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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

1847 (Robinson; installation; see description below)
1860 (Lewis; Hall dedication)
1893 (Acting Grand Master Shepard)
1894 (Weld; 75th Anniversary)
1895 (Holmes; 2 visits, including installation)
1898 (Hutchinson)
1900 (Gallagher)
1908 (Blake; 1200th meeting)
1912 (Benton)
1914 (M. Johnson)
1917 (L. Abbott)
1919 (L. Abbott; Centenary)
1935 (Allen; reception for Deputy Grand Master H. Wendell Prout)
1944 (A. Coolidge; 125th Anniversary)
1969 (Jaynes; 150th Anniversary)
1972 (Vose; Table Lodge)
1985 (Richardson)
1994 (Lovering; 175th Anniversary)

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.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Daniel Austin, Grand Chaplain, 1838, 1839
Rudolph Burrough, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1927, 1928; SN
Horace E. Marion, DDGM, District 5 (Newton), 1887, 1888, 1889; Junior Grand Warden 1905
Otis H. Marion, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1900, 1901; SN
John A. Musserian, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1978, 1979; SN
H. Wendell Prout, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1931, 1932; Deputy Grand Master 1935; Grand Treasurer 1941-1944
Leon E. Smith, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1944, 1945; N
F. Lyman Winship, DDGM, District 4 (Cambridge), 1869, 1870, 1871; Grand Marshal 1878-1880; Senior Grand Warden, 1881
James Young, Jr., DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1920, 1921; Deputy Grand Master 1929