MassachusettsCharters

1 CHARTERS
- 1.1 A
- 1.2 B
- 1.3 C
- 1.4 D
- 1.5 E
- 1.6 F
- 1.7 G
- 1.8 H
- 1.9 I
- 1.10 J
- 1.11 K
- 1.12 L
- 1.13 M
- 1.14 N
- 1.15 O
- 1.16 P
- 1.17 Q
- 1.18 R
- 1.19 S
- 1.20 T
- 1.21 U
- 1.22 V
- 1.23 W
2 LODGES IN CANAL ZONE
3 LODGES IN CHILE
4 LODGES IN CHINA
5 OTHER
6 OLD LODGES WITH MISSING CHARTERS

CHARTERS

Boldface Green indicates charters that are currently in use in Massachusetts.
- ★ marks charters on extended loan at the Scottish Rite Museum and Library in Lexington.
Boldface Italic Green indicates charters that are currently in use in Massachusetts that were altered to this name from another.
Blue Italic indicates charters held by Grand Lodge that were altered to this name from another.
Blue indicates charters held by Grand Lodge.
Red indicates charters with unknown location.

A

Abraham H. Howland Jr. 1916
Adams 1867; there is an original lodge from 1797; charter unknown
Alpha 1875
Amicable 1805
Amity-Mosaic 1864; revised 2004 to include Mosaic
- Amity (1864)
- Mosaic 1871; returned 2004
Anchor 1874; surrendered 1891
Ancient York 1853
Artisan 1866
Aurora 1801
Azure 1922

B

Baalis Sanford 1918
Bay Path 1924
Berkshire (1858) 1858
Bethesda (Brighton) 1819
Beth-Horon 1871
- Nehoiden 1928; returned 2010
Blue Hill 1864
Boston University 1926; surrendered 1999; restored 2012; we have the original
Boylston 1877
Brigham (2013) 2013; formed by consolidation
- Brigham (1892) 1892; returned 2013
- Indian Orchard Masonic created by consolidation 2003; revised 2013 to include Brigham
  - Hampden 1817; revised 2003 to include Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard
  - Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard created by consolidation 1997; returned 2003
    - Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood created by consolidation 1979; revised to include Indian Orchard-Shawmont
      - Roswell Lee 1864; revised 1979 to include Samuel Osgood
      - Samuel Osgood 1922; returned 1979
    - Indian Orchard-Shawmont created by consolidation 1982; returned 1997
      - Indian Orchard 1911; revised 1982 to include Shawmont
      - Shawmont 1953; returned 1982
Bristol 1797 ★
Budleigh 1922; revised 2001 to include New Meadows
- New Meadows 1959; returned 2001

C

Caleb Butler 1860
Caribbean Naval 1965
Cawnacome Sunshine 1992
- Metacomet Daylight 1989; returned 2008
Celestial 2010; formed by consolidation
- Eliot-Hyde Park 1986; revised 2010 to include Constellation
- Eliot 1866; revised 1986 to include Hyde Park
- Constellation should have been returned in 2010
- Hyde Park 1866; returned 1986
Charity (1870) Using Mizpah-Faith charter; 1870 returned 2008
- Mizpah-Faith 1981; formed by consolidation
  - Mizpah 1867; revised 1981 to include Faith
  - Faith 1869; returned 1981
Charles A. Welch 1874
Charles C. Dame 1866
Charles River 1871
Charles W. Moore] 1866
Chicopee 1848
Cincinnatus 1795
The Consolidated 2004; formed by consolidation
- Germania 1854; revised 1999 to include Revere
  - Germania-Revere 1999; formed by consolidation
  - Revere 1857; returned 1999
- Price-Benton 2002; formed by consolidation; returned 2004
  - Henry Price 1858; revised 2002 to include Everett C. Benton
  - Everett C. Benton 1925; returned 2002
- Shawmut 1912, returned 2008
  - United 1925, returned 1993
    - Aberdour 1860; returned 1980
Converse 1887; revised 2008 to include Mount Scopus
- Mount Scopus 1930; revised 1973 to include Canaan; returned 2008
  - Canaan 1952; returned 1973
Cosmopolitan 1990; formed by consolidation; revoked 2012
- Loyalty-Realty 1983; formed by consolidation
  - Loyalty 1921; active charter for Cosmopolitan
  - Realty 1955; returned 1983
- Zerubbabel 1950; returned 1990

D

Dalhousie 1861
Daniel Webster 1965
Day Spring 1863
Delta 1869; returned 2014 (using St. Paul's charter dated 1846; consolidation 2014)
- St. Paul's-Algonquin 1988; created by consolidation; in use by Delta
- St. Paul's (South Boston) 1846; revised 1988 to include Algonquin
  - Algonquin 1914, returned 1988
  - Hesperia 1926; returned 2004
- The Lodge of Eleusis 1865; returned 1995
- Quincy 1987; formed by consolidation; returned 1995
  - Theodore Roosevelt-Manet 1979; formed by consolidation; revised 1987 to include Atlantic; returned 1995
    - Theodore Roosevelt 1919; revised 1979 to include Manet
    - Manet 1922; returned 1979
  - Atlantic 1920; returned 1987
The DeMolay 1976; revoked 2012
DeWitt Clinton 1863

E

Eastern Star (1924) 1924
- Netop 1924; returned 1996
Eden (1864) 1864; revised 1939 to include Bethel
- Bethel 1825; returned 1939
Elm-Belcher 1988; formed by consolidation
- Belcher 1870; revised 1988 to include Elm
- Elm 1925; returned 1988
Esoteric-Sherwood 2006; formed by consolidation
- Esoteric 1910; revised 2006 to include Samuel D. Sherwood
- Samuel D. Sherwood 1922; returned 2006
Essex 1779
Euclid 1916
Evening Star 1795
Excelsior 1867
Ezekiel Bates 1871

F

Fellowship 1797
Fidelity 1919
Frank W. Thompson 1956
Franklin (1852) 1852
Fraternal 1801
Friendship (1902) 1903

G

Garden City 1954
George H. Taber 1873
Golden Fleece 1865
Golden Rule (1888) 1888
- The Lodge of Stirling 1911; returned 2005
- Mount Hermon (1855) 1855; returned 2014
Globe Unity 2009; formed by consolidation
- Globe 1870; revised 2009 to include Unity
- Unity (1897) 1897; returned 2009
Good Samaritan (1871) 1871
- King Cyrus 1876; returned 2003
Guiding Lights 2003; formed by consolidation
- Montacute 1864; revised 2003 to Guiding Lights
- Athelstan 1866; returned 2003

H

Hampshire (1872) 1872
Harmony 1796
- Bay State 1872; returned 2004
- Mechanic's 1879; returned 2004
The Harvard 1923
Hayden
- Meridian Sun (1894)] 1894, returned 2003
- Spencer] 1871, returned 2003
Hope 1864
Howard 1870
Huntington-Federal 1995; formed by consolidation
- Huntington 1866; revised 1995 to include Federal
- Federal (1914) 1914; returned 1995

I

Independence 2009

J

J. Philip Berquist 2005
James Otis 1866; surrendered 1891
Jerusalem ★
- Ionic (Taunton) 1867; returned 1988
Joel H. Prouty 1927
John Cutler 1860
John Hancock 1861
John T. Heard 1865
John Warren 1861
Jordan 1808
Joseph Warren-Soley 1983; formed by consolidation
- Joseph Warren 1856; revised 1983 to include Soley
- Soley returned 1983
Joseph Webb 1876

K

King David 1798
- Alfred Baylies 1866; returned 1974
- Ionic (Taunton) 1867; returned 1998
- Charles H. Titus 1873; returned 1998
- Ezra 1952; returned 1995
King Hiram's 1795
King Philip 1866
King Solomon's 1783
- Sagamore 1915; returned 1986
Konohassett 1866

L

Lafayette-Dover 1985; formed by consolidation
- Lafayette (Roxbury) 1865; revised 1985 to include Dover
- Dover 1952; returned 1985
Lafayette-Greylock 1988; formed by consolidation
- Lafayette (North Adams) revised 1988 to include Greylock
- Greylock 1872; returned 1988
Lawrence United 1987; formed by consolidation
- Grecian 1825; revised 1987 to include Tuscan-Phoenician
- Tuscan-Phoenician formed by consolidation 1980
  - Tuscan 1863; revised 1980 to include Phoenician
  - Phoenician 1871; returned 1980
Level 1952
Liberty 1824
Logia America 1995
Lynnfield-Zetland formed by consolidation 2002
- Zetland 1867; revised 2002 to include Lynnfield
- Lynnfield 1946; returned 2002

M

Macedonian 1893
Major General Henry Knox 1926
Manchester 1921
Marine 1795 ★
Mariners' 1871
The Massachusetts 1770
Massasoit-Narragansett 1976; formed by consolidation
- Massasoit 1915; revised 1976 to include Narragansett
The Masters (1983) 1983
Matthew John Whittall 1929
May Flower 1865
The Meadows 2007; formed by consolidation
- Charles C. Spellman 1922; revised 2007 to include Longmeadow
- Longmeadow 1932; returned 2007
Meridian 1797
- Maugus Hill 1958; returned 1999
Merrimack 1802
Merrimack Valley Daylight 1990
Middlesex 1795
Milton 1923
Montgomery 1797 ★
- Blackstone River] 1855; returned 1997
Morning Star 1793
Morning Sun (1870) 1870; surrendered 1993
Moses Michael Hays 1932
- Putnam 1855; returned 1978
- Temple (1870) 1871; returned 1985
- Brotherhood 1926; returned 1986
- Freedom (1947) 1947; returned 1997
- Adelphi-Noddles Island 1982; formed by consolidation; surrendered 2003
- Adelphi 1865; revised 1982 to include Noddle's Island
- Noddle's Island 1921; returned 1982

Mountain 1806/1818

Mount Carmel 1805; revised 1988 (Mt. Sinai); 2001 (Damascus); Bethlehem (2006)

Mount Sinai 1946; returned 1988
Damascus 1907; returned 2001
Bethlehem 1920; returned 2006

Mount Hollis 1865

Mount Holyoke 1870

Mount Hope 1824

Mount Horeb (West Harwich) 1855

Mount Horeb (Woburn)] 1856

Mount Lebanon 1801

Mount Moriah (Reading) 1798; stricken 1835

Mount Moriah (Westfield) 1856

Mount Olivet 1864

Mount Orthodox 1913

Mount Sugar Loaf 1912; returned 1989; restored 2012

Mount Tabor 1846; revised 2007 to include Hammatt-Ocean and Seaview

Hammatt-Ocean 1994; formed by consolidation; returned 2007
- Hammatt 1860; revised to include Ocean 1994
- Ocean 1959; returned 1994
Seaview 1918; returned 2007

Mount Tom 1850

Mount Vernon-Galilean 1997; formed by consolidation

Mount Vernon (1858) 1858; revised 1997 to include Galilean
Galilean 1922; returned 1997

Mount Zion 1800

Mumford River 1878

Mystic Valley (2004) 2004; formed by consolidation

Hiram 1797; revised 2004 to Mystic Valley
John Abbot 1858; revised 2001
- John Abbot-Samuel Crocker Lawrence revised 2001; returned 2004
Russell 1924; returned 2004

N

Narragansett 1876; surrendered 1976 (merged with Massasoit)
Nauset Light 1997; surrendered 2013
New Moon 2015; formed by consolidation
- Mystic 1810; revised 2015 to include Crescent-Pittsfield
- Crescent-Pittsfield 1990; formed by consolidation; returned 2015
  - Crescent 1873; revised 1990 to include Pittsfield
  - Pittsfield 1921; returned 1990
North Quabbin 2007; formed by consolidation
- Star-Athol 1997; returned 2007
- Star 1864; revised to include Athol 1997
- Orange (1860) 1860; revised 2007 to include Star-Athol
Noquochoke 1879
Norfolk 1875
Norfolk Union 1818
North Reading 1956
North Shore Daylight 1993
North Star 1865
Norumbega Fraternity 2001; created by consolidation
- Fraternity & Fuller 1981; created by consolidation; revised 2001 to include Norumbega & Brookline
  - Fraternity 1875; surrendered 1888, re-granted 1911; revised 1981 to include Ebenezer Fuller
  - Ebenezer Fuller 1921; returned 1981
- Norumbega & Brookline 1984; created by consolidation; returned 2001
  - Norumbega 1921; revised 1984 to include Brookline
  - Brookline 1921; returned 1984

O

Occidental 1871
Old Colony 1792
Olive Branch 1797
Orient 1862
Oriental-Martha's Vineyard 1994; formed by consolidation
- Martha's Vineyard 1860; returned 1994
- Oriental 1867; revised 1994 to include Martha's Vineyard
Oxford (1860) 1869

P

Pacific (1861) 1861
Palestine 1869
Paul Revere 1857
- Paul Dean 1868; returned 2004
Pentucket 1807
Pequossette 1855
Perfection 1958
Philanthropic 1760; last restored 1876
- Wayfarers 1914; returned 2006
  - Benjamin F. Arrington 1928; returned 1984
Phoenix (1874) 1874
Pilgrim 1860
Pioneer 1864
Plymouth 1825
Prospect 1890
Puritan 1870
Pythagorean 1863

Q

Quaboag 1859
Quinebaug 1860
Quinsigamond 1871
Quittacus (1991) 1991; uses Eureka Lodge precedence
- Eureka 1858; revised 1991 to include Quittacus; now uses Quittacus name
- Quittacus (1921) 1921; returned 1991

R

Rabboni 1870
Republican 1794 Note that Grand Lodge has the 1851 replacement charter.
Richard C. MacLaurin 1921
Rising Star 1798
- Gate of the Temple 1856; returned 2012
Robert Lash 1867; revoked 1997
Rural 1801; revised 2004 to include Wollaston
- Wollaston 1899; returned 2004
Rose of Sharon 1928; returned 1974; restored 1993
Rufus Putnam 1913

S

Saggahew 1865; revised 2015 to include Bethany
- Bethany 1869; returned 2015
Samuel Crocker Lawrence 1920; returned 1979; re-granted 2009
- Mystic Valley (1920) 1920; returned 1979
Satuit 1875
- Nantascot 1955; returned 1996
Satucket 1882
Scouters' 2013
Siloam 1866
Simonds 1955
Social Harmony 1823
Simon W. Robinson 1871
- Belmont-Beaver 1980; formed by consolidation; returned 2004
  - Belmont 1864; revised 1980 to include Beaver
  - Beaver 1923; returned 1980
Solomon's Temple
- Granite 1880; returned 1993
Somerville 1818
St. Alban's 1818
Lodge of St. Andrew 1756
St. George 1878
St. James 1865
St. John's (Newburyport) 1766
St. John's (Boston)
- Third Lodge 1749; returned 1753
- Second Lodge 1749; returned 1783
- Fourth Estate 1923; returned 1995
St. Mark's 1803
- Emeth 1956; returned 1976
St. Martin's 1871
St. Matthew's 1822
St. Patrick's We also have the Perfect Union charter in the vault
St. Paul (Ayer) 1797 ★
Star in the East (2004) 2004; formed by consolidation
- Star in the East-Paskamansett 1992; formed by consolidation
  - Star in the East (1823) 1823; revised 1992 to include Paskamansett
  - Paskamansett 1912; returned 1992
- Wamsutta 1950; returned 2004
Star of Bethlehem 1845
- Winthrop 1888; returned 1995
Starr King 1865

T

Tahattawan 1929
Thomas 1796
Thomas Talbot 1889
Trinity (1793) 1793; also in the vault
Trinity (1859) 1859
The Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia 2007
- The Tyrian 1770; Tyrian-Acacia revised 2007 to include Ashler
- The Tyrian-Acacia The Tyrian revised 2003 to include Acacia
- Acacia 1866; returned 2003
- Ashler 1852; returned 2007

U

Union (Dorchester) 1796 ★
Union (Nantucket) 1771
United Brethren (1860)
- St. Bernard's 1868; returned 1996
- Doric (1864) 1864; returned 2003
Universal 1918
Upton 1870

V

Vernon 1871

W

Waltham Triad 1988; formed by consolidation; revised 2003 to include Victory
- Monitor 1820; revised 1988 to include Isaac Parker and Waltham
- Isaac Parker 1868; returned 1988
- Waltham 1929; returned 1988
- Victory 1920; returned 2003
Wamesit 1923
Wampatuck 1947
Warren 1823
Washington 1796 ★
Watuppa 1927; surrendered 2002
Webster 1859
Wellesley 1913
West Roxbury-Dorchester 1990; formed by consolidation
- West Roxbury 1919; revised 1990 to include Dorchester
- Dorchester 1913; returned 1990
Weymouth United Masonic formed by consolidation 1994
- Orphan's Hope 1825; revised 1994 to include Wessagusset
- Wessagusset 1921; returned 1994
Wilbraham Masonic (Newton) formed by consolidation 2002, to include Springfield
- Springfield 1895; returned 2002
Wilder 1860
William North 1868
William Parkman 1865
William Sewall Gardner-Kilwinning 2007; formed by consolidation
- Kilwinning 1867; revised 2007 to include William Sewall Gardner.
- William Sewall Gardner 1928; returned 2007
William Sutton 1867
Williams 1871
William Whiting 1909; revoked 1997
- Mount Nonotuck 1921; returned 1939
Winslow Lewis 1856
Wisdom 1803
Wyoming 1857; revised 2001 to include Baalbec
- Baalbec 1853; returned 2001

LODGES IN CANAL ZONE

Ancon formed by consolidation 1982
- Canal Zone Isthmian
  formed by consolidation 1977; we actually have this charter in hand
  - Canal Zone 1913; replaced 1917; revised 1977 to include Isthmian

Eloy Alfaro 2008

Gatun formed by consolidation 1995

Balboa formed by consolidation 1983; revised 1995 to include Sibert
- Army 1915; revised 1983 to include Darien
- Darien 1918; returned 1983
Sibert 1919; returned 1995