was performed by the R. W. Brother Coolidge in his usual effective manner. After which the Brethren present were addressed by Dr. Smith, who was listened to with great attention and with the highest satisfaction. At the conclusion of these ceremonies the Lodge with its invited guests repaired to the hall below, where an hour was agreeably spent at refreshment.

OFFICER LIST, FEBRUARY 1864

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXIII, No. 5, February 1864, Page 160:

Officers of Bethesda Lodge, Brighton.

  • C. H. B. Breck, W. M.
  • E. D. Jones, S. W.
  • W. A. Brabiner, J. W.
  • W. R. Champney, Treas.
  • J. P. C. Winship, Sec.
  • E. H. Chamberlin, S. D.
  • H. H. Blake, J. D.
  • E. A. Snow, S. S.
  • Thos. Hunt, J. S.
  • Rev. James Eastwood, Chap.
  • W. D. Bickford, Mar.
  • L. A. Story. Tyler.

MEMORIALS

JOSEPH WARREN, 1775-1855

  • MM before 1819; Charter Member, Bethesda; WM 1824, 1825

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XV, No. 4, February 1856, Page 116:

Br. Joseph Warren, whose death is noticed in another part of this Magazine, was one of the oldest, most faithful, and devoted Brethren among us. He was chosen Secretary of Bethesda Lodge, in Brighton, on the 15th March, 1819, and on the 24th June following, the day on which the Lodge was consecrated, he was duly installed as such. This office he held until Dec., 1823, when he was elected Master, having never been absent from his desk but once during the four years.

H e held the office of Master until Dec. 13, 1825, when he was again elected Secretary, and continued to act in this capacity until the 7th Dec., 1847, when he declined a re-election, having served in the office altogether nearly twenty-six years. It appears from the records of the Lodge, that from the day of its first meeting in March, 1819, to the 27th May, 1851, a period of thirty-two years, he was absent but at six meetings!

Another instance of such long continued faithfulness to duty and devotion to the Lodge, it would be difficult to name. He was truly a Mason of the old school.

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XV, No. 4, February 1856, Page 126:

At a special communication of Bethesda Lodge, Brighton, held November 7th, 5855, the following resolutions were adopted :—

  • Whereas it has pleased the Supreme Architect of the Universe to remove from our midst our much esteemed W. Br. Joseph Warren, who for a long series of years has devoted himself to the advancement of our Order :
  • Resolved, That his attachment to Masonry, manifested by his constant attention to those Masonic Virtues, Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, has commanded the high estimation of every good Mason, and we cherish the memory of one who with Masonic fortitude, in the dark hour, braved the unsuccessful tide of impending danger.
  • Resolved, That as a tribute of respect to our departed Brother, the Lodge be clad in mourning for the space of thirty days.
  • Resolved, That the Secretary transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of our deceased Brother, and that they be entered in full upon the records of the Lodge.

E. Augustus Story, Secretary.


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1819: District 1 (Boston and vicinity)

1821: District 9

1835: District 1

1849: District 1

1867: District 4 (Cambridge)

1883: District 5 (Newton)

1897: District 5 (Waltham)

1911: District 5 (Waltham)

1927: District 5 (Brighton)

2003: District 3

2009: District 5

2011: District 3


LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges