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=== PAST MASTERS ===
 
=== PAST MASTERS ===
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''Needs list of living PMs''
  
 
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* William Hull, 1797  
 
* William Hull, 1797  
* Nathaniel Weld, 1798-1799  
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* Nathaniel Weld, 1798, 1799  
 
* Joseph Pierce, 1800
 
* Joseph Pierce, 1800
 
* William Bond, 1801-1803
 
* William Bond, 1801-1803
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* Seth Dewing, 1813-1819   
 
* Seth Dewing, 1813-1819   
 
* Chester Adams, 1820
 
* Chester Adams, 1820
* Charles Rice, 1821-1822
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* Charles Rice, 1821, 1822
 
* ''Records Lost, 1824-51''
 
* ''Records Lost, 1824-51''
 
* Malachi Babecock, 1852, 1855-1857, 1862
 
* Malachi Babecock, 1852, 1855-1857, 1862
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* James H. Parker, 1863-1868
 
* James H. Parker, 1863-1868
 
* Henry C. Burnham, 1869-1871
 
* Henry C. Burnham, 1869-1871
* William H. Wright, 1872-1873
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* William H. Wright, 1872, 1873
 
* Daniel Henry Lawrence Gleason, 1874
 
* Daniel Henry Lawrence Gleason, 1874
* George J. Townsend, 1875-1876  
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* George J. Townsend, 1875, 1876; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesSZ#TOWNSEND.2C_GEORGE_JAMES_1823-1894 SN]'''
* Silas H. Bent, 1877-1879  
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* Silas H. Bent, 1877, 1879  
* Edward H. Wilson, 1880-1881  
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* Edward H. Wilson, 1880, 1881  
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHWood Henry Gage Wood], 1882-1883
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHWood Henry Gage Wood], 1882-1883
* Frederick Lewis, 1884-1885  
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* Frederick Lewis, 1884, 1885  
* Charles C. Henry, 1886-1887  
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* Charles C. Henry, 1886, 1887; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersH#HENRY.2C_CHARLES_CASPER_1852-1915 Mem]'''
* James H. Gilligan, 1888-1889  
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* James H. Gilligan, 1888, 1889  
 
* Chester F. Soule, 1890  
 
* Chester F. Soule, 1890  
 
* Elwin C. Huntoon, 1891-1893  
 
* Elwin C. Huntoon, 1891-1893  
* Wilmont W. Mitchell, 1894-1895  
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* Wilmont W. Mitchell, 1894, 1895  
* Marshalim L. Perin, 1896-1897
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* Marshalim L. Perin, 1896, 1897
* James Downs, 1898-1899
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* James Downs, 1898, 1899; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersD#DOWNS.2C_JAMES_1847-1912 Memorial]'''
 
* Samual W. Simpson, 1900
 
* Samual W. Simpson, 1900
 
* Francis C. Perry, 1901-1902
 
* Francis C. Perry, 1901-1902
 
* Eward E. Henry, 1903-1904
 
* Eward E. Henry, 1903-1904
* Alfred B. Underwood, 1905-1906
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* Alfred B. Underwood, 1905, 1906; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersU#UNDERWOOD.2C_ALFRED_B._1865-1932 Memorial]'''
 
* Winfield S. Daniels, 1907-1908
 
* Winfield S. Daniels, 1907-1908
 
* Robert J. Montgomery, 1909  
 
* Robert J. Montgomery, 1909  
* William B. Pratt, 1910-1911
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* William B. Pratt, 1910, 1911
* George McKenny, 1912-1913  
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* George McKenny, 1912, 1913  
* William A. Laughton, 1914-1915
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* William A. Laughton, 1914, 1915
* Francis C. Cutting, 1916-1917
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* Francis C. Cutting, 1916, 1917
* Ernest C. Bragdon, 1918-1919  
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* Ernest C. Bragdon, 1918, 1919  
* William A. Atwood, 1920-1921   
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* William A. Atwood, 1920, 1921   
 
* Walter H. Wright, 1922
 
* Walter H. Wright, 1922
* Williams S. McRobert, 1923-1924  
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* Williams S. McRobert, 1923, 1924; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#McROBERT.2C_WILLIAM_SMITH_1874-1955 N]'''
* James E. White, 1925-1926
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* James E. White, 1925, 1926
* Alexander J. Montgomery, 1927-1928  
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* Alexander J. Montgomery, 1927, 1928  
* Burns L. Fish, 1929
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* Burns L. Fish, 1929; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersF#FISH.2C_BURNS_LESTER_1891-1946 Mem]'''
* Frederick H. Buckley, 1930-1931
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* Frederick H. Buckley, 1930, 1931
* John Keays, 1932-1933  
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* John Keays, 1932, 1933  
* Frank C. Bennett, 1934-1935
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* Frank C. Bennett, 1934, 1935
 
* Harry S. Spinney, 1936
 
* Harry S. Spinney, 1936
 
* Alfred E. Edwards, 1937-1939
 
* Alfred E. Edwards, 1937-1939
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* Reginald V. Yeomans, 1947
 
* Reginald V. Yeomans, 1947
 
* Clarence C. Eldrige, 1948  
 
* Clarence C. Eldrige, 1948  
* Arnold H. Baker, 1949  
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* Arnold H. Baker, 1949; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesAG#BAKER.2C_ARNOLD_HOWELL_1896-1977 N]'''
 
* Ralph A. Hall, 1950
 
* Ralph A. Hall, 1950
 
* Chester E. Johnson, 1951  
 
* Chester E. Johnson, 1951  
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* John A. LaRhette, 1961  
 
* John A. LaRhette, 1961  
 
* John E. King, 1962
 
* John E. King, 1962
* '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAmes Albert T. Ames]''', 1963
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* '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAmes Albert T. Ames]''''', 1963
 
* Harold H. Brandt, 1964  
 
* Harold H. Brandt, 1964  
 
* Richard B. Johnson, III, 1965
 
* Richard B. Johnson, III, 1965
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* George L. Baldwin, 1979   
 
* George L. Baldwin, 1979   
 
* John R. Bruce, 1980  
 
* John R. Bruce, 1980  
* James W. Thrasher, 1981-1982
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* James W. Thrasher, 1981, 1982
 
* Albert F. Smith, 1983
 
* Albert F. Smith, 1983
 
* Norman L. Phillips, 1984
 
* Norman L. Phillips, 1984
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* J. Herbert Babst, 1988  
 
* J. Herbert Babst, 1988  
 
* Ronald F. Wood, 1989  
 
* Ronald F. Wood, 1989  
* Wayne T. Szetter, 1990  
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* ''Wayne T. Szretter,'' 1990  
 
* Courtney D. Williams, 1991  
 
* Courtney D. Williams, 1991  
 
* Charles F. Nassau III, 1992  
 
* Charles F. Nassau III, 1992  
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* Gregg D. Giffin, 1995  
 
* Gregg D. Giffin, 1995  
 
* Reginald S. Leese, 1996  
 
* Reginald S. Leese, 1996  
* Edwin C. Sloper, 1997
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* ''Edwin C. Sloper'', 1997; '''PDDGM'''
 
* Peter Pilla, 1998
 
* Peter Pilla, 1998
 
* James H. Campbell, 1999
 
* James H. Campbell, 1999
* Donald E. Glencross, 2000
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* ''Donald E. Glencross'', 2000
 
* Richard P. Brita, 2001
 
* Richard P. Brita, 2001
 
* Steven A. Perkins, 2002
 
* Steven A. Perkins, 2002
* Charles D. Lloyd, 2003
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* ''Charles D. Lloyd'', 2003
* Jeffrey H. Phillips, 2004
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* ''Jeffrey H. Phillips'', 2004
* Richard D. Ames, 2005  
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* ''Richard D. Ames'', 2005  
* John M. Vining, 2006-2007
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* ''John M. Vining'', 2006, 2007
* John G. Brainard, 2008-2009
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* ''John G. Brainard'', 2008, 2009
 
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* ''Ralph Nixon'', 2010, 2011
 
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=== GRAND LODGE OFFICERS ===
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* '''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAmes Albert T. Ames]''''', DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANatick23_1927-2003 District 23 (Natick)], 1976, 1977; Grand Marshal 1978-1980; Senior Grand Warden 1981; Grand Master 1987-1989
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* Arnold H. Baker, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANatick23_1927-2003 District 23 (Natick)], 1960, 1961; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesAG#BAKER.2C_ARNOLD_HOWELL_1896-1977 N]'''
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* Burns L. Fish, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANatick23_1927-2003 District 23 (Natick)], 1944, 1945, 1946; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersF#FISH.2C_BURNS_LESTER_1891-1946 Memorial]'''
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* Charles C. Henry, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFramingham21_1883-1910 District 21 (Framingham)],  1896, 1897; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersH#HENRY.2C_CHARLES_CASPER_1852-1915 Memorial]'''
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* James Downs, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFramingham21_1883-1910 District 21 (Framingham)], 1906, 1907; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersD#DOWNS.2C_JAMES_1847-1912 Memorial]'''
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* William S. McRobert, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANatick23_1927-2003 District 23 (Natick)], 1928, 1929; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#McROBERT.2C_WILLIAM_SMITH_1874-1955 N]'''
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* ''Edwin C. Sloper'', DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANatick23_1927-2003 District 23 (Natick)], 2000, 2001
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* George J. Townsend, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACambridge4_1867-1882 District 4 (Cambridge)], 1878, 1879, 1880; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesSZ#TOWNSEND.2C_GEORGE_JAMES_1823-1894 SN]'''
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* Alfred B. Underwood, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMilford23_1911-1926 District 23 (Milford)], 1924, 1925; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersU#UNDERWOOD.2C_ALFRED_B._1865-1932 Memorial]'''
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHWood Henry Gage Wood], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFramingham21_1883-1910 District 21 (Framingham)],  1885, 1886, 1887, 1888; Junior Grand Warden 1889
  
 
=== DISTRICTS ===
 
=== DISTRICTS ===
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1803 1803]: District 1 (Boston)
 
  
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1821 1821]: District 9
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1803 1803]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABostonDistrict1_1803-20 District 1 (Boston)]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1821 1821]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorthShore9_1821-34 District 9]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1834 1834]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1834-48 District 1]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1849 1849]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADISTRICT4_1849-66 District 4]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1867 1867]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACambridge4_1867-1882 District 4 (Cambridge)]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1883 1883]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFramingham21_1883-1910 District 21 (Framingham)]
  
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1867 1867]: District 4 (Cambridge)
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1911 1911]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMilford23_1911-1926 District 23 (Milford)]
  
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1883 1883]: District 21 (Framingham)
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1927 1927]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANatick23_1927-2003 District 23 (Natick)]
  
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1911 1911]: District 23 (Milford)
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2003 2003]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADISTRICT15_2003andAfter District 15]
  
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1927 1927]: District 23 (Natick)
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2009 2009]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADISTRICT15N_2003andAfter District 15 (North)]
  
 
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Revision as of 13:07, 9 August 2012

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MERIDIAN LODGE

Location: Watertown; Needham (1811); Newton Lower Falls (1824); Watertown (1835?); Newton Lower Falls (1843); Natick (1852)

Chartered By: Paul Revere

Charter Date: 12/12/1797 II-112

Precedence Date: 12/12/1797

Current Status: Active


NOTES

Meridian Lodge was originally chartered in Watertown and removed several times before arriving at its present site in Natick.

Includes Maugus Hill Lodge, chartered 1957, merged 1999.

PAST MASTERS

Needs list of living PMs

  • William Hull, 1797
  • Nathaniel Weld, 1798, 1799
  • Joseph Pierce, 1800
  • William Bond, 1801-1803
  • Peter Lynn, 1804-1810
  • William Starr, 1811
  • Issac Train, 1812
  • Seth Dewing, 1813-1819
  • Chester Adams, 1820
  • Charles Rice, 1821, 1822
  • Records Lost, 1824-51
  • Malachi Babecock, 1852, 1855-1857, 1862
  • John Wilson, 1853-1854
  • George L. Sleeper, 1858-1859
  • Ezekial B. Phillips, 1860
  • Alvin Fuller, 1861
  • James H. Parker, 1863-1868
  • Henry C. Burnham, 1869-1871
  • William H. Wright, 1872, 1873
  • Daniel Henry Lawrence Gleason, 1874
  • George J. Townsend, 1875, 1876; SN
  • Silas H. Bent, 1877, 1879
  • Edward H. Wilson, 1880, 1881
  • Henry Gage Wood, 1882-1883
  • Frederick Lewis, 1884, 1885
  • Charles C. Henry, 1886, 1887; Mem
  • James H. Gilligan, 1888, 1889
  • Chester F. Soule, 1890
  • Elwin C. Huntoon, 1891-1893
  • Wilmont W. Mitchell, 1894, 1895
  • Marshalim L. Perin, 1896, 1897
  • James Downs, 1898, 1899; Memorial
  • Samual W. Simpson, 1900
  • Francis C. Perry, 1901-1902
  • Eward E. Henry, 1903-1904
  • Alfred B. Underwood, 1905, 1906; Memorial
  • Winfield S. Daniels, 1907-1908
  • Robert J. Montgomery, 1909
  • William B. Pratt, 1910, 1911
  • George McKenny, 1912, 1913
  • William A. Laughton, 1914, 1915
  • Francis C. Cutting, 1916, 1917
  • Ernest C. Bragdon, 1918, 1919
  • William A. Atwood, 1920, 1921
  • Walter H. Wright, 1922
  • Williams S. McRobert, 1923, 1924; N
  • James E. White, 1925, 1926
  • Alexander J. Montgomery, 1927, 1928
  • Burns L. Fish, 1929; Mem
  • Frederick H. Buckley, 1930, 1931
  • John Keays, 1932, 1933
  • Frank C. Bennett, 1934, 1935
  • Harry S. Spinney, 1936
  • Alfred E. Edwards, 1937-1939
  • Whitman C. Densmore, 1940
  • Burton W. Wright, 1941
  • Walter C. Ward, 1942
  • George G. Shipp, 1943
  • Burnham G. Gage, 1944
  • William M. Stacy, 1945
  • Harry D. Baker, 1946
  • Reginald V. Yeomans, 1947
  • Clarence C. Eldrige, 1948
  • Arnold H. Baker, 1949; N
  • Ralph A. Hall, 1950
  • Chester E. Johnson, 1951
  • Edward A. Olson, 1952
  • E. Melville Westgate, 1953
  • Chester Mosman, 1954
  • R.A. Fairbrother, Sr., 1955
  • Stanley H. Deane, 1956
  • Walter DeMelle, 1957
  • Frank A. Crowe, 1958
  • James R. Wooley, 1959
  • Russell H. Hooker, 1960
  • John A. LaRhette, 1961
  • John E. King, 1962
  • Albert T. Ames, 1963
  • Harold H. Brandt, 1964
  • Richard B. Johnson, III, 1965
  • Bruce W. Miller, 1966
  • James R. Crowley, 1967
  • Clarence K. Brayton, 1968
  • Eugene H. Ames, Jr., 1969
  • Howard G. Hedderig, 1970
  • Arthur L. Lipman, 1971
  • Robert F. Faulkner, 1972
  • Charles J. Ames, 1973
  • David K. Allen, 1974
  • Norman V. Giffin, Sr., 1975
  • Hoken L. Enquist, 1976
  • Robert A. Howatt, 1977
  • Richard A. Brandt, 1978
  • George L. Baldwin, 1979
  • John R. Bruce, 1980
  • James W. Thrasher, 1981, 1982
  • Albert F. Smith, 1983
  • Norman L. Phillips, 1984
  • Raymond E. Higgins, 1985
  • Gerald R. Lever, 1986
  • Mark Kaprielian, 1987
  • J. Herbert Babst, 1988
  • Ronald F. Wood, 1989
  • Wayne T. Szretter, 1990
  • Courtney D. Williams, 1991
  • Charles F. Nassau III, 1992
  • Henry J. Mimonski, 1993
  • Douglas H. Deane, 1994
  • Gregg D. Giffin, 1995
  • Reginald S. Leese, 1996
  • Edwin C. Sloper, 1997; PDDGM
  • Peter Pilla, 1998
  • James H. Campbell, 1999
  • Donald E. Glencross, 2000
  • Richard P. Brita, 2001
  • Steven A. Perkins, 2002
  • Charles D. Lloyd, 2003
  • Jeffrey H. Phillips, 2004
  • Richard D. Ames, 2005
  • John M. Vining, 2006, 2007
  • John G. Brainard, 2008, 2009
  • Ralph Nixon, 2010, 2011

See also the Past Masters of Maugus Hill Lodge, which merged into this Lodge in 1999.


YEARS

1797 1811 1820 1824 1827 1843 1862 1869 1870 1875 1876 1881 1884 1889 1890 1895 1898 1904 1907 1909 1911 1912 1913 1920 1922 1924 1925 1927 1932 1933 1936 1937 1939 1940 1941 1947 1949 1952 1964 1965 1973 1976 1979 1980 1981 1987 1989 1991 1993 1994 1997 1998 1999 2004 2005 2008 2011


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1803: District 1 (Boston)

1821: District 9

1834: District 1

1849: District 4

1867: District 4 (Cambridge)

1883: District 21 (Framingham)

1911: District 23 (Milford)

1927: District 23 (Natick)

2003: District 15

2009: District 15 (North)


LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges