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JERUSALEM LODGE

Location: South Hadley; Northampton (1802); Williamsburg (1807); Northampton (1817).

Chartered By: Paul Revere

Charter Date: 06/12/1797 II-100

Precedence Date: 06/12/1797

Current Status: Active

NOTES

According to the excellent History presented at the 125th Anniversary in 1922 (Proceedings beginning on Page 1922-138), the lodge suspended meetings between 1829 and 1845 during the anti-Masonic excitement. However, there is no indication that the lodge ever surrendered its charter.

Ionic (Easthampton) Lodge merged here, 04/12/2005.

PAST MASTERS

living Past Masters plus GL officers only; need complete list

Daniel Stebbins, before 1806; SN
Charles E. Forbes, before 1827; SN
William W. Partridge, before 1828; SN
Levi Lyman, before 1830; SN
David W. Crafts, 1857
William C. Robinson, 1877, 1878; Mem
John A. Sullivan, 1881, 1882
David T. Remington, 1889, 1890
Louis L. Campbell, 1908; SN
Noah H. Lee, 1911; SN
Hubert M. Canning, 1928; SN
J(oseph). George August, 1949; SN
Ernest T. Otto, 1953; N
Robert R. Askew, 1954; N
Charles L. Blanchard, 1959
Anthony W. Minohay, 1960
Ernest A. Smith, 1968, 1976
Harry A. Culver, 1969
Alexander F. Kulas, 1970, 1983, 1990, 1991
Peter A. Jones, 1972, 1975
Perry Smith, 1973, 1974
George R. Dion, 1986, 1989; PDDGM
Robert L. Benson, 1987
David E. Hentz, Sr., 1988
Leo A. Provost, 1992, 1993
Clifford Bennett, 1996, 1997
Bharat J. Trivedi, 1998
Donald L. Grise, 1999, 2006; PDDGM
Arthur W. Wright, 2000, 2001
Mark A. Cohen, 2002
David A. Cohen, 2003
Clayton T. Meglarz, 2004, 2005
William W. Gibb, Jr., 2007, 2008, 2011
David E. Hentz, Jr., 2009
Brian E. Paige, 2010
Erik C. Fawell, 2012
Mark Stevens, 2013

YEARS

1797 1807 1817

Meetings suspended between 1829 and 1845, but charter not surrendered.

1856 1876 1878 1882 1886 1888 1889 1898 1899 1901 1904 1906 1909 1911 1912 1913 1916 1917 1919 1921 1922 1924 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1947 1948 1950 1952 1953 1955 1956 ? 1959 1972 1974 1977 1978 1982 1986 1988 2003 2004 2005 2009

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Robert R. Askew, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1957, 1958; N
J(oseph). George August, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1951, 1952; SN
Louis L. Campbell, DDGM, District 14 (Greenfield), 1911, 1912; SN
Hubert M. Canning, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1931, 1932; SN
David W. Crafts, DDGM, District 10, 1865-1866; District 10 (Springfield), 1867-1869; Senior Grand Warden 1871
George R. Dion, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1989, 1990
Charles E. Forbes, DDGM, District 10, 1827; SN
Donald L. Grise, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 2001
Noah H. Lee, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1919, 1920; SN
Levi Lyman, DDGM, District 10, 1830, 1831; SN
Ernest T. Otto, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1973, 1974; N
William W. Partridge, DDGM, District 10, 1828, 1829; SN
Leo A. Provost, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1999, 2000
David T. Remington, DDGM, District 13 (Greenfield), 1893, 1894; Junior Grand Warden 1901
William C. Robinson, DDGM, District 10 (Springfield), 1879, 1880; Memorial
Daniel Stebbins, DDGM, District 7 (North Central Massachusetts), 1806, 1807; SN
John A. Sullivan, DDGM, District 13 (Greenfield), 1889, 1890; Junior Grand Warden 1928