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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1824 1824]''' (Report on delinquency, III-471)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1828 1828]''' (Report on delinquency, IV-147)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1828 1828]''' (Report on delinquency, IV-147)
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=== EVENTS ===
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==== OFFICER LIST, FEBRUARY 1827 ====
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''From Masonic Mirror and Mechanics' Intelligencer, Vol. III, No. 8, February 1827, Page 58:’’
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Officers of Friendship Lodge, Williamstown, Ma.:
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* Bro. Charles Baker, R. W. M.
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* Bro. Daniel N. Dewey, S. W.
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* Bro. Albert G. M. Smith, J. W.
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* Bro. Solomon Bulkley, Treasurer.
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* Bro. Abraham Hanson, Secretary.
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* Bro. Edmund Badger, S. D.
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* Bro. Horace Greason, J. D.
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* Bro. Thomas Mellody, Tyler.
  
 
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Revision as of 21:07, 2 March 2015

FRIENDSHIP LODGE

Location: Williamstown

Chartered By: John Cutler

Charter Date: 03/10/1794 II-54 (or possibly 07/23/1785?)

Precedence Date: 03/10/1794

Current Status: unknown. Charter surrendered (after 1828?)


NOTES

1968-232 suggests that the Lodge was chartered 07/23/1785.


PAST MASTERS

  • Thompson J. Skinner, Jr., 1807
  • Charles Baker, 1827

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Charter: 1785

HISTORY

  • 1919 (History of Masonry in Northern Berkshire, presented at 50th Anniversary of Upton Lodge, 1919-525)
  • 1946 (Notes in 75th Anniversary history of Williams Lodge, 1946-173)
  • 1957 (Notes in Centenary history of Berkshire Lodge, 1957-149)
  • 1968 (Notes in Temple dedication at Berkshire Lodge, 1968-232)
  • 2007 (Notes in 150th Anniversary history of Berkshire Lodge, 2007-150)

FROM CORNER STONE LAYING FOR BERKSHIRE LODGE, OCTOBER 1968

From Proceedings, Page 1968-232:

Friendship Lodge of Williamstown was the second Lodge to be instituted in Berkshire County. Their Charter was issued in 1785 on the 23rd of July. It was surrendered in 1828 when the Anti-Masonic storm clouds began to gather.

FROM 150TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE LODGE, SEPTEMBER 2007

From Proceedings, Page 2007-150:

Friendship Lodge of Williamstown was the second lodge to be instituted in Berkshire County. Their Charter was issued in 1785 on the 23rd day of July. It was surrendered in 1828 when the Masonic storm clouds began to gather.

OTHER

  • 1807 (Investigation of Lodge accounts, II-359)
  • 1807 (Petition to remit funds, II-363)
  • 1820 (Report on delinquency, III-283; III-300)
  • 1821 (Report on delinquency, III-374)
  • 1822 (Report on delinquency, III-428)
  • 1824 (Report on delinquency, III-471)
  • 1828 (Report on delinquency, IV-147)

EVENTS

OFFICER LIST, FEBRUARY 1827

From Masonic Mirror and Mechanics' Intelligencer, Vol. III, No. 8, February 1827, Page 58:’’

Officers of Friendship Lodge, Williamstown, Ma.:

  • Bro. Charles Baker, R. W. M.
  • Bro. Daniel N. Dewey, S. W.
  • Bro. Albert G. M. Smith, J. W.
  • Bro. Solomon Bulkley, Treasurer.
  • Bro. Abraham Hanson, Secretary.
  • Bro. Edmund Badger, S. D.
  • Bro. Horace Greason, J. D.
  • Bro. Thomas Mellody, Tyler.

DISTRICTS

1803: District 8 (Berkshires)

1821: District 8


LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges