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SAGGAHEW LODGE

Location: Haverhill

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 12/13/1865 VII-39

Precedence Date: 12/16/1864

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1864
• Petition for Charter: 1865

XXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with St. Bernard's Lodge): 1995 XXXXXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with Doric Lodge): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1941 (75th Anniversary)
• 1966 (Centenary)
• 1991 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1866 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1873 (Nickerson; Corner-stone laying; Special Communication)
• 1879 (Welch)
• 1906 (Blake)
• 1910 (Flanders; "Masonic Lecture by Professor Cross")
• 1911 (Flanders)
• 1919 (L. Abbott; 2 visits, including Tasker Monument dedication, Special Communication)
• 1941 (Schaefer; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1965 (Osgood)
• 1966 (Booth; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1967 (Booth; reception for Junior Grand Warden Thomas J. Luby, Jr.)
• 1972 (Vose; Blood donor night)
• 1989 (Ames)
• 1991 (Darling; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1876 1880 1881 1896 1900 1912 1917 1919 1920 1929 1935 1938 1955 1956 1957 1958 1966 1967 1969 1971 1974 1985 1988 1993 2001 2008

HISTORY

• 1941 (75th Anniversary History, 1941-3)
• 1966 (Centenary History, 1966-5)
• 1991 (125th Anniversary History, 1966-5)

OTHER

• 1901 (Ruling on officers forbidden to be installed; 1901-21; see also 1902-14)
• 1902 (Participation in the centennial of Merrimack Lodge, 1902-77)
• 1919 (Dedication of the Tasker Monument, 1919-309)
• 1977 (Participation in the 175th Anniversary of Merrimack Lodge, 1977-105)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, JANUARY 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 4, February 1866, p. 120:

This new Lodge having received its Charter at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge in December last, was duly Constituted and its officers were regularly installed by the M. W. Grand Master, Br. Charles C. Dame, assisted by a delegation of the Grand officers, on Friday the 12th January last. The attendance of the members of the Lodge and visiting Brethren was very large. Among the latter we noticed several very aged Brethren; one, Brother Moses Wingate, having attained to the great age of ninety-six, having been a Mason sixty-four years, and is probably the oldest member of the Fraternity in the State. His physical health is remarkably good, and his mental faculties remain unimpaired. The ceremonies were performed in the afternoon, in the convenient and beautiful hall fitted up a few years since by Merrimack Lodge. At the conclusion of these, the Brethren of the new Lodge, with the officers of the Grand Lodge, repaired to the public house in the village and sat down together at a bountiful and well served dinner; at the conclusion of which brief speeches were made by the Master of the Lodge, the Grand Master, and Grand Secretary, when the Brethren of the Grand Lodge were under the necessity of leaving for the cars. We understand, however, that the speaking at the table was continued for some time longer, and that in the evening the Brethren held a pleasant social levee at the Lodge room, to which their ladies were invited.

The Lodge has been eminently successful the past year, both in the number and character of its initiates. It is in competent hands, and its future prospects are most satisfactory and encouraging. The officers for the year are as follows : —

• James E. Gale, W. M.
• Daniel Fitts, S. W.
• Charles W. Chase, J. W.
• R. Stuart Chase, Treas.
• George S. Chase, Sec.
• Edwin A. Bradley, S. D.
• David M. Kelly, J. D.
• Calvin Smith, S. S.
• Hazen S. Littlefield, J. S.
• Oliver S. Hubbard, Chorister
• Arvida M. Vance, Marshal
• Alexander S. Hodgkins, I. S.
• Nathaniel K. Johnson, Tyler.

Note: the Magazine later identified two other Brothers senior to Br. Wingate; Brother Thomas Hooper of Charlestown , initiated in 1800, and then 86 years old, and Hon. Bro. Francis Welch (b. 1776, initiated 1797).

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• James Antonopoulos, DDGM, District 11, 2013
• John Bradford Davis, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1934, 1935; N
• Frederick M. Faulkner, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1986; SN
• Edward A. Fitts, DDGM, District 10 (Lawrence), 1892, 1893, 1894; SN
• James E. Gale, DDGM, District 6 (Newburyport), 1870, 1871; SN
• Benjamin B. Gilman, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1916, 1917; Senior Grand Warden 1919
• George H. Harrison, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1974, 1975; N
• James H. Hastings, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1995, 1996
• Nathan S. Kimball, DDGM, District 6 (Newburyport), 1880; Junior Grand Warden 1881
• Thomas J. Luby, Jr., DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1958, 1959; Junior Grand Warden 1967; N
• Erving H. Malcolm, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1944, 1945; N
• Fred D. McGregor, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1911, 1912; SN
• J. Charles Rutledge, DDGM, District 11, 2007, 2008
• Charles P. Sumner, DDGM, District 10 (Lawrence), 1900, 1901; SN

DISTRICTS

1864: District 2

1867: District 6 (Newburyport)

1883: District 10 (Lawrence)

1911: District 10 (Newburyport)

1927: District 10 (Newburyport)

2003: District 11

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges