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EASTERN STAR LODGE

Location: Rehoboth

Chartered By: Josiah Bartlett

Charter Date: 03/12/1798 II-125

Precedence Date: 03/12/1798

Current Status: unknown; surrendered charter 12/27/1822, page III-428.

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MEMBER LIST, 1802

From Vocal Companion and Masonic Register, Boston, 1802, Part II, Page 27:

• R. W. Lewis Wheaton, M.
• W. James Ellis, S. W.
• W. Barnerd Wheeler, J. W.
• Joseph Wheaton, Tr.
• Ebenezer Short, Sec.
• Abram Ormsbee, S. D.
• Abel French, J. D.
• Robert Pease, Steward.
• James Croswell, Tiler.

No. of Members, 39.

• Isaac Fowler
• Wm. Blanding, Jr.
• Washington Martin
• Gardner Mason

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Charter: 1798 (east parish of Rehoboth)
• Surrender of Charter: 1822 (Page III-428)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1800 (Dunn; Constitution of Lodge; Rhode Island Grand Lodge also present; Special Communication)

OTHER

• 1818 (Petition for remission, granted; Page III-142)
• 1819 (Petition for remission, referred; Page III-211)
• 1820 (Two years granted to pay delinquincies; Page III-306)
• 1821 (Mentioned in Report of Committee on Delinquent Lodges; Page III-341)

• 1948 (Notes in the 25th Anniversary History of Eastern Star Lodge, Page 1948-172)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• James Bliss, DDGM, 1806-1812, 1817, 1818, District 4 (Southeast); SN

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DISTRICTS

1803: District 4 (Southeast)

1821: District 4

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LINKS

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