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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.
- 1931-199: Meetings of the Lodge at Marblehead, Masters, St. John's
- 1931-200: 06/25; Proxy for St. John's (Portsmouth); part of Grand Lodge archives.
- 1931-200: 06/27; Feast of St. John the Baptist in Marblehead.
- 1931-200: 12/27; Feast of St. John the Evangelist in Marblehead and Newburyport.
LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1781
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 | Boston | Rising Sun | 06/22/1772 |
35 | Roxbury | American Union | 02/15/1776 |
36 | Danbury, Connecticut | Union, Danbury | 05/23/1780 |
★ = Meeting of lodge noted.
MASSACHUSETTS (INDEPENDENT) GRAND LODGE
JOSEPH WEBB, Grand Master
Samuel Barrett, Deputy Grand Master
Paul Revere, Senior Grand Warden
James Jackson, Junior Grand Warden
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1781
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
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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 | Danvers | United States | 01/30/1778 |
8 | Machias (Me.) | Warren | 09/04/1778 |
9 | Salem | Essex | 03/09/1779 |
10 | Boston | Perfect Union | 03/09/1779 French Lodge; new charter 05/08/1781 |
11 | Ipswich | Unity | 03/09/1779 |
12 | Traveling Military Lodge | Washington Army | 10/06/1779 |
13 | Beverly | Amity | 10/06/1779 |
14 | Portsmouth, NH | St. Patrick's | 03/17/1780 |
15 | Colchester, CT | Wooster | 01/23/1781 |
16 | Danbury, CT | St. Paul's | 05/22/1781 |
17 | Cornish, VT | Vermont | 11/08/1781 |