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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.
- 1931-205: Meetings of the Lodge at Marblehead, St. John's (Newburyport), St. John's (Boston), Lodge at Falmouth
- 1931-206: 06/24; Feast of St. John the Baptist in Boston.
- 1931-206: 12/27; Feast of St. John the Evangelist in Newburyport.
LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1786
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
JOSEPH WEBB, Grand Master
John Lowell, Deputy Grand Master
John Juteau, Senior Grand Warden
Moses Michael Hays, Junior Grand Warden
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1786
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 resigned charter 06/23/1786 |
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 |