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1785

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.

Note: "Fleet's Pocket Almanack" in 1784 listed 30 lodges under the St John's Grand Lodge jurisdiction.

LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1785

No. Location Lodge Precedence Date
1 Boston St. John's (Boston) 07/30/1733 ★
2 Portsmouth (N.H.) St. John's (Portsmouth) 06/24/1736
3 Boston Master's 01/02/1738
4 Newport, Rhode Island St. John's Newport 12/27/1749
5 New Haven, Connecticut Hiram 11/12/1750
6 New London, Connecticut Lodge at New London 01/12/1753
7 Middletown, Connecticut St. John's, Middletown 02/04/1754
8 Providence, Rhode Island St. John's, Cranston 01/18/1757
9 Newport, Rhode Island Master's, Newport 03/20/1759
10 Marblehead Lodge at Marblehead 03/25/1760 ★
11 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford 03/21/1762
12 Falmouth (Portland) (Maine) Portland 03/30/1762 ★
13 Waterbury, Connecticut King Solomon's, Waterbury 10/26/1764
14 Newburyport Newburyport 07/17/1766 ★
15 Norwich, Connecticut Norwich 10/24/1766
16 Salem Salem 10/24/1766
17 Wallingford, Connecticut Compass, Wallingford 05/01/1769
18 Nantucket Union 05/27/1771
19 Boston Rising Sun 06/22/1772
20 Roxbury American Union 02/15/1776
21 Danbury, Connecticut Union, Danbury 05/23/1780

★ = Meeting of lodge noted.

MASSACHUSETTS (INDEPENDENT) GRAND LODGE

JOHN WARREN, Grand Master
JOSEPH WEBB, Grand Master

Paul Revere, Deputy Grand Master
Perez Morton, Senior Grand Warden
John Juteau, Junior Grand Warden

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1785

No. Location Lodge Precedence Date
1 Boston Rising States 11/30/1756 Revised charter 09/02/1784
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
21 Northampton Hampshire 01/30/1784
22 Keene, NH Rising Sun 03/05/1784
23 Manchester, VT North Star 01/19/1785
24 Williamstown Friendship 07/23/1785
25 Norwich, CT Columbia 07/23/1785

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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