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).

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Status Meaning
Charters active under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in the possession of the Lodge*
Charters no longer active, lost, destroyed or location unknown
Charters surrendered or revoked, in possession of the Grand Lodge Library.

* The original charters for many active old lodges are kept in archival storage in Lexington.

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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. Second merged here 1783. Rising Sun merged here 1791.
Master's Price 1738 Chartered for the conferral of the Master Mason Degree. Charter surrendered in 1796.
Second Oxnard 1749 Merged into First Lodge in 1783.
Third Oxnard 1749 Ceased work around 1753.
Lodge of St. Andrew GM 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. In possession of original charter; endorsed by Thomas in 1803.
The Tyrian Joseph Warren 1770Merged 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.
St. Peter's Joseph Warren 1772 Inactive, but status of charter unknown.
Rising Sun Rowe 1771 Merged into St. John's (Boston), 1791. Status of charter unknown.
American Union Rowe 1776 Renewed 1803; became a part of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1817; charter presumably still in use there.
Berkshire (Williamstown) Webb 1783 Charter recalled 1784; status unknown.
Trinity Webb 1778 New charter issued in 1859; original charter and precedence restored in 2017. Original charter in Grand Lodge vault; certified copy of original in use by the lodge.
United States Webb 1778 "Erased" 1788; status unknown.
Essex Webb 1779 Active; an additional (or replacement) charter was granted in 1791, and endorsed in 1792.
Unity (Ipswich) Webb 1779 Inactive; location unknown.
Washington Army Webb 1779 Inactive; lapsed. Charter disposition unknown.
King Solomon's John Warren 1783 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.
Hampshire John Warren 1784 Inactive; charter lapsed or revoked sometime between 1796 and 1804.
Friendship (Williamstown) Webb 1785 Inactive; charter surrendered 1828.
Harmonic Hays 1790 Charter vacated 1797; charter location unknown.
Old Colony Cutler 1792 Active.
Federal (Blandford) Cutler 1792 Inactive; dropped from Grand Lodge rolls in 1835.
Morning Star Cutler 1793 Active.
Franklin (Cheshire) Cutler 1794 Inactive; surrendered around 1826.
Republican Cutler 1794 Active. The library has the 1851 temporary charter.
Evening Star Revere 1795 Active. Charter endorsed 1813 to resume work.
Cincinnatus Revere 1795 Active.
King Hiram's Revere 1795 Active.
Fayette Revere 1796 Inactive; ceased work around 1830. Charter location unknown.
Washington Revere 1796 Active.
Columbian Revere 1796 Active.
Harmony Revere 1796 Active.
Union (Dorchester)' Revere 1796 Active.
Thomas Revere 1796 Active.
St. Paul Revere 1797 Active.
Adams Revere 1797 Inactive, surrendered in 1821. A new charter was issued in 1867 for a new lodge.
Jerusalem Revere 1797 Active.
Bristol Revere 1797 Active.
Fellowship Revere 1797 Active.
Corinthian Revere 1797 Active.
Montgomery Revere 1797 Active.
Olive Branch Revere 1797 Active.
Meridian Sun Revere 1797 Inactive, unknown; last meeting under this charter in 1834.
Hiram Revere 1797 Active. (now Mystic Valley)
Meridian Revere 1797 Active.
King Solomon in Perfection Revere 1797 Inactive; unknown. Surrendered 1822.
Marine Bartlett 1798 Active.
Mount Moriah (Reading) Bartlett 1798 Inactive; ceased work 1829.
Social Bartlett 1798 Inactive; ceased work 1827.
Eastern Star Bartlett 1798 Inactive; surrendered charter 1822
King David Bartlett 1798 Active.
Mount Zion Dunn 1800 Active.
Mount Lebanon Dunn 1801 Active.
Fore Fathers' Rock Dunn 1801 Inactive; charter surrendered 1821.
Fraternal Dunn 1801 Active.
Pacific Dunn 1801 Inactive; unknown, removed from Grand Lodge lists around 1834.
Aurora Dunn 1801 Active.
St. John's (Demarara) Dunn 1801 Inactive; unknown, removed from Grand Lodge lists around 1834.
Rural Dunn 1801 Active.
Sincerity Dunn 1801 Inactive; charter surrendered 1824.
Sumner Dunn 1801 Inactive; ceased work around 1829
Corner Stone Dunn 1801 Inactive; charter surrendered 1834 and restored in 1844
Constellation Dunn 1801 Inactive; charter vacated 1842. A new charter was granted in 1872.
Harris Dunn 1802 Inactive; charter surrendered around 1834.
Merrimack Dunn 1802 Active.
Charity Thomas 1803 Inactive; ceased work sometime after 1830, charter never returned to Grand Lodge, status unknown.
Wisdom Thomas 1803 Active; charter surrendered around 1834, re-granted 1855.
Washington Remembered Thomas 1803 Inactive; dropped from Grand Lodge list in 1821.
St. Mark's Thomas 1803 Active.
Sheffield Thomas 1803 Inactive; last meeting 1826; status unknown.
Amicable Thomas 1805 Active; charter surrendered 1838, re-granted 1845.
Mount Carmel Thomas 1805 Active. Charter surrendered 1836, re-granted 1845. Mount Sinai Lodge merged here 1989; Damascus Lodge merged here, 2001; Bethlehem Lodge merged here, 2006.
Mountain Bigelow 1806 Active. Originally granted in Rowe; re-granted in Colerain in 1818; inactive 1832-1855.
Mount Vernon Bigelow 1807 Inactive; ceased work 1828; status of charter unknown.
Pentucket Bigelow 1807 Active.
Sylvan Bigelow 1807 Inactive. Name changed to Sylvan 1810; ceased work 1828; status of charter unknown.
Mount Pleasant Bigelow 1808 Inactive; no record after 1828; status of charter unknown.
Rising Sun Bigelow 1808 Inactive; ceased work 1828; status of charter unknown.
Jordan Bigelow 1808 Active. Starr King Lodge merged here, 2016.
Fredonia Bartlett 1810 Inactive; surrendered charter 1834
Mystic Bartlett 1810 Active; New Moon Lodge since 2015.
Humanity Bigelow 1811 Inactive; ceased work some time after 1828; status of charter unknown.
Thompson Bigelow 1812 Inactive; ceased work some time after 1826; status of charter unknown.
Orion Russell 1815 Inactive; ceased work around 1835; status of charter unknown.
Golden Rule, Russell 1815 Inactive; ceased work some time after 1829; status of charter unknown.
Good Samaritan Russell 1816 Inactive; ceased work some time after 1840; charter voted to be restored in 1855, but the lodge never worked under it.
Hampden Oliver 1817
Mount Hermon Oliver 1817
St. Alban's Oliver 1818
Solomon's Temple Oliver 1818
Bethesda Oliver 1819
Norfolk Union Oliver 1819
Seven Stars Fay 1819
Monitor Fay 1819