CharterSummary
From MasonicGenealogy
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).
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Charters in <color=green>Green</color> are active under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
- St. John's (Boston) 07/30/1733 &
- First, Philadelphia PA 06/24/1734 &
- Solomon's #1, Charleston SC 12/27/1735 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of South Carolina
- St. John's (Portsmouth) (Portsmouth RI) 06/24/1736 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
- Master's 01/02/1738 &
- Annapolis Royal, NS 06/24/1738 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia
- First Lodge West Indies, Antigua 06/24/1738 & withdrawn to the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Leeward Islands
- St. John's, Newfoundland 12/24/1746 &
- St. John's Newport (Newport RI) 12/27/1749 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
- Halifax 07/19/1750 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia
- Annapolis MD 08/12/1750 &
- Hiram (New Haven CT) 11/12/1750 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Lodge at New London (New London CT) 01/12/1753 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- St. John's, Middletown (Middletown CT) 02/04/1754 &' withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756
- Rising States 11/30/1756 (Separated part of Lodge of St. Andrew, 1783) §
- St. John's, Cranston (Providence RI) 01/18/1757 &
- Master's, Newport (Newport RI) 03/20/1759 &
- Philanthropic (Marblehead) 03/25/1760 &
- Surinam 04/08/1761 &
- Hartford (Hartford CT) 03/21/1762 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Falmouth (Portland) (Portland Maine) 03/30/1762 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
- Temple, Elizabeth Town NJ 07/28/1762 &
- King Solomon's, Waterbury (Waterbury CT) 10/26/1764 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Quebec 10/26/1764 &
- Pitt County, NC 12/10/1764 &
- St. John's, Princeton NJ 10/25/1765 &
- St. John's, Newburyport 07/17/1766 &
- Norwich (Norwich CT) 10/24/1766 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Salem 10/24/1766 &
- St. Christopher, West Indies 10/24/1766 &
- Barbados 10/24/1766 &
- Virginia 10/24/1766 &
- Compass, Wallingford (Wallingford CT) 05/01/1769 &
- The Tyrian 02/23/1770 §
- The Massachusetts 05/13/1770 §
- Union (Nantucket) 05/27/1771 &
- St. Peter's 03/06/1772 §
- Rising Sun 06/22/1772 & merged with St. John's Boston, 11/15/1791
- American Union 02/15/1776 &
- Berkshire (Williamstown) 03/08/1777 §
- Trinity 01/30/1778 §
- United States 01/30/1778 §
- Warren (Machias ME) 09/04/1778 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
- Essex 03/09/1779 §
- Unity (Ipswich) 03/09/1779 §
- Washington Army 10/06/1779 §
- St. Patrick, Portsmouth NH 03/17/1780 §
- Union, Danbury (Danbury CT) 05/23/1780 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Wooster, Colchester CT 01/23/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- St. Paul's, Litchfield CT 05/22/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie NY 09/06/1782 §
- King Hiram, Shelton CT 01/03/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Montgomery, Lakeville CT 03/06/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- King Solomon's 09/05/1783 §
- Hampshire (Northampton) 01/30/1784 §
- Rising Sun (Keene NH) 03/05/1784 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
- North Star (Manchester VT) 01/19/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
- Friendship (Williamstown) 07/23/1785 §
- Columbia, Norwich CT 07/23/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Frederick, Farmington CT 10/29/1787 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Faithful (Cornish VT) 02/22/1788 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
- Dartmouth (Hanover NH) 12/18/1788 §
- Harmonic 12/08/1790 §
ACTIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS
- St. John's (Boston) 07/30/1733 &
- Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756
- Philanthropic (Marblehead) 03/25/1760 &
- The Tyrian 02/23/1770 §
- The Massachusetts 05/13/1770 §
- Union (Nantucket) 05/27/1771 &
- Trinity 01/30/1778 §
- Essex 03/09/1779 §
- King Solomon's 09/05/1783 §
- Old Colony 12/10/1792
- Morning Star 06/11/1793
- Republican, 12/08/1794
- Evening Star, 06/09/1795
- Cincinnatus, 12/09/1795
- King Hiram's, 12/12/1795
- Washington, 03/17/1796
- Columbian, 06/08/1796
- Harmony, 06/13/1796
- Union (Dorchester), 06/13/1796
- Thomas, 12/13/1796
- St. Paul, 01/13/1797
- Jerusalem, 06/13/1797
- Bristol, 06/14/1797
- Fellowship, 06/15/1797
- Corinthian, 06/16/1797
- Montgomery, 09/13/1797
- Olive Branch, 09/13/1797
- Hiram, 12/11/1797 (now Mystic Valley)
- Meridian, 12/11/1797
- Marine, 03/13/1798
- King David, 06/12/1798