Difference between revisions of "MassachusettsCharters"

Latest revision as of 18:54, 3 February 2016

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
  • Sharon 1959; returned 1989
• 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