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 Green are active under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
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 | 1770 | ]Merged with Acacia Lodge to form 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. |
- 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- Warren (Machias ME) 09/04/1778 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Maine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- Union, Danbury (Danbury CT) 05/23/1780 & withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Wooster, Colchester CT 01/23/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- St. Paul's, Litchfield CT 05/22/1781 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut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- King Hiram, Shelton CT 01/03/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut
- Montgomery, Lakeville CT 03/06/1783 § withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of Connecticut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