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DELTA LODGE

Location: Weymouth; Braintree (1900)

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 06/09/1869 VII-371

Precedence Date: 06/06/1868

Current Status: Active

NOTES

As a part of the historical address for the lodge's 50th anniversary on 06/02/1919, there are a number of short biographies of principal members.

• 1919-124; Edward Avery, Past Junior Grand Warden.
• 1919-126; Nathaniel Frederic Thayer Hunt, Past Senior Warden.
• 1919-124; Elisha Watson, Past Junior Warden and State Representative.
• 1919-127; Amos Stone White, Past Treasurer.
• 1919-127; Charles Gilman Thompson, Past Secretary.
• 1919-128; Alverdo Mason, Past Junior Warden.
• 1919-129; Alden Wilder Nash, Past Senior Warden.
• 1919-129; Elbridge Thomas Richards, Past junior officer.
• 1919-129; Reuben Tirrell, Past Senior Warden.
• 1919-130; William Sprague Wallace, Past Master.
• 1919-131; Richard Amory Hunt, Past Organist.
• 1919-131; Ebenezer Atherton Hunt, Past Master.
• 1919-132; Francis Ambler, Past Town Clerk of Braintree.
• 1919-133; Ebenezer William Hunt, Charter member.
• 1919-133; Edwin P. Worster, member of the Lodge.
• 1919-134; Thomas Brastow Porter, Past Trustee.
• 1919-134; Erastus Nash, member of the Lodge.
• 1919-134; Milton Heywood Read, Charter member.
• 1919-135; George William Warren, veteran and member of the Lodge.
• 1919-135; John Metzler Walsh, Past Master.
• 1919-136; Francis Flint Forsaith, Charter Member.
• 1919-136: George Adoniram Gustin, Past Marshal.
• 1919-137: Charles Stewart Williams, Veteran and member of the Lodge.
• 1919-137: Waterman Thomas Burrell, Past Junior Warden.
• 1919-137: Solon Walter Pratt, member of the Lodge.
• 1919-138: Charles Gorham Easterbrook, publisher and member of the Lodge.
• 1919-138: Francis Allen Hobart, State Senator and member of the Lodge.
• 1919-139: Asa French, former State Representative and member of the Lodge.
• 1919-139: Edmund Stephen Soper Hunt, Charter Member.
• 1919-140: George Washington White, Jr., former Trustee and Deputy Sheriff.

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1868
• Petition for Charter: 1869
• Consolidation Petition (with The Lodge of Eleusis and Quincy Lodges): 1995

XXXXXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with Doric Lodge): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1919 (50th Anniversary)
• 1944 (75th Anniversary)
• 1968 (Centenary)
• 1993 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1869 (Gardner; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1869 (Gallagher; first meeting in Braintree)
• 1907 (Blake; 2 visits; cornerstone laying and dedication of hall)
• 1919 (L. Abbott; 50th Anniversary)
• 1927 (Simpson)
• 1934 (Chipman)
• 1944 (A. Coolidge; 75th Anniversary)
• 1954 (W. Johnson; "John Prescott Robertson Night")
• 1968 (Booth; Centenary)
• 1972 (Jaynes)
• 1973 (Vose)
• 1981 (Berquist; hall dedication)
• 1993 (Lovering; 125th Anniversary)
• 1995 (Lovering; consolidation with The Lodge of Eleusis, and Quincy)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1876 1889 1895 1900 1905 1907 1911 1912 1916 1919 1921 1929 1934 1936 1946 1947 1951 1956 1957 1958 1960 1961 1970 1971 1978 1980 1981 1986 1991 1994 1997

HISTORY

• 1919 (50th Anniversary History, 1919-102)
• 1944 (75th Anniversary History, 1944-180)
• 1968 (Centenary History, 1968-56)
• 1993 (125th Anniversary History, 1993-36)

OTHER

• 1900 (Petition to remove to Braintree)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• George T. Burnham, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1934, 1935; Memorial
• Walter J. Hansen, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1971, 1972; N
• Henry D. Higgins, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1920, 1921; N
• Arthur W. Hoe, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1928, 1929; N
• John E. Hunt, DDGM, District 25 (Hingham), 1904, 1905; Memorial
• Charles G. Jordan, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1916, 1917; Memorial
• Charles G. Jordan, Jr., DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1953, 1954; N
• Frank H. Mason, DDGM, District 25 (Hingham), 1896, 1897; SN

DISTRICTS

1868: District 16 (Plymouth)

1883: District 25 (Hingham)

1911: District 26 (Quincy)

1927: District 26 (Quincy)

2003: District 8

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges