MassachusettsYear1775

1775

ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE

JOHN ROWE, Grand Master

Richard Gridley, Deputy Grand Master
Samuel Fitch, Senior Grand Warden
John Joy, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/27: I-218; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • Lodges represented: Master's, First, Second, Rising Sun
  • I-218: Appointment of Grand Officers.
  • I-218: Grant of money to Grand Tyler and Grand Secretary.
  • I-207: Letters received from Union Lodge. (Text on Page I-219.)

LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1775

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
15	Newport, Rhode Island	Master's, Newport	03/20/1759
16	Marblehead	Lodge at Marblehead	03/25/1760
17	Surinam	Surinam	04/06/1761
18	Crown Point, New York	Crown Point Army	03/20/1762
19	Hartford, Connecticut	Hartford	03/21/1762
20	Falmouth (Portland) (Maine)	Portland	03/30/1762
21	Elizabeth Town, New Jersey	Temple	07/28/1762
22	Québec, Canada	Québec	10/26/1764
23	Pitt County, North Carolina	Pitt County	10/26/1764
24	Waterbury, Connecticut	King Solomon's, Waterbury	10/26/1764
25	Prince Town, New Jersey	St. John's, Prince Town, New Jersey	10/26/1764
26	Newburyport	Newburyport	07/17/1766
27	Norwich, Connecticut	Norwich	10/24/1766
28	Salem	Salem	10/24/1766
29	Virginia	Virginia	10/24/1766
30	St. Christopher, West Indies	St. Christopher	10/24/1766
31	Barbados, West Indies	Barbados	10/24/1766
32	Wallingford, Connecticut	Compass, Wallingford	05/01/1769
33	Nantucket	Union	05/27/1771
34	Guilford, Connecticut	Guilford	07/10/1771
35	Boston	Rising Sun	06/22/1772

MASSACHUSETTS (PROVINCIAL) GRAND LODGE

JOSEPH WARREN, Grand Master

Joseph Webb, Deputy Grand Master; Acting Grand Master
Ezra Collins, Senior Grand Warden
Samuel Barrett, Junior Grand Warden

• Memo 19th April 1775. Hostellitys Commenc'd, between the Troops of G Britain & America, in Lexington Battle. In Consequence of which the Town was Blockaded, & no Lodge held untill Dec. 1776.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1775

No.	Location	Lodge	Precedence Date
1	Boston	Lodge of St. Andrew	11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland
2	Boston	Lodge #322	1759 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Ireland
3	Boston	Lodge #58	1769 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of England
4	Gloucester	The Tyrian	02/23/1770
5	Boston	The Massachusetts	05/13/1770
6	Newburyport	St. Peter's	03/06/1772
7	Boston	Lodge #243	12/02/1774 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Ireland

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