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<td>St. John's (Boston)</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's (Boston)]</td>
 
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPrice Price]''</td>
 
<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPrice Price]''</td>
 
<td>1733</td>
 
<td>1733</td>
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<td>First lodge chartered in Massachusetts. Original charter lost, replaced after 1864 fire.</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Masters1 Master's]</td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPrice Price]''</td>
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<td>1738</td>
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<td>Chartered for the conferral of the Master Mason Degree. Charter surrendered in 1796.</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StAndrew Lodge of St. Andrew]</td>
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<td>''Grand Master of Scotland''</td>
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<td>1756</td>
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<td>Chartered by the Grand Master of Scotland and not recognized by St. John's Grand Lodge. Founding Lodge of Massachusetts Provincial Grand Lodge. Endorsed 1809 by Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMThomas Thomas] to come under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarblehead Philanthropic (Marblehead)]</td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMGridley Gridley]''</td>
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<td>1760</td>
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<td>Possibly not using the original 1760 charter but instead a reissued document from the 1780s.</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnN St. John's, Newburyport]</td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMGridley Gridley]''</td>
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<td>1766</td>
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<td>Active</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian]</td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMJsWarren Joseph Warren]''</td>
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<td>1770</td>]
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<td>Merged with [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Acacia Acacia] Lodge to form http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=TyrianAcacia Tyrian-Acacia], 2003; merged with [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Ashler Ashler] Lodge to form [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=TyrianAshlerAcacia Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia], 2007 </td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsLodge The Massachusetts]</td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMJsWarren Joseph Warren]''</td>
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<td>1770</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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<td>[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionN Union (Nantucket)]</td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRowe Rowe]''</td>
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<td>1771</td>
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<td>Active.</td>
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<td> [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RisingStates Rising States]</td>
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<td>''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMJnWarren John Warren]''</td>
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<td>1783</td>
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<td>Separated from Lodge of St. Andrew to remain under Massachusetts Independent Grand Lodge; took St. Andrew's precedence; charter resigned in 1810.</td>
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# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's (Boston)]''''' 07/30/1733  '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFirstPhiladelphiaPA1 First, Philadelphia PA] 06/24/1734 '''&'''
 
# ''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASolomon1CharlestonSC Solomon's #1, Charleston SC]'' 12/27/1735 '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of South Carolina''
 
# ''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnPortsmouthNH St. John's (Portsmouth)]'' (Portsmouth RI) 06/24/1736  '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Masters1 Master's] 01/02/1738  '''&'''
 
# ''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAnnapolisRoyalNS Annapolis Royal, NS]'' 06/24/1738 '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFirstAntigua First Lodge West Indies, Antigua] 06/24/1738 '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Leeward Islands''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnNewfoundland St. John's, Newfoundland] 12/24/1746 '''&'''
 
# ''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnNewportRI St. John's Newport]'' (Newport RI) 12/27/1749  '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHalifaxNS Halifax] 07/19/1750 '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAnnapolisMD Annapolis MD] 08/12/1750 '''&'''
 
# ''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHiramNewHavenCT Hiram]'' (New Haven CT) 11/12/1750  '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut''
 
# ''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewLondonNLCT Lodge at New London]'' (New London CT) 01/12/1753  '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut''
 
# ''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnMiddletonCT St. John's, Middletown]'' (Middletown CT) 02/04/1754  '''&'''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut''
 
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StAndrew Lodge of St. Andrew]''''' 11/30/1756
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RisingStates Rising States] 11/30/1756 (Separated part of Lodge of St. Andrew, 1783) '''§'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnProvidenceRI St. John's, Cranston] (Providence RI) 01/18/1757  '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewportMastersRI Master's, Newport] (Newport RI) 03/20/1759  '''&'''
 
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarblehead Philanthropic (Marblehead)]''''' 03/25/1760  '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASurinam Surinam] 04/08/1761 '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnHartfordCT Hartford] (Hartford CT) 03/21/1762  '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEPortland Falmouth (Portland)] (Portland Maine) 03/30/1762  '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MATempleNJ Temple, Elizabeth Town NJ] 07/28/1762 '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAKingSolomonWaterburyCT King Solomon's, Waterbury] (Waterbury CT) 10/26/1764  '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAQuebecQU Quebec] 10/26/1764 '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPittCountyNC Pitt County, NC] 12/10/1764 '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStJohnPrincetonNJ St. John's, Princeton NJ] 10/25/1765 '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnN St. John's, Newburyport] 07/17/1766  '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorwichCT Norwich] (Norwich CT) 10/24/1766  '''&''' ''withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Salem Salem]  10/24/1766  '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStChristopherWI St. Christopher, West Indies] 10/24/1766 '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABarbados Barbados] 10/24/1766 '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAVirginia Virginia] 10/24/1766 '''&'''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACompassWallingfordCT Compass, Wallingford] (Wallingford CT) 05/01/1769  '''&'''
 
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian]''''' 02/23/1770 '''§'''
 
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsLodge The Massachusetts]''''' 05/13/1770  '''§'''
 
# '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionN Union (Nantucket)]''''' 05/27/1771  '''&'''
 
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPeter2 St. Peter's] 03/06/1772  '''§'''  
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPeter2 St. Peter's] 03/06/1772  '''§'''  
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RisingSun0 Rising Sun] 06/22/1772  '''&''' ''merged with St. John's Boston, 11/15/1791''
 
# [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RisingSun0 Rising Sun] 06/22/1772  '''&''' ''merged with St. John's Boston, 11/15/1791''

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CHARTER SUMMARY

The following tables list charters granted in Massachusetts. They do not include charters granted by either Massachusetts Grand Lodge in other colonies or states that have since come under the authority of other Grand Lodges (such as Connecticut or Maine).

KEY

Charters in Green are active under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

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Lodge Name Status Grand Master Charter Date Notes
St. John's (Boston) Price 1733 First lodge chartered in Massachusetts. Original charter lost, replaced after 1864 fire.
Master's Price 1738 Chartered for the conferral of the Master Mason Degree. Charter surrendered in 1796.
Lodge of St. Andrew Grand Master of Scotland 1756 Chartered by the Grand Master of Scotland and not recognized by St. John's Grand Lodge. Founding Lodge of Massachusetts Provincial Grand Lodge. Endorsed 1809 by Grand Master Thomas to come under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
Philanthropic (Marblehead) Gridley 1760 Possibly not using the original 1760 charter but instead a reissued document from the 1780s.
St. John's, Newburyport Gridley 1766 Active
The Tyrian Joseph Warren 1770Merged with Acacia Lodge to form http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=TyrianAcacia Tyrian-Acacia], 2003; merged with Ashler Lodge to form Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia, 2007
The Massachusetts Joseph Warren 1770 Active.
Union (Nantucket) Rowe 1771 Active.
Rising States John Warren 1783 Separated from Lodge of St. Andrew to remain under Massachusetts Independent Grand Lodge; took St. Andrew's precedence; charter resigned in 1810.


  1. St. Peter's 03/06/1772 §
  2. Rising Sun 06/22/1772 & merged with St. John's Boston, 11/15/1791
  3. American Union 02/15/1776 &
  4. Berkshire (Williamstown) 03/08/1777 §
  5. Trinity 01/30/1778 §
  6. United States 01/30/1778 §
  7. Warren (Machias ME) 09/04/1778 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
  8. Essex 03/09/1779 §
  9. Unity (Ipswich) 03/09/1779 §
  10. Washington Army 10/06/1779 §
  11. St. Patrick, Portsmouth NH 03/17/1780 §
  12. Union, Danbury (Danbury CT) 05/23/1780 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  13. Wooster, Colchester CT 01/23/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  14. St. Paul's, Litchfield CT 05/22/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  15. Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie NY 09/06/1782 §
  16. King Hiram, Shelton CT 01/03/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  17. Montgomery, Lakeville CT 03/06/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  18. King Solomon's 09/05/1783 §
  19. Hampshire (Northampton) 01/30/1784 §
  20. Rising Sun (Keene NH) 03/05/1784 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
  21. North Star (Manchester VT) 01/19/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
  22. Friendship (Williamstown) 07/23/1785 §
  23. Columbia, Norwich CT 07/23/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  24. Frederick, Farmington CT 10/29/1787 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  25. Faithful (Cornish VT) 02/22/1788 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
  26. Dartmouth (Hanover NH) 12/18/1788 §
  27. Harmonic 12/08/1790 §

ACTIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS

  1. St. John's (Boston) 07/30/1733 &
  2. Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756
  3. Philanthropic (Marblehead) 03/25/1760 &
  4. The Tyrian 02/23/1770 §
  5. The Massachusetts 05/13/1770 §
  6. Union (Nantucket) 05/27/1771 &
  7. Trinity 01/30/1778 §
  8. Essex 03/09/1779 §
  9. King Solomon's 09/05/1783 §
  10. Old Colony 12/10/1792
  11. Morning Star 06/11/1793
  12. Republican, 12/08/1794
  13. Evening Star, 06/09/1795
  14. Cincinnatus, 12/09/1795
  15. King Hiram's, 12/12/1795
  16. Washington, 03/17/1796
  17. Columbian, 06/08/1796
  18. Harmony, 06/13/1796
  19. Union (Dorchester), 06/13/1796
  20. Thomas, 12/13/1796
  21. St. Paul, 01/13/1797
  22. Jerusalem, 06/13/1797
  23. Bristol, 06/14/1797
  24. Fellowship, 06/15/1797
  25. Corinthian, 06/16/1797
  26. Montgomery, 09/13/1797
  27. Olive Branch, 09/13/1797
  28. Hiram, 12/11/1797 (now Mystic Valley)
  29. Meridian, 12/11/1797
  30. Marine, 03/13/1798
  31. King David, 06/12/1798