CharterSummary

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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

Lodge Name Status Charter Date Notes
St. John's (Boston) 1733 Notes


  1. St. John's (Boston) 07/30/1733 &
  2. First, Philadelphia PA 06/24/1734 &
  3. Solomon's #1, Charleston SC 12/27/1735 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of South Carolina
  4. St. John's (Portsmouth) (Portsmouth RI) 06/24/1736 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
  5. Master's 01/02/1738 &
  6. Annapolis Royal, NS 06/24/1738 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia
  7. First Lodge West Indies, Antigua 06/24/1738 & withdrawn to the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Leeward Islands
  8. St. John's, Newfoundland 12/24/1746 &
  9. St. John's Newport (Newport RI) 12/27/1749 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
  10. Halifax 07/19/1750 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia
  11. Annapolis MD 08/12/1750 &
  12. Hiram (New Haven CT) 11/12/1750 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  13. Lodge at New London (New London CT) 01/12/1753 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  14. St. John's, Middletown (Middletown CT) 02/04/1754 &' withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  15. Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756
  16. Rising States 11/30/1756 (Separated part of Lodge of St. Andrew, 1783) §
  17. St. John's, Cranston (Providence RI) 01/18/1757 &
  18. Master's, Newport (Newport RI) 03/20/1759 &
  19. Philanthropic (Marblehead) 03/25/1760 &
  20. Surinam 04/08/1761 &
  21. Hartford (Hartford CT) 03/21/1762 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  22. Falmouth (Portland) (Portland Maine) 03/30/1762 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
  23. Temple, Elizabeth Town NJ 07/28/1762 &
  24. King Solomon's, Waterbury (Waterbury CT) 10/26/1764 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  25. Quebec 10/26/1764 &
  26. Pitt County, NC 12/10/1764 &
  27. St. John's, Princeton NJ 10/25/1765 &
  28. St. John's, Newburyport 07/17/1766 &
  29. Norwich (Norwich CT) 10/24/1766 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  30. Salem 10/24/1766 &
  31. St. Christopher, West Indies 10/24/1766 &
  32. Barbados 10/24/1766 &
  33. Virginia 10/24/1766 &
  34. Compass, Wallingford (Wallingford CT) 05/01/1769 &
  35. The Tyrian 02/23/1770 §
  36. The Massachusetts 05/13/1770 §
  37. Union (Nantucket) 05/27/1771 &
  38. St. Peter's 03/06/1772 §
  39. Rising Sun 06/22/1772 & merged with St. John's Boston, 11/15/1791
  40. American Union 02/15/1776 &
  41. Berkshire (Williamstown) 03/08/1777 §
  42. Trinity 01/30/1778 §
  43. United States 01/30/1778 §
  44. Warren (Machias ME) 09/04/1778 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine
  45. Essex 03/09/1779 §
  46. Unity (Ipswich) 03/09/1779 §
  47. Washington Army 10/06/1779 §
  48. St. Patrick, Portsmouth NH 03/17/1780 §
  49. Union, Danbury (Danbury CT) 05/23/1780 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  50. Wooster, Colchester CT 01/23/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  51. St. Paul's, Litchfield CT 05/22/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  52. Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie NY 09/06/1782 §
  53. King Hiram, Shelton CT 01/03/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  54. Montgomery, Lakeville CT 03/06/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  55. King Solomon's 09/05/1783 §
  56. Hampshire (Northampton) 01/30/1784 §
  57. Rising Sun (Keene NH) 03/05/1784 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
  58. North Star (Manchester VT) 01/19/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
  59. Friendship (Williamstown) 07/23/1785 §
  60. Columbia, Norwich CT 07/23/1785 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  61. Frederick, Farmington CT 10/29/1787 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
  62. Faithful (Cornish VT) 02/22/1788 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Vermont
  63. Dartmouth (Hanover NH) 12/18/1788 §
  64. 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