Jordan
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JORDAN LODGE
Location: Danvers; Peabody (1868; when South Danvers was changed to this name.)
Chartered By: Timothy Bigelow
Charter Date: 12/12/1808 II-394
Precedence Date: 12/12/1808
Current Status: Active
NOTES
PAST MASTERS
- Andrew Nichols, 1808-1814, 1823, 1829-1835; SN
- Joseph G. Sprague, 1815, 1817, 1818; SN
- Asa T. Newhall, 1816, 1847
- Joseph Shed, 1819, 1820, 1829
- Nathan Poor, 1821, 1822, 1824, 1825
- Jonathan Shove, 1826-1828, 1837-1847
- Fitch Poole, 1836, 1848
- Alfred A. Abbott, 1849-1853
- Charles N. Ingalls, 1854, 1856, 1857
- Augustus Towne, 1855
- Nathaniel P. C. Patterson, 1858, 1859
- George Tapley, 1860-1862
- Robert S. Daniels, 1863, 1864
- Abel L. Pierson, 1865-1867
- Daniel P. Grosvenor, 1868-1870
- Henry C. Torr, 1871-1873
- Perez L. Winchester, 1874
- S. Augustus Southwick, 1875, 1876, 1882, 1883; SN
- Thomas S. Johnson, 1877, 1878
- John C. Jodrey, 1879-1881
- Charles E. Teague, 1884, 1885
- Lawrence Purtell, 1886, 1887
- Joseph F. Wiggin, 1888, 1889
- Albert E. Southwick, 1890; SN
- Elmer M. Poor, 1891, 1892
- Emory W. Meyers, 1893, 1894
- Nathan Poor, 1895, 1896
- Charles C. Dodge, 1897
- Samuel Watts, 1898, 1899
- Arthur L. Pattee, 1900, 1901
- George F. Low, 1902, 1903
- Augustus H. Patterson, 1904
- Milburn P. Ward, 1905, 1906
- Frederick Mansfield, 1907, 1908
- Walter L. Williams, 1909, 1910; Mem
- William H. Hill, 1911, 1912
- Ernest W. Coombs, 1913, 1914
- Alonzo W. Tyler, 1915, 1916
- Howard W. Trask, 1917
- Arthur A. Osorne, 1918
- James E. Pray, 1919
- Edward Rainford, 1920, 1921
- George Draper, 1922
- Alfred A. Hall, 1923
- Leroy N. MacKinnon, 1924, 1925
- Phillips Osborne, 1926, 1927
- Harry E. Trask, 1928, 1929; N
- Charles J. Powell, 1930
- Joseph C. Chandler, 1931
- Charles E. Fessenden, 1932
- Emmanuel J. Auen, 1933, 1934
- Carlton A. Healey, 1935
- Frank W. Balcom, 1936
- James J. Roberts, 1937
- Lowell K. Parker, 1938
- Malcolm J. Morrison, 1939, 1940
- Kenneth R. Hill, 1941, 1942
- Wilbur Merrill, 1943, 1944
- Harold B. Whiting, 1945, 1946; N
- Harold B. Bliss, 1947; N
- Harold W. Legro, 1948
- Carl A. Newhall, 1949
- Norman Hughes, 1950
- Irving H. James, 1951
- Ralph D. Broughton, Sr., 1952
- Stuart H. Lord, 1953
- William F. Jervah, 1954
- Waldo F. Reed, 1955
- Thomas Burrows, 1956
- John Apostolides, Jr., 1957; N
- Onslow MacDonald, 1958, 1959
- Herbert A. Grace, 1960
- Charles W. Winsor, 1961
- James Smyrnios, 1962
- Roger A. Durkee, Jr., 1963
- Ralph D. Broughton, 1964
- Everett C. Shedden, 1965
- Steven P. Themes, 1966
- Gerald H. Jordan, 1967, 1996, 1997; PDDGM
- Joachim J. Apostolides, 1968
- Robert E. Auen, 1969
- Sheldon Pruss, 1970, 1991, 1992
- Angelo P. Themes, 1971
- Samuel A. Sofnis, 1972
- Emmanuel Tsouvalas, 1973
- James C. Stathos, 1974
- Richard C. Wolff, 1975
- John H. MacDonald, 1976
- James A. Tsoulas, 1977
- Donald W. Gillis, Jr., 1978; N
- Alan M. Silbovitz, 1979
- Roger J. Levesque, 1980
- Peter Voris, 1981, 1982
- Steven J. Wolff, 1983
- George Thompson, 1984
- Philip F. Reed, 1985
- William R. Sylvanowicz, 1986
- Nicholas P. Spiliotis, 1987
- James M. McCulloch, II, 1988, 1989
- Max A. Elser, Jr., 1990
- George Mangos, 1993, 1994
- Harry Mangos, 1995
- John J. Gargalianos, 1998
- Michael N. Maffeo, 1999
- Dominic P. Fiumara, 2000, 2006, 2007
- Leonard W. Kupreance, 2001
- Neal A. Truesdale, 2002, 2003
- Alan P. Truesdale, 2004, 2005
- Alan R. Richmond, 2008, 2011, 2012
- Donald R. Lee, II, 2009, 2010
- Robert A. Prousalis, 2013
YEARS
1808 1810 1857 1867 1877 1880 1882 1883 1890 1895 1897 1899 1902 1908 1913 1914 1917 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1931 1938 1939 1944 1945 1951 1952 1957 1958 1968 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1985 1992 2000 2007
EVENTS
50TH ANNIVERSARY, DECEMBER 1857
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. I, No. 3, January 1859, Page 92:
JORDAN LODGE.
The members of Jordan Lodge celebrated their 50th anniversary by a public Installation of its Officers, at the Peabody Institution, in South Danvers, on Monday evening, December 27th. The exercises were in the following order:— Voluntary. Hymn, by the late Br. Andrew Nichols.— (This and the last hymn were sung at the consecration of the Lodge, Sept. 26, 1810.) Prayer, by Rev. Br. O. Brayton, Chaplain of Jordan Lodge. Installation of Officers, by Rev. Br. Huntoon. Original Hymn, by Br. H. O. Wiley. Address, by Rev. Br. Wm. R. Alger. Hymn, by the late Br. A. Nichols. Benediction.
The following Officers for the ensuing year, were installed:—
- Nath'l P. C. Patterson, M.
- George Tapley, S. W.
- Francis Roberts, J. W.
- Andrew Torr, Treas.
- L. P. Brickett, Sec.
- O. Brayton, Chap.
- A. W. How, S. D.
- David Porter, J. D.
- Robert B. Bancroft, S. S.
- C. Raymond, J. S.
- E. Prince, Tyler.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- John Apostolides, Jr., DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1976, 1977; N
- Harold B. Bliss, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1959, 1960; N
- Donald W. Gillis, Jr., DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1988, 1989; Junior Grand Warden 2000; N
- Gerald H. Jordan, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 2000, 2001
- Asa T. Newhall, DDGM, District 2, 1848; District 2, 1849; Junior Grand Warden 1850
- Andrew Nichols, DDGM, District 2 (Newburyport and North Shore), 1819, 1820; SN
- Albert E. Southwick, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1899, 1900; SN
- S. Augustus Southwick, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1887, 1888; SN
- Joseph G. Sprague, DDGM, District 2, 1823, 1824; SN
- Harry E. Trask, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1939, 1940; N
- Harold B. Whiting, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1947, 1948; N
- Walter L. Williams, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1927, 1928; Memorial
DISTRICTS
1803: District 2 (Newburyport and North Shore)