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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.
- 1931-201: Meetings of the Lodge at Marblehead, Master's, St. John's (Newburyport), St. John's (Boston)
- 1931-202: Union of Second Lodge with First Lodge, henceforth called St. John's of Boston.
- 1931-201: 06/27; Feast of St. John the Baptist in Marblehead.
- 1931-201: 12/27; Feast of St. John the Evangelist in Newburyport.
LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1783
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
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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 ★ merged into First Lodge 02/07 |
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 | Waterbury, Connecticut | King Solomon's, Waterbury | 10/26/1764 |
15 | Newburyport | Newburyport | 07/17/1766 ★ |
16 | Norwich, Connecticut | Norwich | 10/24/1766 |
17 | Salem | Salem | 10/24/1766 |
18 | Wallingford, Connecticut | Compass, Wallingford | 05/01/1769 |
19 | Nantucket | Union | 05/27/1771 |
20 | Boston | Rising Sun | 06/22/1772 |
21 | Roxbury | American Union | 02/15/1776 |
22 | Danbury, Connecticut | Union, Danbury | 05/23/1780 |
★ = Meeting of lodge noted.
MASSACHUSETTS (INDEPENDENT) GRAND LODGE
JOHN WARREN, Grand Master
Samuel Barrett, Deputy Grand Master
Paul Revere, Senior Grand Warden
James Carter, Junior Grand Warden
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1783
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
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1 | Boston | Lodge of St. Andrew | 11/30/1756 |
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 |
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 |
18 | Derby, CT | King Hiram | 01/03/1783 |
19 | Lakeville, CT | Montgomery | 03/06/1783 |
20 | Charlestown | King Solomon's | 09/05/1783 |
OTHER
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 |