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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.
Note: "Fleet's Pocket Almanack" in 1784 listed 30 lodges under the St John's Grand Lodge jurisdiction.
- 1931-204: Meetings of the Lodge at Marblehead, St. John's (Newburyport), St. John's (Boston), Lodge at Falmouth
- 1931-205: 01/06/1786; Celebration of the Feast of St. John the Evangelist by Grand Lodge.
LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1785
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
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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 |
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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 |
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1 | Boston | Lodge of St. Andrew | 11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland |