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FIRST LODGE / SAINT JOHN'S LODGE (Boston)

Location: Boston

Chartered By: Henry Price

Charter Date: 07/30/1733 I-2

Precedence Date: 07/30/1733

Current Status: Active

NOTES

The oldest lodge in the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, St. John's Lodge Boston was granted the first charter by Grand Master Henry Price in St. John's Grand Lodge in 1733. Its history is inextricably linked with that Grand Lodge's history, and its records are commingled in Volume I of the Proceedings.

According to a note in the 1953 Proceedings (Page 1953-199), this Lodge was formally called "First Lodge" until 1783, when "Second Lodge" was merged into it. (This would be the first recorded merger in the history of the Craft in Massachusetts.)

Fourth Estate Lodge merged here, 05/23/1985.

PAST MASTERS

Henry Hope, 1733
James Gordon, 1734, 1735 DGM
Frederick Hamilton 1734, 1735
Robert McLean, 1736
Robert Tomlinson, 1736, GM, DGM
Thomas Oxnard, 1737, GM, DGM
Benjamin Hallowell, 1738, 1739 DGM SGW GTr
Hugh McDaniel, 1739, 1740 DGM
James Forbes, 1741, 1742, DGM, SGW, JGW, GTr
Nathaniel Bethune, 1742, 1743, JGW
Robert Jenkins, 1743, 1744 DGM SGW JGW
Thomas Kilby, 1745 SGW
John Box, 1746 SGW, JGW
Thomas Aston, 1747
Jonathan Pue, 1748
John Rowe, 1749 GM DGM SGW JGW GTr
William Coffin, 1750 SGW JGW GTr
Charles Brockwell, 1751 SGW
Belthazar Bayard, 1752 GSec
Henry Leddell, 1753
Jeremy Gridley, 1754 GM
John Ewing, 1755
Robert Williams, 1756 SGW JGW
Richard Gridley, 1757 DGM SGW JGW
John Leverett, 1758 GTr
Harry Charters, 1759
Adino Paddock, 1759
Abraham Savage, 1760, 1762-1768 SGW JGW GSec
Joseph Gardner, 1761 SGW JGW GTr
John Joy, 1769-1771 JGW
Thomas Knight, 1772, 1773
Nathaniel Patten, 1774-1782
Samuel Dunn, 1783-1794 GM DGM SGW JGW
Thomas Dennie, 1795, 1800 JGW GTr
William Shaw, 1796-1798
Lewis Hayt, 1799
Samuel W. Hunt, 1801
Shubael Bell, 1802-1805, 1809
Francis J. Oliver, 1806-1808
John Baker, 1810
John B. Hammatt, 1811
James A. Dickson, 1812, 1818, 1829
John Dixwell, 1813-1816
Charles C. Nichols, 1817
William A. Leverett, 1819
Ferdinand E. White, 1820-1822, 1827, 1831, 1846, 1847
Joseph Eveleth, 1823-1826; SN
Augustus W. Roberts, 1828
Lynde M. Walter, 1830
Samuel Eveleth, 1832, 1833; SN
Abel Phelps, 1834, 1835
John Hews, 1836
Daniel Harwood, 1837, 1840, 1848-1850
John Flint, 1839, 1840
Luther Hamilton, 1841
George L. Oakes, 1842, 1843
C. Gayton Pickman, 1844, 1845
Charles Robbins, 1851
William C. Martin, 1852-1854
Clement A. Walker, 1855; SN
Solon Thornton, 1856, 1857, 1861
Wyzeman Marshall, 1858-1860
Luther L. Tarbell, 1862
James A. Fox, 1863, 1864; SN
Theodore H. Emmons, 1865
William H. Kent, 1866
James B. Pickett, 1867, 1868
Lyman B. Meston, 1869
James Mills, 1870, 1871
William F. Pierce, 1872-1874
William H. Thomes, 1875, 1876
Frederick T. Comee, 1877, 1878
Martin A. Munroe, 1879, 1880
Harvey N. Shepard, 1881, 1882
Samuel W. Clifford, Jr., 1883, 1884
H. Alric Davis, 1885
J. Arthur Jacobs, 1886
John N. North, 1887
Godfrey Morse, 1888
George A. King, 1889
Benjamin L. M. Tower, 1890; SN
Frederic W. Bliss, 1892, 1893
James T. Wetherald, 1894, 1895
William A. Carrie, 1896, 1897
Edmund H. Talbot, 1898, 1899
Albert B. Root, 1900, 1901; Memorial
Frank W. Thayer, 1902, 1903
William S. Heath, 1904, 1905
David T. Montague, 1906, 1907; Memorial
Leonard G. Roberts, 1908, 1909
Frederick J. Bryant, 1910
John C. Hull, 1911, 1912
Frederick S. Fogg, 1913, 1914
Walter F. W. Taber, 1915, 1916
Chester C. Whitney, 1917, 1918
Guy C. Willis, 1919, 1920
Dwight W. Sleeper, 1921, 1922
William I. Corthell, 1923; Mem
Edward H. Palmer, 1924, 1925
David M. Claghorn, 1926, 1927
George S. Hebb, 1928, 1929
George E. Hills, 1930
Starr A. Burdick, 1931, 1932; Mem
Robert G. Jennings, 1933, 1934
Winthrop E. Nightingale, 1935, 1936; N
Rouel W. Beach, 1937
Charles D. Tuckerman, 1938
Allen W. Lufkin, 1939, 1940
Walter S. Hall, 1941
J. Chester Reed, 1942
Alexander S. Wright, 1943, 1944
Karl W. P. Reece, 1945, 1946
Harold G. Smith, 1947, 1948
Arthur Fox, 1949, 1950
Albert H. Curtis, II, 1951, 1952
David A. Pfromm, 1953
Donald P. Malcolm, 1953, 1954; N
Stanwood K. Bolton, 1955, 1956
Albert C. Eckman, 1957, 1958
Bernard J. Pond, 1959
Frank E. Brown, 1960, 1961
William P. Farrar, 1962, 1963
Raymond L. Renner, 1964, 1965
Charles W. Nightingale, 1966, 1967; PDDGM
Marchant W. Eldridge, 1968, 1969
George A. Galgay, 1970, 1971
Ernest A. Herzog, 1972, 1973
Graham B. Wright, 1974-1976
Malcolm A. Smith, 1977
Harry P. Edwards, 1978, 1979
David L. Esancy, 1980; N
Richard W. Esancy, 1981, 1982
Salvatore P. Russo, 1983, 1984; PDDGM
Robert J. Saar, 1985
Eugene A. Capobianco, 1986; PDDGM
James L. McBride, 1987, 1988
Howard Kwong, 1989, 1990
Robert W. Canfield, 1991, 1992
John F. Tomera, 1993, 1994
David H. Beebe, 1995, 1996
John F. McNeil, 1997, 1998
Lawrence J. Smith, Jr., 1999, 2000; PDDGM
Ludwig Alban, 2001, 2002; DDGM
Basilios Tsingos, 2003-2005
Randall S. Wright, 2006, 2007
Alan R. Melanson, 2008, 2009
Arthur C. Stefanopoulos, 2010, 2011

YEARS

1733 -> 1791

1793 1805 1826 1848 1855 1857 1860 1863 1867 1869 1870 1872 1873 1874 1876 1877 1878 1880 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1888 1891 1892 1895 1896 1898 1899 1900 1903 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1911 1912 1913 1914 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1931 1933 1936 1940 1941 1942 1946 1947 1953 1954 1955 1958 1960 1962 1965 1966 1968 1970 1972 1977 1979 1982 1983 1984 1985 1990 1991 1992 1998 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2011

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Due to the high proportion of lodge members involved in the early years of St. John's Grand Lodge, the grand officers for the period before 1792 are in their own section.

OFFICERS 1733-1792

James Gordon, 1734, 1735 DGM
Frederick Hamilton 1734, 1735
Robert Tomlinson, 1736, GM, DGM
Thomas Oxnard, 1737, GM, DGM
Benjamin Hallowell, 1738, 1739 DGM SGW GTr
Hugh McDaniel, 1739, 1740 DGM
James Forbes, 1741, 1742, DGM, SGW, JGW, GTr
Nathaniel Bethune, 1742, 1743, JGW
Robert Jenkins, 1743, 1744 DGM SGW JGW
Thomas Kilby, 1745 SGW
John Box, 1746 SGW, JGW
John Rowe, 1749 GM DGM SGW JGW GTr
William Coffin, 1750 SGW JGW GTr
Charles Brockwell, 1751 SGW
Belthazar Bayard, 1752 GSec
Jeremy Gridley, 1754 GM
Robert Williams, 1756 SGW JGW
Richard Gridley, 1757 DGM SGW JGW
John Leverett, 1758 GTr
Abraham Savage, 1760, 1762-1768 SGW JGW GSec
Joseph Gardner, 1761 SGW JGW GTr
John Joy, 1769-1771 JGW
Samuel Dunn, 1783-1794 GM DGM SGW JGW
Thomas Dennie, 1795, 1800 JGW GTr

OFFICERS AFTER THE UNION OF 1792

Ludwig Alban, DDGM, District 1, 2011, 2012
Shubael Bell, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1810, 1811, 1812
Asa Bullard, DDGM, District 1, 1824, 1825; SN
Starr A. Burdick, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1933, 1934; Memorial
Eugene Capobianco, DDGM, District 3, 2011, 2012
William I. Corthell, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1926; District 1 (Boston), 1927; Memorial
James A. Dickson, Junior Grand Warden 1833
John Dixwell, DDGM, District 1, 1811-1812; Deputy Grand Master 1817-1818; Grand Master 1821-1823
David L. Esancy, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1983, 1984; N
Joseph Eveleth, DDGM, District 1, 1830, 1831; SN
Samuel Eveleth, DDGM, District 1, 1841-1842; Grand Marshal 1836-1840; SN
John Flint, Junior Grand Warden 1852
James A. Fox, DDGM, District 1, 1865-1866; District 1 (Boston), 1867, 1868; SN
John B. Hammatt, Junior Grand Warden 1814, Senior Grand Warden 1815, Deputy Grand Master 1844
Daniel Harwood, DDGM, District 1, 1839; Senior Grand Warden 1853
John Hews, Junior Grand Warden 1845
Wyzeman Marshall, Junior Grand Warden 1866
Donald P. Malcolm, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1963, 1964; N
William C. Martin, Senior Grand Warden 1863
David T. Montague, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1914, 1915; Memorial
Charles W. Nightingale, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1971, 1972
Winthrop E. Nightingale, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1952; N
Francis J. Oliver; Junior Grand Warden 1809; Senior Grand Warden 1810-1812; Deputy Grand Master 1813-1816; Grand Master 1817-1819
C. Gayton Pickman, DDGM, District 1, 1849; Junior Grand Warden 1838-1840
Charles Robbins, Junior Grand Warden 1859
Albert B. Root, District 1 (Boston), 1906, 1907; Memorial
Salvatore P. Russo, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1999, 2000
Addison Searle, DDGM, District 1, 1846-1847; Grand Chaplain
Harvey N. Shepard, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1883, 1884, 1885; Deputy Grand Master and Acting Grand Master, 1893
Lawrence J. Smith, Jr., DDGM, District 1, 2005, 2006; Grand Treasurer
Solon Thornton, DDGM, District 11, 1864, Junior Grand Warden 1865, Grand Secretary, 1867-1871
Benjamin L. Tower, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1893; SN
Basilios Tsingos, DDGM, District 1, 2007, 2008;
Clement A. Walker, DDGM, District 12, 1858; SN
E.M.P. Wells, DDGM, District 1, 1844; Deputy Grand Master 1845
Ferdinand E. White, Grand Marshal 1824-1826, Deputy Grand Master 1848