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''From Moore's Freemasons' Monthly, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, November 1858, Page 32:''
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The following Officers of King Solomon's Lodge, Charlestown, were elected and installed on the 12th of October last:—
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William H Sanders, W. M.; William Darton, S. W.; Edward S. Coombs, J. W. ; Noah Butts, Treas.; Geo. H. Marden, Sec.; Daniel Grant, Jr., S. D.; C. Frescolt Goss, J. D.; John P. Prichard, Marshal; Lyman B. Goss, S. S ; Frauklin N. Carter, J. S ; Jas. F. Anderson, I. S.; Rowland Hill, Tyler.
  
 
=== GRAND LODGE OFFICERS ===
 
=== GRAND LODGE OFFICERS ===

Revision as of 16:35, 28 November 2012

KING SOLOMON'S LODGE

Location: Charlestown; Somerville (1899)

Chartered By: John Warren

Charter Date: 09/05/1783 I-309

Precedence Date: 09/05/1783

Current Status: Active


NOTES

Chartered by the Massachusetts Grand Lodge. King Solomon's was closely associated in its early years with the memorial to the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Sagamore Lodge merged into this Lodge, 03/28/1986.

From New England Freemason, Vol. I, No. 3, March 1875, Page 141:

King Solomon's Lodge, of Charlestown, Mass., (now Boston.) was chartered by Massachusetts Grand Lodge, John Warren, Grand Master, Sept. 5, 1783. Its Records are complete, from the preliminary meeting with a view to its formation (Aug. 20, 1783) until the present lime. Its By-Laws were published in 1867; and, in connection with them, are given "Brief Extracts from the Records, compiled by W. Brothers George II. Marden and George P. Kettell." In looking over these Extracts, we have found many interesting items which we should be glad to transfer to our pages, but at present we have space for only the following:

R.W. Thomas Hooper was initiated in this Lodge in 1800, admitted a member in 1801, and Wor. Master in 1812-14. Ho visited the Lodge on Dec. 11th, 1860, (being 81 years old,) and delivered a very "interesting address, relating chiefly to the early history of the Lodge, with sketches of its founders, with all of whom he was personally acquainted." Of the first Senior Warden of the Lodge he gives the following account:

"Eliphalet Newell was initiated in St. Andrew's Lodge in Boston, Dec. 11, 1777, and was admitted to membership in the same Lodge in Dec., 1778. He wsis by trade a baker. His house, the front part of which still stands on Main Street, opposite the junction of Bow and Harvard Streets, was among the first erected after the conflagration. It was built for a tavern, and was called Warren Tavern. Its large sign, which swung from a high post, bore on either side a likeness of General Joseph Warren, in his Masonic insignia as Grand M:ister. Attached to the house was a large hall, called afterwards Warren Hall. Here our Lodge was formed, and for the first twenty years of its existence held its meetings. Brother Newell sustained the character of an experienced 'inn-holder;' he was a man of marked individuality of character ; was *a train band captain"; one of the selectmen of the town, and is said to have been one of the celebrated ' tea party' famed in the history of Boston.

"The selectmen held their meetings at his house; and it is said that, while they were in session, he would sit in an adjoining room, smoking his long pipe, until after what he considered a reasonable time had elapsed, when he would make his entrance, and, regardless of the town business, his usual address would be, 'Mr. Cheerman, did you say punch or flip?' Brother Newell died in 1813, and, in accordance with his request, was buried with Masonic honors."

Brother Hooper thus refers to another of the founders of the Lodge:

"Of David Goodwin I can speak with more freedom, perhaps with more feeling. He became the guardian and protector of the orphan boy of thirteen years. He led me with a father's care from youth to manhood. He made me a mechanic. During the nine years in which I dwelt under his roof, never did I witness aught that would derogate from his character for strict uprightness and integrity. David Goodwin was initiated into Masonry in St. Andrew's Lodge, Boston, on the 9th of March, 1775. I am unable to say where he received the second and third degrees. He was a man diligent in his calling, fervid in his piety, and honorable in his dealings with his fellow- men. Our town records bear honorable testimony to the important services he rendered in municipal affairs and as a representative of the town in the Legislature. One trifling incident in this connection will serve to illustrate his strict sense of honesty. At the close of one of the sessions, the members were called to the clerk's desk (according to the custom then) to give in the number of days of their attendance. When Mr. Goodwin was called, he reported twenty-seven days and a half. "We have no half-days here, Mr. Goodwin; I must call it twenty-eight days", said the clerk. "Not so," was the reply; I never yet made charge for a whole day's work when I had done but half of one. I have attended here twenty-seven days and one-half; for so much I require payment,—no more, no less." I need not say that the clerk yielded the point. Brother Goodwin was a housewright, and built and occupied several houses in town, one of which, the last, is still standing on the corner of Washington and Union Streets. Here, at a ripe old age, after acting well his part in the great drama of life, "he gave his honors to the world again, his blessed past to heaven, and slept in peace."


PAST MASTERS

  • Josiah Bartlett, 1783, 1784 1787, 1793, 1808
  • Joseph Cordis, 1785
  • Wiliam Calder, 1785, 1786, 1791, 1792
  • Isaac Snow, 1788
  • Samuel Swan, 1789, 1790
  • John Soley, 1794-1796
  • Oliver Holden, 1797-1800
  • Thomas O. Larkin, 1801, 1802
  • Melzer Holmes, 1803
  • Edward Goodwin, 1804
  • John Goodwin, 1805, 1806
  • Francis Hyde, 1807
  • Joseph Phipps, 1809
  • Joshua B. Phipps, 1810, 1811
  • Thomas Hooper, 1812-1814
  • Benjamin Whipple, 1815, 1816
  • Benjamin Adams, 1817-1819
  • John Gregory, 1820, 1821
  • Benjamin Gleason, 1822, 1823, 1838; SN
  • Ezra Stone, 1824-1826
  • Dexter Bowman, 1827-1837
  • John Stevens, 1839-1841
  • Francis L. Raymon, 1842, 1843
  • Charles B. Rogers, 1844, 1845, 1851
  • James A.D. Worcester, 1846
  • George P. Kettell, 1847, 1848, 1852, 1853
  • Caleb Rand, 1854-1857
  • William H. Sanders, 1858, 1859
  • William Darton, 1860
  • William W. McKim, 1861
  • Edward S. Coombs, 1862, 1863
  • Samuel S. Wilson, 1864
  • Henry Moore, 1865
  • George W. Abbott, 1866
  • C. Prescott Goss, 1867
  • Edward P. Tourtellot, 1868, 1869
  • John E. Marden, 1870, 1871
  • Charles R. Whitney, 1872, 1873
  • William H. Crowell, 1874, 1875
  • John B. Whitney, 1876, 1877
  • Alfred C. Hall, 1878, 1879
  • Franklin W. Hopkins, 1880, 1881; SN
  • Galen M. Bowditch, 1882, 1884
  • Albert E. Dadley, 1883
  • William M. Townsend, 1885, 1886
  • Edgar E. Haines, 1887, 1888
  • Frank Vose, 1889, 1890; SN
  • Edwin D. Sibley, 1891, 1892
  • Ernest C. Marshall, 1893, 1894
  • Charles H. Tucker, 1895, 1896
  • Charles O. Shute, 1897, 1898
  • William J. Cogswell, 1899, 1900
  • Clifford M. Bean, 1901, 1902
  • Herbert E. Arnold, 1903, 1904
  • William W. White, 1905, 1906
  • Robert W. Oliver, 1907, 1908; N
  • William D. Bennett, 1909, 1910
  • Harry E. Saxton, 1911, 1912
  • DeMelle C. Garey, 1913, 1914
  • Edgar W. Evans, 1915, 1916
  • William Preble Jones, 1917
  • Arthur W. Vaughan, 1918, 1919
  • Roy M. Perkins, 1920, 1921
  • Lincoln P. Sibley, 1922, 1923
  • Warner R. Crowell, 1924, 1925; Mem
  • DeBert Wakelee, 1926, 1927
  • George H. Mowers, Jr., 1928, 1929
  • Frederick S. Emery, 1930, 1931
  • Frederick W. Hale, 1932, 1933; N
  • William M. Oliver, 1934, 1935
  • George L. Dolloff, 1936, 1937; N
  • John A. Daniels, 1938, 1939; N
  • John A. Carey, 1940, 1941; N
  • Albert L. Kelley, 1942, 1943
  • Stathern B. Chute, 1944, 1945
  • Lincoln C. Grush, 1946, 1947
  • George G. Walker, 1948, 1949
  • Malcolm E. Austin, 1950, 1951
  • Warren P. Eldridge, 1952, 1953; N
  • Daniel S. Josie, 1954, 1955
  • William J. Talbot, 1956
  • Elwood G. Bryan, Jr., 1957
  • William W. Ingalls, 1958
  • Richard D. Finlayson, 1959
  • E. Stuart Rumery, 1960
  • Norman S. Woodside, 1961
  • Irving E. Johansen, 1962, 1963; PDDGM
  • Robert E. Hunewill, 1964
  • Malcolm A. Austin, 1965
  • Alfred L. Soper, 1966
  • William M. Hedly, 1967
  • Roy H. Anderson, 1968
  • Ronald H. Slocum, 1969, 1972, 1973
  • Charles W. Saarela, 1970
  • David B. Lewis, Jr., 1971; N
  • Reginald S. Foster, 1974
  • Donald N. Lanchester, 1975
  • Paul I. Cleveland, 1976
  • Kenneth M. Riley, 1977
  • Frederick B. Parks, 1978
  • Norman S. Woodside, 1979
  • John Poth, Jr., 1980, 1981
  • Joseph A. Dube, 1982
  • David Belbin, 1983
  • Paul B. Hedly, 1984
  • Donald F. Norton, 1985, 1986
  • Donald B. Snow, 1987, 1988, 1995
  • Jonathan U. Bowers, 1989
  • Donald H. Chamberlain, Jr., 1990
  • Allan R. Webster, 1991
  • John D. Winters, 1992
  • Charles F. Gill, 1993, 1994
  • Wayne A. Forsyth, 1996, 1997
  • James A. Norton, 1998-2000
  • Maurice H. Haddad, 2001, 2002
  • Bruce E. Rollins, 2002-2004
  • Robert J. Campbell, 2005
  • William B. Tauro, 2006
  • Stephen M. Post, 2007
  • James A. Norton, 2008, 2009
  • Jose M. Jorge, 2010, 2011
  • Joey Lacy, 2012, 2013

AFFILIATE PAST MASTERS (LIVING)

  • Robert J. Cambell; PDDGM
  • Nicholas Cardoos Jr.; PDDGM
  • Donald H. Chamberlain, Jr.
  • Frank J. DeMattia
  • Jonathan P. Doran; PDDGM
  • Khalil C. Laham; PDDGM
  • Frank R. Ricardo; PDDGM
  • Bruce E. Rollins; PDDGM
  • R. Steven Shankle; PDDGM
  • Douglas B. Carriger
  • Charles G. Moulton; PDDGM
  • J. Steven Dalyrmple
  • Michael S. Podymaitis; PDDGM
  • Herbert W. Mower; PDDGM
  • Nicholas S. Papadinis; PDDGM
  • Scott M. Gamble; PDDGM
  • James "Jack” Giragosian
  • Robert “Skip” Trahey
  • Jerry A. Roach, Jr.; PDDGM
  • David B. Olsen; PDDGM
  • Donald A. Coutoumas; PDDGM

YEARS

1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791

1803 1804 1806 1807 1808 1844 1845 1849 1851 1867 1868 1870 1879 1881 1883 1884 1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1901 1905 1906 1908 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1916 1919 1920 1923 1924 1927 1929 1931 1933 1937 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1947 1948 1952 1954 1958 1959 1961 1969 1972 1974 1978 1979 1981 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1994 2007 2008 2011


EVENTS

INSTALLATION, OCTOBER 1858

From Moore's Freemasons' Monthly, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, November 1858, Page 32:

The following Officers of King Solomon's Lodge, Charlestown, were elected and installed on the 12th of October last:—

William H Sanders, W. M.; William Darton, S. W.; Edward S. Coombs, J. W. ; Noah Butts, Treas.; Geo. H. Marden, Sec.; Daniel Grant, Jr., S. D.; C. Frescolt Goss, J. D.; John P. Prichard, Marshal; Lyman B. Goss, S. S ; Frauklin N. Carter, J. S ; Jas. F. Anderson, I. S.; Rowland Hill, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1803: District 1 (Boston)

1821: District 9

1835: District 3

1849: District 1

1857: District 11

1867: District 2 (Charlestown)

1883: District 2 (Cambridge)

1901: District 6 (Somerville)

1911: District 6 (Somerville)

1927: District 6 (Somerville)

2003: District 3


LINKS

Lodge Web Site

Massachusetts Lodges