MassachusettsYear1758

1758

JEREMY GRIDLEY, Grand Master

Robert Jenkins, Deputy Grand Master

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/13: I-53.
  • Lodges represented: Master's, First, Second, St. John's Newport
  • I-54: Appointment and election of new Grand Officers.
  • I-54: Payments and accounts.
  • I-54: Committee appointed on "DeCoster's Petition." Note: this is the first mention of the petition by Bro. Isaac DeCoster from the Lodge of St. Andrew to establish regular relations between that lodge and the St. John's Grand Lodge; see the special meeting below.
• 04/13: I-55.
  • Lodges represented: Master's, First, Second
  • I-56: Report on the DeCoster petition.
  • I-56: "Voted That the Grand Wardens and the Master of each Lodge in the Town of Boston be a Committee to Consider what can be done to retrench the Expences of the Lodges, and make report to the Next Grand Lodge."
• 07/14: I-56.
  • Lodges represented: Master's, First, Second
• 10/13: I-57.
  • Lodges represented: Master's, First, Second
  • I-57: Vote for charity.

OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

• 02/24: I-55; Meeting of a Committee of the Grand Lodge at Brother Stone's.
  • I-55: Reading of the DeCoster petition; "Voted, that the said Decoster and those of his Company who had a Clear and Good Character should be admitted to be made Masons by Dispensation of the Grand Master they Paying the Charge of the Entertainment." Note that Isaac DeCoster was at that time serving as Master of the Lodge of St. Andrew.

• 06/24: I-56; Roxbury.
  • I-56: "Our Right Worshipfull Bro. Jeremy Gridley Esq. G M Summon'd the Brethren to attend him at the Grey Hound Tavern in Roxbury where he held a Grand Lodge and the Day was Celebrated as usual."
  • I-56: List of Brothers in attendance.

• 12/27: I-58; (at Royal Exchange Tavern).
  • I-58: At a Grand Lodge held at the Royal Exchange Tavern in Boston this Evening, the Following Brethren were Present to Celebrate the Feast of St. John the Evangelist."
  • I-58: List of Brothers in attendance.

LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1758

No.	Location	Lodge	Precedence Date
1	Boston	First Lodge	07/30/1733
2	Portsmouth (N.H.)	St. John's (Portsmouth)	06/24/1736
3	Boston	Master's	01/02/1738
4	Newfoundland	St. John's, Newfoundland	12/24/1746
5	Boston	Second Lodge	02/15/1749
6	Newport, Rhode Island	St. John's Newport	12/27/1749
7	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Halifax	07/19/1750
8	Annapolis, Maryland	Annapolis, Maryland	08/12/1750
9	New Haven, Connecticut	Hiram	11/12/1750
10	New London, Connecticut	Lodge at New London	01/12/1753
11	Middletown, Connecticut	St. John's, Middletown	02/04/1754
12	Crown Point, New York	Lake George Army Lodge	05/13/1756
13	Providence, Rhode Island	St. John's, Cranston	01/18/1757
14	Louisbourg, Acadia	Louisbourg Army	11/13/1758

OTHER LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1758

No.	Location	Lodge	Precedence Date
1	Boston	Lodge of St. Andrew	11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland

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