MassachusettsYear1831
1831
JOSEPH JENKINS, Grand Master
William Hilliard, Deputy Grand Master
Abraham A. Dame, Senior Grand Warden
William J. Whipple, Junior Grand Warden
Contents
NOTES
EVENTS IN 1831
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 03/09 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-211;
- 06/08 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-214;
- IV-216: Will of Past Grand Master Isaiah Thomas, including a bequest of $500 toward the building of the Temple. Resolves by the Grand Lodge in thanks.
- 09/14 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-220;
- IV-221: Memorial for R.W. Elijah Morse, Past Deputy Grand Master. "Badges of mourning" for the altar, jewels and regalia of the Grand Lodge.
- 12/14 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-223; Annual Communication.
- IV-224: Petition from Cassia Lodge recommitted.
- IV-226: Report of Committee on Charity.
- IV-227: Report of Committee on Finance.
- IV-203: Grand Master Jenkins re-elected. (Only 57 ballots cast.) Other Grand Lodge officers elected.
- IV-230: Merrimack Lodge property to be conveyed by quitclaim to the lodge.
- 12/28 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-232:
- IV-232: Installation of Grand Master Jenkins and other Grand Lodge officers.
PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS
None.
GRAND LODGE TEMPLE HALL
- 03/09: IV-211; Building Committee authorized to borrow an additional $5,000; added to the $20,000 appropriation from the Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund, making $40,000 total.
- 06/08: IV-215; Building Committee arranged a loan from the President and Fellows of Harvard College for $15,000 on the property to hold the Masonic Temple.
- 09/14: IV-222; Committee of nine appointed to make arrangements for dedicating the Temple.
- 12/14: IV-225; Report of committee on arrangements for consecration of the new Masonic Hall reported:
- An address will be delivered by "a distinguished Brother (from) another part of the State" at St. Paul's Church.
- Consecrating ceremony to be performed in front of the Brethren.
- Procession will take place to the Church, with "fellow citizens" invited to join there.
- 12/14: IV-226; Committee to request the use of Park Street meeting house for the occasion.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICT (with date of precedence): 1831
- Extrapolated from O.P., 1830, as listed on the 1830 year page.
DISTRICT 1
Joseph Eveleth, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
- St. John's (Boston, 1733) ★
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1756) ★
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770) ★
- Columbian (Boston, 1796) ★
- Washington (Roxbury, 1796) ★
- Union (Dorchester, 1796) ★
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801) ★
- Rural (Quincy, 1801) ★
DISTRICT 2
Ebenezer Bradbury, District Deputy Grand Master; 14 Lodges
- Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760) ★
- St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
- The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
- St. Peter's (Newburyport, 1773)
- Unity (Ipswich, 1779)
- Essex (Salem, 1792) ★
- Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802) ★
- St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
- Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805) ★
- Jordan (Danvers, 1808) ★
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Grecian (Methuen, 1825)
DISTRICT 3
Royal Turner, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
- Old Colony (Hanover, 1792) ★
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
- Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
- Phoenix (Hanover, 1826)
DISTRICT 4
Josiah J. Fiske, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
- Montgomery (Medway, 1797) inactive?
- Meridian (Watertown, 1797) ★
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799) ★
- Constellation (Dedham, 1801) ★
- Charity (Milford, 1803)
- St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818) ★
- Cassia (Medfield, 1823)
DISTRICT 5
Lemuel Shattuck, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
- Trinity (Lancaster, 1776)
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795) ★
- St. Paul's (Groton, 1797) ★
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797) ★
- Social (Ashburnham, 1798)
- Aurora (Leominster, 1801) ★
- Pentucket (Chelmsford, 1807) ★
- Fredonia (Northboro, 1810) ★
- United Brethren (Marlborough, 1824)
- Clinton (Billerica, 1826)
- Farmers (Sterling, 1826)
DISTRICT 6
Linus Child, District Deputy Grand Master; 14 Lodges
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Fayette (Charlton, 1796) ★
- Olive Branch (Oxford, 1797) ★
- Meridian Sun (Brookfield, 1797)
- Mount Zion (Hardwick, 1800)
- Harris (Templeton, 1802)
- Thompson (Rutland, 1812)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Leicester (Leicester, 1823)
- Eden (Ware, 1824)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1825)
- Doric (Southbridge, 1826)
- Mount Ararat (Petersham, 1826)
- Central (Dudley, 1827)
DISTRICT 7
Ansel Phelps, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
- Republican (Gill, 1794)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Pacific (Leverett, 1801)
- Orion (Cummington, 1815)
- Golden Rule (New Salem, 1815)
- Mountain (Rowe, 1806)
- Orange (Orange, 1825) surrendered charter
- Morning Sun (Ashfield, 1825)
DISTRICT 8
Charles Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
- Friendship (Williamstown, 1785)
- Franklin (Cheshire, 1794)
- Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
- Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
- Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
- Sheffield (Sheffield, 1803)
- Rising Sun (New Marlborough, 1808)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
DISTRICT 9
William Hilliard, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Hiram (Lexington, 1797)
- Mount Moriah (Reading, 1798)
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805) ★
- Good Samaritan (Reading, 1816)
- Brooks (Malden, 1817)
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819) ★
- Monitor (Waltham, 1820) ★ charter surrendered 11/1831
- Freedom (Woburn, 1824) ★
DISTRICT 10
Levi Lyman, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
- Federal (Blandford, 1792)
- Thomas (Monson, 1796)
- * Jerusalem (Northampton, 1797) in recess ★
- Friendly Society (Southwick, 1807)
- Mount Pleasant (Granville, 1808)
- Humanity (Holland, 1811)
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
DISTRICT 11
Sylvester Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
- Sumner (Dennis, 1801)
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
DISTRICT 12
William Morse, District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges
DISTRICT 13
Luther Hamilton, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
- Bristol (Attleboro, 1797)
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Social Harmony (Wareham, 1823) ★
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823) ★
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS
No District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges
- St. John's (Starbrock, Demarara, 1801)
★ = Appeared in Grand Lodge in 1831. (See Attendance Summary)