OrphansHope

ORPHAN'S HOPE LODGE

Location: Weymouth

Chartered By: John Abbot

Charter Date: 06/08/1825 III-537

Precedence Date: 06/08/1825

Current Status: merged with Wessagusset Lodge to form Weymouth United Masonic Lodge, 06/18/1994.

NOTES

V-183: Orphan's Hope Lodge surrendered its charter in 1835, transmitting it to Rt. Wor. Bro. Prescott, who was District Deputy; it was returned to Grand Lodge in that year.

PAST MASTERS

John Edson, 1825
Ezra W. Sampson, 1826-1830 (1835?)
DARK 1835-1856
Zachariah L. Bicknell, 1856-1858; Mem
John P. Lovell, 1859-1861; SN
Abner Holbrook, 1862-1864
William Humphrey, 1865-1867
Abraham Thayer, 1868, 1869
Prescott Lothrop, 1870
Martin E. Hawes, 1871-1873
Leavitt Bates, 1874-1876; SN
Thomas H. Humphrey, 1877-1879
Francis A. Bicknell, 1880-1882
Robert T. Bicknell, 1883-1885
Franklin D. Thayer, 1886-1888; SN
Joseph E. Gardner, 1889-1891
Herbert A. Newton, 1892, 1893
William T. Rice, 1894, 1895
John M. Whitcomb, 1896, 1897
Joseph Chase, Jr., 1898, 1899
T. John Evans, 1900
Fred L. Bayley, 1901, 1902
Frank H. Torrey, 1903, 1904
William P. Denbroeder, 1905, 1906
Leavitt W. Bates, 1907, 1908
Gardner R. P. Barker, 1909, 1910; N
Charlie W. Dunbar, 1911, 1912
George F. Farrar, 1913, 1914
Stanley T. Torrey, 1915, 1916
Charles H. Chubbuck, 1917, 1918
Henry P. Tilden, 1919, 1920; SN
J. Leonard Bicknell, 1921, 1922; Mem
C. Edgar Stiles, 1923, 1924
Albert Soule, 1925, 1926
John P. Lovell, 1927, 1928
Burtin E. Durgin, 1929, 1930
Andrew T. Moore, 1931, 1932
Murray G. Parker, 1933, 1934
Oliver J. Horton, 1935
J. Frederick Price, 1936, 1937; SN
G. Winfield Price, 1938, 1939
Prescott B. Brown, 1940, 1941
F. Cecil Manuel, 1942-1944
Sumner W. Chandler, 1945
Norman D. Loud, 1946, 1947; N
Frank L. Quimby, 1948
Carl L. Billings, 1949
George M. Winters, 1950
Arthur M. Goucher, 1951
Richard F. Pattison, 1952
Clarence R. Parker, 1953
Lawrence G. Hunter, 1954
Dennis T. Pafford, 1955
Kurt Konrad, 1956
Elmer O. Stennes, 1957
George Imlach, 1958
John A. Latak, 1959
Ralph S. Wilder, Jr., 1960
Lendall K, Teague, 1961
Frank P. Freeman, Jr., 1962
William C. Smith, 1963
Alvin K. King, Jr., 1964
William C. Kay, 1965
Robert L. Steadman, 1966; PDDGM
Frank R. Bartlett, Jr., 1967
Delmar P. Wiggins, 1968
Kenneth E. Fratus, 1969
Alton S. Blanchard, Jr., 1970
Donald H. Jackson, 1971
George W. Glazer, 1972
H. Max Martin, 1973
Russell G. Fuller, Jr., 1974
Frederick J. Channell, 1975
Earle L. Lane, 1976
Arthur H. Sharp, 1977
Russell Beard, 1978
David A. McKay, 1979
Donald H. Jackson, Jr., 1980
Walter H. MacLeod, 1981
Charles C. Glass, 1982
Philip A. Drouin, 1983 PDDGM
John B. McKay, 1984; N
Philip W. Cromer, 1985
Steven P. Collins, 1986
Russell J. Robar, 1987, 1988
Robert G. G. Hood, 1989
A. Kevin Shea, 1990
Mark S. Newton, 1991
Mark W. Simmons, 1992
Thomas J. Conway, 1993

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Charter: 1825
Surrender of Charter: 1835
Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1856
Consolidation Petition (with Wessagusset Lodge): 1994

ANNIVERSARIES

1925 (Centenary)
1950 (125th Anniversary)
1975 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1860 (Lewis; Hall dedication)
1884 (Howland; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1893 (Acting Grand Master Shepard)
1907 (Blake)
1913 (Benton)
1914 (M. Johnson; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1925 (Ferrell; Centenary; Special Communication)
1929 (Deputy Grand Master James Young, Jr.)
1950 (Keith; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1973 (Vose)
1975 (Maxwell; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1984 (Richardson)
1993 (Lovering)
1994 (Lovering; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1872 1878 1882 1885 1894 1909 1910 1912 1917 1922 1927 1932 1937 1938 1939 1945 1949 1950 1968 1974 1975 1980 1987 1988 1989 1991

HISTORY

1925 (Centenary History, 1925-122)
1950 (125th Anniversary History, 1950-75)
1975 (150th Anniversary History, 1975-118)

OTHER

1826 (Constitution of Lodge, IV-28)
1830 (Report on delinquency, IV-230)
1848 (Note on charter, V-174, V-183)

EVENTS

PRESENTATION, APRIL 1858

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVII, No. 7, May 1858, Page 224:

Presentation — We understand that the members of Orphan's Hope Lodge, at East Weymouth, surprized their excellent W. Master, Br. Z. L. Bicknell, on the evening of the 21st ult. by presenting him, in open Lodge, with a handsome Bible and a Purse of one hundred dollars in gold, in token of their appreciation ol his services as an accomplished officer, and of their respect for his character as a friend and citizen It was a very handsome and worthily bestowed compliment.

50 YEARS OF FREEMASONRY, NOVEMBER 1875

Speech by Edward Avery to commemorate 50 years of Freemasonry in Weymouth, 1875.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Gardner R. P. Barker, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1914, 1915; N
Leavitt Bates, DDGM, District 16 (Plymouth), 1879; SN
J. Leonard Bicknell, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1940; Memorial
Zachariah L. Bicknell, DDGM, District 5, 1860-1861; District 16 (Plymouth), 1867-1869; Memorial
Philip A. Drouin, DDGM, District 8, 2004, 2005; Junior Grand Warden 2010
Norman D. Loud, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1959, 1960; N
John P. Lovell, DDGM, District 5, 1864-1865; SN
John B. MacKay, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1989, 1990; N
J. Frederick Price, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1940, 1941; SN
Arthur H. Sharp, Deputy Grand Master 1986
Robert L. Steadman, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1977, 1978; Deputy Grand Master 1997
Franklin D. Thayer, DDGM, District 25 (Hingham), 1898, 1899; SN
Henry P. Tilden, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1922, 1923; SN