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1779

ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE

JOHN ROWE, Grand Master

No records available for this year.

INFORMATION FROM PAST GRAND MASTER JOHNSON'S ADDRESS, SEPTEMBER 1931

In 1931, Past Grand Master Melvin M. Johnson gave a paper at the September Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge, detailing information regarding the activities of St. John's Grand Lodge, demonstrating that it was active during the period for which records were, and remain, unavailable. The following items are from his report, and indicate the page in the 1931 Proceedings where they are listed.

LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1779

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 Boston Second Lodge 02/15/1749
5 Newport, Rhode Island St. John's Newport 12/27/1749
6 New Haven, Connecticut Hiram 11/12/1750
7 New London, Connecticut Lodge at New London 01/12/1753
8 Middletown, Connecticut St. John's, Middletown 02/04/1754
9 Providence, Rhode Island St. John's, Cranston 01/18/1757
10 Newport, Rhode Island Master's, Newport 03/20/1759
11 Marblehead Lodge at Marblehead 03/25/1760 ★
12 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford 03/21/1762
13 Falmouth (Portland) (Maine) Portland 03/30/1762 ★
14 Elizabeth Town, New Jersey Temple 07/28/1762
15 Waterbury, Connecticut King Solomon's, Waterbury 10/26/1764
16 Prince Town, New Jersey St. John's, Prince Town, New Jersey 10/26/1764
17 Newburyport Newburyport 07/17/1766
18 Norwich, Connecticut Norwich 10/24/1766
19 Salem Salem 10/24/1766 ★
20 Wallingford, Connecticut Compass, Wallingford 05/01/1769
21 Nantucket Union 05/27/1771
22 Boston Rising Sun 06/22/1772
23 Roxbury American Union 02/15/1776

★ = Meeting of lodge noted.

MASSACHUSETTS (INDEPENDENT) GRAND LODGE

JOSEPH WEBB, Grand Master

Moses Deshon, Deputy Grand Master
Samuel Barrett, Senior Grand Warden
Paul Revere, Junior Grand Warden

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1779

No. Location Lodge Precedence Date
1 Boston Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland
2 Gloucester The Tyrian 02/23/1770
3 Boston The Massachusetts 05/13/1770
4 Newburyport St. Peter's 03/06/1772
5 Stockbridge Berkshire #5 03/08/1777
6 Lancaster Trinity 01/30/1778
7 Beverly United States 01/30/1778
8 Machias (Me.) Warren 09/04/1778
9 Salem Essex 03/09/1779
10 Boston Friendship 03/09/1779 French Lodge; const. 01/25/1780
11 Ipswich Unity 03/09/1779
12 Traveling Military Lodge Washington Army 10/06/1779
13 Beverly Amity 10/06/1779

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