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PACIFIC LODGE

Location: Sunderland; Leverett (1807); Amherst (1817)

Chartered By: Samuel Dunn

Charter Date: 06/08/1801 II-182

Precedence Date: 06/08/1801

Current Status: unknown; ø Charter probably declared as vacated 06/11/1834

NOTES

MEMBER LIST, 1802

From Vocal Companion and Masonic Register, Boston, 1802, Part II, Page 32:

• R. W. Phineas Hubbard, M.
• W. Roswell Field, S. W.
• W. Samuel Church, J. W.
• Samuel Gamwell, Sec.
• Caleb Hubbard, Tr.
• Joseph Willard, S. D.
• Rufus Field, J. D.
• David Stockbridge, Steward.
• Friend Smith, Steward.

No. of Members, 35.

• Francis Harwood
• Edward Ruggles

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Charter: 1801
• Consecration and Installation: 1804
• Petition for Removal (to Leverett): 1807
• Petition for Removal (to Amherst): 1816; granted, 1817

HISTORY

• 1926 (Notes on this lodge in the History of Pacific Lodge; see below)
• 2001 (Notes on this lodge in the "Bicentennial" of Pacific Lodge; see below)

HISTORY IN THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY OF PACIFIC LODGE, JUNE 2001

Note on Phineas Hubbard's Lodge in Stansted appear in Outlines of the History of Freemasonry in the Province of Quebec, by John Hamilton Graham, Published 1892, Page 133:

Golden Rule, No. 19, U: A: P: M:, L. C., now No. 5, Q. R.— Among existing Quebec 'Ancient' Lodges, Golden Rule Lodge, in the village of Stanstead, appears to enjoy the unique distinction of having been warranted at Quebec on the very day of the 'Union' of the 'Ancients' and 'Moderns' at London, England, on St. John the Evangelist's Day, 1813! and as evidenced by its records, it was the first Lodge in Lower Canada designated ' U: A: Y: M:' In the Quebec Official List, of date Dec. 29, 1813, 'No. 19' appears as the last warranted Lodge. The names of the G: L: officers on the Warrant doubtless were: "Claude Denechau, G: M :, Francis Coulson, D: G: M :, Joseph Stilson, G: S: W :, Thos. Horsman, G: J: W :, and William Barber, G: Secy."

1814.—A brief but comprehensive History of this Lodge, written by our late highly esteemed R: W: Bros: Elisha Gustin and Henry J. Martin, says: "The Lodge was constituted and the officers installed by the Hon. Wm. Howe, D: D : G : M :, from (Derby) Vermont, on the 18th day of January, 1814, by the the name of'Golden Rule' Lodge, No. 19," L. C.

"The first officers and the Charter Members were: Phineas Hubbard, Esq., W: M:, Ezra Ball, Esq., S: W:, Capt. Timothy Rose, J: W:, Oliver Nash, Secy, James Wesson, Treas'r; Nathan Wesson, Ichabod Smith, Alexander Kilbourn, James Bangs, Theodore S. Bangs, Moses Montague, Silas Taylor, Elias Lee, David Curtis, Levi Aldrich, Dr. Isaac Whitcher, Daniel Holmes, Israel Wood, Daniel Mansur, James Peasley, and Heman Bangs."

NOTES IN THE BICENTENNIAL OF PACIFIC LODGE, JUNE 2001

From Proceedings, Page 2001-79:

The Charter of the Pacific Lodge was issued by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts on June 8, 1801 in answer to a petition of thirteen Masons residing in the towns of Sunderland, Leverett. North Hadley and Amherst. In the earliest days, the Lodge held its communications in the part of Sunderland called "Plumtrees" in Major Caleb Hubbard's tavern. Phineas Hubbard was our first Master and Caleb was our fourth in 1801 and 1807 respectively. Most of the Charter members were from Republican Lodge in Greenfield.

In 1802, the Lodge was removed to Amherst and in 1807, it was moved from Amherst to Leverett, and in September 1817, it returned to Amherst where the Lodge met in the Odd Fellow Hall, thanks to the hospitality and cooperation of the Order of Odd Fellows.

OTHER

• 1820 (Notation on the lodge's arrears)
• 1821 (Report on delinquency)

MEMORIALS

Ithamar Conkey 1788-1862, listed with Pacific Lodge

DISTRICTS

1803: District 7 (North Central Massachusetts)

1821: District 7

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges