YRCharterSummary
From MasonicGenealogy
YORK RITE CHARTER SUMMARY
The following tables list charters granted in Massachusetts. They do not include charters granted by either Massachusetts Grand Lodge in other colonies or states that have since come under the authority of other Grand Lodges (such as Connecticut or Maine).
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Status | Meaning |
Charters active under the appropriate Grand Body, in the possession of the particular body | |
Charters no longer active, lost, destroyed or location unknown | |
Charters surrendered or revoked, not in possession of the Grand body. | |
Charters surrendered or revoked, in possession of the Grand body. |
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS
Chapter | Location | Status | Grand High Priest | Charter Date | Notes | St. Andrew's | Boston | Organized before the Grand Chapter | 01/18/1769 | Notes on mergers |
King Cyrus | Newburyport | Organized before the Grand Chapter | 06/28/1790 | Notes on mergers | |
St. John's (1) | Groton | Timothy Bigelow | 10/12/1804 | Notes on mergers | |
King Solomon's | Charlton | Timothy Bigelow | 09/06/1805 | Notes on mergers | |
Washington | Salem | James Dean Hopkins | 01/09/1811 | Notes on mergers | |
King Hiram's (1) | Greenwich | [John Abbot | 06/13/1815 | Notes on mergers | |
Adoniram | Attleboro | Andrew Sigourney | 10/04/1816 | Notes on mergers | |
Morning Star | Springfield | Andrew Sigourney | 06/10/1817 | Notes on mergers | |
Rising Sun | Nantucket | James Prescott | 06/09/1818 | Notes on mergers | |
Franklin | Greenfield | James Prescott | 12/07/1818 | Notes on mergers | |
St. Paul's | Boston | James Prescott | 12/10/1818 | Notes on mergers | |
Mount Zion | Stoughton | Jonathan Gage | 12/12/1820 | Notes on mergers | |
Thomas | Princeton | Jonathan Gage | 12/11/1821 | Notes on mergers | |
Mt. Lebanon | Medfield | Paul Dean | 12/14/1824 | Notes on mergers | |
Northampton | Northampton | Paul Dean | 06/25/1825 | Notes on mergers | |
Bethlehem | New Bedford | Daniel Lewis Gibbens | 01/15/1826 | Notes on mergers | |
Concord | Concord | Daniel Lewis Gibbens | 03/25/1826 | Notes on mergers | |
Mt. Horeb | Lowell | Daniel Lewis Gibbens | 04/08/1826 | Notes on mergers | |
St. Luke | Marblehead | Daniel Lewis Gibbens | 06/01/1826 | Notes on mergers | |
Sutton (1) | Sutton | Daniel Lewis Gibbens | 09/26/1826 | Notes on mergers | |
St. John's (2) | East Boston | Stephen Lowell | 12/12/1852 | Notes on mergers | |
Shekinah | Chelsea | Stephen Lovell | 12/27/1855 | Notes on mergers | |
Orient | Hyannis | Daniel Harwood | 09/09/1856 | Notes on mergers | |
Pentucket | Haverhill | Daniel Harwood | 12/09/1856 | Notes on mergers | |
Berkshire | Pittsfield | John McClellan | 12/07/1858 | Notes on mergers | |
King Solomon's (2) | Warren | John McClellan | 12/07/1858 | Notes on mergers | |
Keystone | Foxboro | James Kimball | 06/12/1860 | Notes on mergers | |
Mt. Sinai | Lawrence | James Kimball | 09/11/1860 | Notes on mergers | |
Pilgrim | Abington | James Kimball | 12/10/1861 | Notes on mergers | |
Cambridge | Cambridge | Solon Thornton | 12/13/1862 | Notes on mergers | |
Waverly | Melrose | Solon Thornton | 03/10/1863 | Notes on mergers | |
Mystic | Medford | Solon Thornton | 06/09/1863 | Notes on mergers | |
St. Matthew's | South Boston | Solon Thornton | 06/09/1863 | Notes on mergers | |
Sutton (2) | Lynn | Solon Thornton | 09/09/1863 | Notes on mergers | |
Hampden | Palmer | Solon Thornton | 12/09/1863 | Notes on mergers | |
Fall River | Fall River | Solon Thornton | 06/07/1864 | Notes on mergers | |
St. Mark's | Taunton | Solon Thornton | 12/13/1864 | Notes on mergers | |
Waltham | Waltham | Solon Thornton | 12/13/1864 | Notes on mergers | |
Corinthian | Adams | Solon Thornton | 12/13/1864 | Notes on mergers | |
Mt. Vernon | Roxbury | Richard Briggs | 03/07/1865 | Notes on mergers | |
Mt. Holyoke | Holyoke | Richard Briggs | 06/13/1865 | Notes on mergers | |
Doric | Southbridge' | Richard Briggs | 12/11/1865 | Notes on mergers | |
Union | Athol | Richard Briggs | 03/13/1866 | Notes on mergers | |
St. Stephen's | Dorchester | Richard Briggs | 03/13/1866 | Notes on mergers | |
Menotomy | Arlington | Richard Briggs | 06/12/1866 | Notes on mergers | |
Houghton | Marlborough | Richard Briggs | 06/11/1867 | Notes on mergers | |
Isle of the Sea | Nantucket | Richard Briggs | 09/10/1867 | Notes on mergers | |
Parker | Natick | Henry Chickering | 03/10/1868 | Notes on mergers | |
Signet | Charlestown | Henry Chickering | 06/08/1868 | Notes on mergers | |
Samoset | Plymouth | Henry Chickering | 12/08/1868 | Notes on mergers | |
Joseph Warren | Provincetown | Henry Chickering | 06/08/1869 | Notes on mergers | |
Clinton | Clinton | Henry Chickering | 09/07/1869 | Notes on mergers | |
Newton | Newtonville | Henry Chickering | 08/07/1869 | Notes on mergers | |
Satucket | Brockton | Henry Chickering | 09/07/1869 | Notes on mergers | |
Sylvester Baxter | West Harwich | Henry Chickering | 12/07/1869 | Notes on mergers | |
Norfolk | Hyde Park | Henry Chickering | 05/17/1870 | Notes on mergers | |
Pentalpha | East Weymouth | Henry Chickering | 06/07/1870 | Notes on mergers | |
Evening Star | Westfield | Henry Chickering | 09/12/1870 | Notes on mergers | |
Trinity | Amesbury | Henry Chickering | 09/13/1870 | Notes on mergers | |
Eureka | Worcester | Henry Chickering | 12/13/1870 | Notes on mergers | |
Somerville | Somerville | Henry Chickering | 12/13/1870 | Notes on mergers | |
William Ferson | Henry Chickering | 12/13/1870 | Notes on mergers | ||
Woburn | Woburn | Henry Chickering | 12/13/1870 | Notes on mergers | |
Miller | Franklin | Henry Chickering | 12/12/1871 | Notes on mergers | |
Amity | Beverly | Alfred Chapman | 03/12/1872 | Notes on mergers | |
Houlton | Danvers | Alfred Chapman | 03/12/1872 | Notes on mergers | |
North Star | Winchendon | Alfred Chapman | 06/11/1872 | Notes on mergers | |
Reading | Reading | Alfred Chapman | 06/11/1872 | Notes on mergers | |
Composite | North Adams | Alfred Chapman | 12/27/1872 | Notes on mergers | |
Walden | Concord | Alfred Chapman | 03/11/1873 | Notes on mergers | |
Tyrian | Millbury | Alfred Chapman | 12/09/1873 | Notes on mergers | |
Monument | Great Barrington | Alfred Chapman | 06/09/1874 | Notes on mergers | |
Unity | Chicopee Falls | John W. Dadmun | yr12/07/1875/td> | Notes on mergers | |
King Hiram's (2) | Attleboro | Alfred Chapman | 03/07/1876 | Notes on mergers | |
Harmony | Bridgewater | Albert C. Smith | 03/07/1882 | Notes on mergers | |
Hebron | Norwood | Albert C. Smith | 06/12/1883 | Notes on mergers | |
Crescent | Orange | Albert C. Smith | 03/11/1884 | Notes on mergers | |
Tabernacle | Malden | Frederick T. Comee | 03/09/1886 | Notes on mergers | |
St. Elmo's | Whitinsville | John Albert Blake | 06/07/1892 | Notes on mergers | |
Dorchester | Dorchester | John Albert Blake | 03/07/1893 | Notes on mergers | |
Winthrop | Winthrop | Warren B. Ellis | 09/19/1899 | Notes on mergers | |
Bancroft | Ayer | Warren B. Ellis | 09/11/1900 | Notes on mergers | |
Wareham | Wareham | Baalis Sanford | 09/07/1909 | Notes on mergers | |
Gardner | Gardner | Baalis Sanford | 12/07/1909 | Notes on mergers | |
Ipswich | Ipswich | Charles Dana Barrage | 09/12/1910 | Notes on mergers | |
Bethsaida | Everett | Charles Dana Barrage | 02/22/1911 | Notes on mergers | |
Rabboni | North Attleboro | Charles Dana Barrage | 03/07/1911 | Notes on mergers | |
Amherst | Amherst | Charles Dana Barrage | 01/15/1912 | Notes on mergers | |
Old Colony | Middleboro | Eugene A. Holton | 10/14/1914 | Notes on mergers | |
Mt. Wollaston | Wollaston | Arthur D. Prince | 08/22/1918 | Notes on mergers | |
Vineyard | Vineyard Haven | Arthur D. Prince | 02/26/1918 | Notes on mergers | |
Henry J. Mills | Saugus | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 12/20/1919 | Notes on mergers | |
Swampscott | Swampscott | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 05/13/1919 | Notes on mergers | |
Webster | Webster | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 06/03/1920 | Notes on mergers | |
Belmont | Belmont | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 10/13/1920 | Notes on mergers | |
Fairhaven | Fairhaven | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 12/07/1920 | Notes on mergers | |
Wampatuck | Hingham | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 12/24/1920 | Notes on mergers | |
James Rogerson | Easthampton | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 05/19/1921 | Notes on mergers | |
Winchester | Winchester | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 05/20/1921 | Notes on mergers | |
Watertown | Watertown | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 05/26/1921 | Notes on mergers | |
Roslindale | Roslindale | John J. Van Valkenburgh | 06/09/1922 | Notes on mergers | |
Leominster | Leominster | Curtis Chipman | 12/08/1923 | Notes on mergers | |
Kingsway | West Springfield | Harry G. Pollard | 12/16/1926 | Notes on mergers | |
Walter E. Marcy | Seekonk | Alexander Campbell | 10/27/1952 | Notes on mergers | |
St. Andrew (Santo Domingo) | Santo Domingo, D. R. | Robert O. Thayer | 01/08/1980 | Notes on mergers | |
Phoenix | "the Attleboroughs" | Dana A. Jackson | 12/21/2019 | Notes on mergers |