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** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Netop Netop] 1924; returned 1996 | ** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Netop Netop] 1924; returned 1996 | ||
* '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 <font color="green">Eden (1864)</font>]''' 1864; revised 1939 to include Bethel | * '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 <font color="green">Eden (1864)</font>]''' 1864; revised 1939 to include Bethel | ||
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* '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=ElmBelcher <font color="green">Elm-Belcher</font>]''' 1988; formed by consolidation | * '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=ElmBelcher <font color="green">Elm-Belcher</font>]''' 1988; formed by consolidation | ||
** '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Belcher <font color="green">Belcher</font>]''''' 1870; revised 1988 to include Elm | ** '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Belcher <font color="green">Belcher</font>]''''' 1870; revised 1988 to include Elm | ||
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Revision as of 14:47, 11 January 2016
Contents
CHARTERS
- Boldface Green indicates charters that are currently in use in Massachusetts.
- 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
- Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood created by consolidation 1979; revised to include Indian Orchard-Shawmont
- 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
- 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
- Germania 1854; revised 1999 to include Revere
- Converse 1887; revised 2008 to include Mount Scopus
- Mount Scopus 1930; revised 1973 to include Canaan; returned 2008
- Canaan 1952; returned 1973
- Mount Scopus 1930; revised 1973 to include Canaan; returned 2008
- Cosmopolitan 1990; formed by consolidation; revoked 2012
- Loyalty-Realty 1983; formed by consolidation
- 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
- 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
- Theodore Roosevelt-Manet 1979; formed by consolidation; revised 1987 to include Atlantic; returned 1995
- 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
- 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
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</blue> 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
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
- 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
- Fraternity & Fuller 1981; created by consolidation; revised 2001 to include Norumbega & Brookline
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
- Wayfarers 1914; returned 2006
- 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
- 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 in the East-Paskamansett 1992; formed by consolidation
- 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; revised 1977 to include Isthmian
- Isthmian 1916; returned 1977
- Chagres 1921; returned 1982
- Canal Zone Isthmian formed by consolidation 1977; we actually have this charter in hand
- Eloy Alfaro 2008
- Gatun formed by consolidation 1995
- Sojourners 1912
LODGES IN CHILE
- Aconcagua 1871 (replacement charter 1876); returned 1901
- Bethesda (Valparaiso)
- Hiram (Caldera) 1857; surrendered by 1877
- Huelen
- St. John's (Concepción)
- Southern Cross 1859; lost
LODGES IN CHINA
- Ancient Landmark 1865
- Chin Ling 1923; revoked 1928
- Hykes Memorial 1922
- International 1916
- Pagoda 1926; returned 1939
- Pei-he 1903; revoked 1905
- Shanghai 1904
- Sinim 1903
- Sungari 1929; returned 1939
- Talien 1921; revoked 1952
OTHER
- American Union 1776; returned 1819
- Caribbean Naval
- Scioto 1805; replaced by Ohio charter.
OLD LODGES WITH MISSING CHARTERS
- Amity (1779)
- Benjamin Franklin
- Berkshire (1777)
- Carmel
- Cassia
- Central
- Charity (1803)
- Clinton
- Doric (1826)
- Eastern Star (1798)
- Eden (1824)
- Farmers
- Fayette
- Federal (1792)
- Fore Fathers' Rock
- Franklin (1794)
- Fredonia
- Freedom (1824)
- Friendly Society
- Friendship (1779)
- Friendship (1794)
- Hampshire (1761)
- Hampshire (1784)
- Harmonic
- Harris]
- Humanity
- King Solomon Lodge in Perfection
- Golden Rule (1815)
- Good Samaritan (1816)
- L'Hereux Reveil
- Leicester
- Master's (1738)
- Meridian Sun (1797)
- Morning Sun (1825)
- Mount Ararat
- Mount Hermon (1817)
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Vernon (1807)
- Orange (1825)
- Orion
- Oxford (1825)
- Pacific (1801)
- Phoenix (1826)
- Rising States
- Rising Sun (1772)
- Rising Sun (1808)
- Salem
- Seven Stars
- Sheffield
- Sincerity
- Social
- St. John's (Demarara)
- St. Peter's (1772)
- St. Peter's (1795)
- Sumner
- Thompson
- United Brethren (1824)
- United States
- Unity (1779)
- Urbanity
- Washington Remembered
