StAndrew
LODGE OF SAINT ANDREW
Location: Boston
Chartered By: Lord Aberdour, Grand Master of Scotland.
Charter Date: 09/11/1809; endorsed by Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. II-418
Precedence Date: 11/30/1752
Current Status: Active
NOTES
The Lodge of St. Andrew was originally chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland prior to the creation of the Massachusetts Grand Lodge (Provincial, later Independent) in 1769. As such, it always held an unusual and special place in Massachusetts Freemasonry; indeed, when Grand Master Paul Revere presented his edict severing relations with any Masonic body that did not pay quarterage to the Grand Lodge or appear at its Communications, a special exception was made for the Lodge of St. Andrew in 1798 so that it was not excluded from cross-visitation. Its relationship with the Grand Lodge continued at a distance until 1807, when a joint committee undertook the task of petitioning for release from the Grand Lodge of Scotland; its charter was finally endorsed at the September 1809 Quarterly Communication, where it was granted precedence according to the date of its charter, second only to St. John's (Boston).
In 1784 a portion of its membership seceded and formed a lodge under the Massachusetts Grand Lodge; this body, Rising States Lodge, was dissolved in 1810.
YEARS
1792 1798 1799 1800 1802 1807 1808 1809 1810 1826 1827 1839 1855 1860 1872 1873 1874 1877 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1909 1910 1911 1914 1916 1917 1918 1919 1921 1922 1923 1924 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2005 2006 2007 2009
DISTRICTS
1809: District 1 (Boston)
1821: District 1
1867: District 1 (Boston)
LINKS
1870 Lodge History (from Google Books)
