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FELLOWSHIP LODGE
Location: Bridgewater
Chartered By: Paul Revere
Charter Date: 06/12/1797 II-100
Precedence Date: 06/12/1797
Current Status: Active
NOTES
According to the 125th Anniversary history, meetings were suspended for 10 years, but the charter was never surrendered. See Proceedings Page 1922-245.
PAST MASTERS
- Hector Orr, 1797, 1801-1803, 1805, 1809; SN
- Simeon Dunbar, 1798-1800
- Noah Fearing, 1804
- Nahum Mitchell, 1806-1808
- Jeremiah Washburn, 1810, 1811
- John Edson, 1812, 1813, 1853; SN
- Zenas Crooker, 1814
- Joel Talbot, 1815
- Rufus Perkins, 1816, 1817
- Artemas Hale, 1818, 1819; Mem
- Jonathan Adams, Jr., 1823
- Bernard Whitman, 1824, 1825
- Samuel D. Hayward, 1826-1828
- Silas Warren, 1829-1842
- Simeon Perkins, 1843, 1844
- Jarvis D. Burrill, 1845-1852, 1854
- Isaac Howard, 1855, 1856
- Lucius W. Lovell, 1857, 1858
- Franklin Leach, 1859-1861
- Fielder A. Sprague, 1862-1864
- Warren K. Churchill, 1865, 1866
- Lloyd Parsons, 1867, 1868
- Frederick S. Strong, 1869, 1870
- Frederick Stetson Churchill, 1871
- Hosea Kingman, 1872-1874; SN
- Isaac Damon, 1875-1877
- Edward Sawyer, 1878-1881; SN
- Joseph W. Ferguson, 1882, 1883
- Charles T. Hall, Jr., 1884-1886
- J. Gardner Bassett, 1887
- George Mitchell Hooper, 1888, 1889
- Austin Turner, 1890, 1891
- Henry Lovell Crane, 1892, 1893
- John Gardner Braman, 1894
- Arthur Clark Boyden, 1895, 1896; Mem
- Nathaniel Fisher Wilcox, 1897, 1898
- Lyman Austin Pratt, 1899, 1900
- Louistone Herman Dyke, 1901-1903
- Robert Grant Wylie, 1904, 1905
- Charles Hunter Bixby, 1906, 1907
- Charles Joel Mercer, 1908, 1909
- Charles Pope Lewis, 1910, 1911
- Frederick Alton McNeeland, 1912, 1913
- George Henry Covington, 1914
- Arthur Hayden Willis, 1915, 1916
- Brenelle Hunt, 1917, 1918; N
- Albert Thomas Churbuck, 1919, 1920
- Edward Abbott MacMaster, 1921, 1922
- Walter Goodnough Hastings, 1923, 1924
- William John Turnbull, 1925, 1926
- Herbert K. Pratt, 1927, 1928; N
- Joseph W. Keith, 1929, 1930; N
- Leo Frank Nourse, 1931, 1932
- George Carlton Richmond, 1933, 1934
- Converse Dufferine Killiam, 1935, 1936
- Wayne Franklin Scheffler, 1937, 1938
- Harold David Hunt, 1939
- Frank Wadsworth Burrill, 1940, 1941
- Frederick Parker Turner, 1942, 1943
- Luther Leonard Hayden, Jr., 1944, 1945
- Ivan Frank Nourse, 1946, 1947
- William Carpenter Prophett, 1948, 1949, 1971
- Robert Alton McNeeland, 1950, 1951
- John D. Dorr, 1952, 1953, 1972; N
- Charles Alfred MacKinnon, 1954, 1955
- Lawrence Wentworth Grover, 1956, 1957
- Edward Metcalf Adams, 1958
- Arnold Whilhelm Ahlborg, 1960, 1961
- David Ernest Chaffee, 1962, 1963; PDDGM
- James Robert Donnelly, 1964, 1965
- Charles Fredrick Axtell, 1966
- Roland C. Garrison, 1967, 1968
- David Arthur Davis, 1969, 1970
- Ovila Howard Worsham, 1973, 1974
- Stephen Howard Prophett, 1975, 1976
- Paul Henry Gowey, 1977, 1978
- Allen Robert Blanchard, 1979, 1980, 1985
- William Kendrick Bowling, 1981, 1982
- Peter Delmar Dorr, 1983, 1984, 1993, 2009; PDDGM
- Ronald Stanley Gould, 1986
- Neal Marvin Quinton, 1987, 1988
- William P. Renny, 1989-1991, 2008
- Stephen Ryerson Chapman, 1992
- Leslie Hutchison, 1994, 1995
- Richard Michael DePina, 1996, 1997
- David Richardson Moore, 1998, 1999
- Philip Rodney Chaffee, 2000, 2001
- Stephen F. Pedro, 2002, 2003
- Brian McDonough, 2004, 2005
- Randal Erie Damon, 2007, 2008
- Edward Ambrose Buckland, 2010-2012
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Charter: 1797
ANNIVERSARIES
- 1897 (Centenary)
- 1922 (125th Anniversary)
- 1942 (145th Anniversary)
- 1947 (150th Anniversary)
- 1972 (175th Anniversary)
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1872 (Nickerson; Hall dedication and installation)
- 1880 (Welch)
- 1881 (Lawrence)
- 1897 (Hutchinson; Centenary; Special Communication)
- 1922 (Deputy Grand Master H. Dean; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1928 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
- 1934 (Chipman; Veterans' Night)
- 1942 (Schaefer; 145th Anniversary)
- 1947 (Wragg; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1948 (Keith; Joseph W. Keith Night)
- 1950 (Keith; Reception for Senior Grand Warden Joseph W. Keith)
- 1953 (Roy; Veterans' Night)
- 1967 (Booth; Cornerstone laying)
- 1972 (Vose; 2 visits, including 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1982 (Berquist; installation)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1860 1869 1876 1880 1881 1882 1896 1901 1903 1912 1920 1925 1927 1949 1954 1958 1970 1977 1986 1989 1992 1999 2008
HISTORY
- 1897 (Centenary Address, 1897-120)
- 1922 (125th Anniversary History, 1922-244)
- 1947 (150th Anniversary History, 1947-233)
- 1972 (175th Anniversary History, 1972-210)
OTHER
- 1811 (Petition for remission, II-506)
- 1820 (Notes on delinquency, III-290; III-294)
- 1821 (Notes on delinquency, III-341; III-368)
- 1862 (Petition regarding jurisdictional boundaries, V-408)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Jonathan Ames, DDGM, District 13, 1833-1834; District 7, 1835-1842; SN
- Arthur C. Boyden, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1902, 1903; Memorial
- David E. Chaffee, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1969, 1970
- John D. Dorr, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1955, 1956; Junior Grand Warden 1982; N
- Peter D. Dorr, DDGM, District 17, 2011, 2012
- John Edson, DDGM, District 7, 1856; SN
- Artemas Hale, DDGM, District 13, 1832; Memorial
- Brenelle Hunt, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1925, 1926; N
- Joseph W. Keith, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1941, 1942; Senior Grand Warden 1950; N
- Hosea Kingman, DDGM, District 16 (Plymouth), 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878; SN
- Lucius W. Lovell, DDGM, District 7, 1865; Junior Grand Warden 1875
- Hector Orr, DDGM, District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod), 1806, 1807, 1817, 1818; SN
- Herbert K. Pratt, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1933, 1934; N
- Edward Sawyer, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1886, 1887, 1888; SN
DISTRICTS
1806: District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)
1821: District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)