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1783

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: 1783

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 ★ 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
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
1 Boston Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland

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