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JOHN HANCOCK LODGE

Location: Methuen

Chartered By: William T. Coolidge

Charter Date: 09/11/1861 VI-382

Precedence Date: 10/10/1860

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Stephen Huse, 1860, 1861
Ebenezer Sawyer, 1862, 1863
James O. Parker, 1864, 1865
Jacob Emerson, 1866, 1867
Granville E. Foss, 1868
Joseph S. Howe, 1869, 1870; SN
Darius S. Pierce, 1871, 1872
George W. Sawyer, 1873, 1874
Benjamin M. Hall, 1875, 1876
Robert H. Sheils, 1877, 1878
Henry N. Hall, 1879, 1880
Edward F. Johnson, 1881, 1882
Daniel H. Sawyer, 1883, 1884
George R. Merrill, 1885, 1886
Franklin Russell, 1887
J. Frank Emerson, 1888, 1889
Charles Easton, 1890, 1891
Tenney Morse, 1892, 1893
Eugene N. Hall, 1894, 1895
Everett L. Edmands, 1896, 1897
Arthur L. Russell, 1898, 1899
Millard F. Emerson, 1900, 1901
Clarence T. Adams, 1902, 1903
George P. Dunham, 1904, 1905
Edward A. Bower, 1906, 1907
Charles B. Marble, 1908; SN
William H. Buswell, 1909, 1910; SN
Frederic L. Barstow, 1911, 1912
Robert Stanley, 1913, 1914
John A. Ingraham, 1915, 1916
Joseph Sherlock, 1917, 1918; N
Silas Thomas, 1919, 1920
Charles H. Cooper, 1921, 1922
Herbert E. Gordon, 1923, 1924
Alfred Humphries, 1925
Edgar Wilson, 1926, 1927
Herbert Ellis, 1928, 1929
Ben Oldfield, 1930, 1931; N
Ralph W. Turner, 1932, 1933
Harry G. Irving, 1934, 1935
Edward V. Reed, 1936, 1937
J. Walter Ostler, 1938, 1939
Frank J. Kolb, 1940, 1941
Frederic L. Sjostrom, 1942
C. Roy Perry, 1943, 1944
George Frost, 1945, 1946
Clifton F. Swain, 1947, 1948; N
Norman Ashton, 1949, 1950
Henry R. Loeschner, 1951, 1952
William Taylor, 1953, 1954
Guy L. Beal, Jr., 1955, 1956
Eric Rothwell, 1957, 1958
Bernard B. Wallace, 1959, 1960
Harold C. Matthews, 1961, 1962
Manuel J. Enus, Jr., 1963, 1964
Raymond Dooley, 1965, 1966; SN
Charles F. Slack, 1967
J. Tyler Douglas, 1968
Fred A. Dobson, 1969; N
Ralph B. Duncan, 1970; N
Charles A. Shionis, 1971, 2002
John C. Kevgas, 1973
Thomas W. Cleary, 1974
Georfe F. Dyer, 1975
Richard F. Dooley, 1976, 1994
Walter H. Graichen, 1977
Wayne O. Newton, 1978
Peter W. Chapman, 1979
Arthur M. Dallon, 1980
William J. O'Donnell, 1981, 1982
Richard W. Ingalls, 1983, 1993
Alfred R. Nault, 1984, 2001
Thomas H. Hargreaves, 1985, 2005, 2006; PDDGM
Kenneth J. Wetmore, 1986
James H. Henderson, 1987
Paul A. Miller, 1988
Thomas W. Nesbitt, 1989
Paul M. Robito, 1990
Warren A. Archambault, 1991
Stephen E. Barbin, 1992, 1993
David L. Bowden, 1995
Richard C. Dewhirst, 1996
Scott C. Rosentrater, 1997
Cortland R. Posluszny, 1998
Richard D. Dooley, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2011
John I. Perkins, 2000
Michael T. Hargreaves, 2007, 2008
Geoffrey K. Hargreaves, 2009, 2010
Fred A. Dobson, Jr., 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1860
Petition for Charter: 1861

ANNIVERSARIES

1910 (50th Anniversary)
1935 (75th Anniversary)
1960 (Centenary)
1985 (125th Anniversary)
2010 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1861 (W. Coolidge; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
1882 (Lawrence)
1908 (Blake)
1910 (Flanders; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1916 (M. Johnson; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1922 (Prince)
1935 (Allen; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1960 (Eaton; Centenary; Special Communication)
1970 (Jaynes)
1971 (Jaynes)
1985 (Richardson; 125th Anniversary)
1988 (Ames)
1989 (Ames)
1991 (Darling; installation)
1994 (Lovering)
2000 (Bauer)
2004 (Hicks)
2010 (Pageau; 150th Anniversary)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1872 1883 1894 1896 1911 1913 1920 1922 1929 1944 1947 1951 1953 1957 1974 1978 1983 1986 1991 1992 1995 1996 1998 2000 2009

HISTORY

1935 (75th Anniversary History, 1935-161)
1960 (Centenary History, 1960-180)

OTHER

1922 (Participation in cornerstone laying, 1922-105)
1963 (Participation in cornerstone laying, 1963-227)

2010

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

William H. Buswell, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1920, 1921; SN
Fred A. Dobson, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1982, 1983; Grand Marshal 1999-2001; Senior Grand Warden 2002; N
Raymond Dooley, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence),1972, 1973; SN
Ralph B. Duncan, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1995-1996; N
Thomas H. Hargreaves, DDGM, District 11, 2003, 2004, 2005
Joseph S. Howe, DDGM, District 6 (Newburyport), 1872, 1873, 1874; SN
Charles B. Marble, DDGM, District 10 (Lawrence), 1910; District 11 (Lawrence), 1911, 1912; SN
Ben Oldfield, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1942, 1943; N
Joseph Sherlock, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1930, 1931; N
Clifton F. Swain, DDGM, District 11 (Lawrence), 1954, 1955; N