YORK RITE CHARTER SUMMARY
The following tables list charters granted in Massachusetts.
KEY
Status |
Meaning |
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Charters active under the appropriate Grand Body, in the possession of the particular body |
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Charters no longer active, lost, destroyed or location unknown |
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Charters surrendered as part of a merger |
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Charters held by the Grand Lodge Library |
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS
COUNCILS OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS
Council |
Location |
Status |
Ill. Grand Master |
Charter Date |
Notes |
Boston |
Boston |
|
XXX |
07/20/1817 |
Active |
Salem-Zebulun |
Salem |
|
XXX |
05/28/1818 |
Active: Originally Salem Council |
Springfield |
Springfield |
|
XXX |
06/03/1818 |
Active |
King Solomon's (1) |
Newburyport |
|
XXX |
1822 |
Unknown |
Warren |
Sheffield |
|
XXX |
06/16/1824 |
Unknown |
Adoniram (1) |
Medfield |
|
XXX |
1825 |
Unknown |
Brimfield |
Brimfield |
|
XXX |
1825 |
Unknown |
Washington (1) |
Greenwich |
|
XXX |
10/14/1825 |
Unknown |
Hiram |
Worcester |
|
Abraham A. Dame |
10/26/1825 |
Active |
Ahasuerus |
Lowell |
|
Abraham A. Dame |
07/06/1826 12/13/1826 |
Active |
Princeton |
Princeton |
|
Abraham A. Dame |
03/01/1847 |
Unknown |
Pawtucket |
Pawtucket, RI |
RI |
Abraham A. Dame |
03/01/1847 |
Pawtucket #2, Rhode Island |
Manchester |
Manchester, NH |
NH |
Abraham A. Dame |
1852 |
Unknown |
King Solomon's (2) |
Belfast, ME |
MAINE |
Abraham A. Dame |
06/13/1855 |
King Solomon #1, Maine |
Mount Vernon |
Brunswick, ME |
MAINE |
Abraham A. Dame |
06/14/1854 |
Mt. Vernon #2, Maine |
Alpha |
Augusta, ME |
MAINE |
Abraham A. Dame |
06/14/1854 |
Alpha #3, Maine |
Gardiner |
Gardiner, ME |
MAINE |
Abraham A. Dame |
06/14/1854 |
Unknown |
Hallowell |
Hallowell, ME |
MAINE |
Abraham A. Dame |
06/14/1854 |
Unknown |
Portland |
Portland, ME |
MAINE |
Abraham A. Dame |
06/14/1854 |
Portland #4, Maine |
East Boston |
East Boston |
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Abraham A. Dame |
02/26/1856 |
Unknown |
Orient |
Somerville |
|
Daniel W. Jones |
02/26/1856 |
Active; orig date 01/26/1889 |
Titus Strong |
Greenfield |
|
Abraham A. Dame |
12/09/1856 |
Unknown |
Haverhill |
Haverhill |
|
William P. Anderson |
12/12/1866 |
Active |
Melrose |
Melrose |
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William P. Anderson |
12/12/1866 |
Active |
Fall River |
Fall River |
|
William P. Anderson |
01/30/1868 |
Active |
Lawrence |
Lawrence |
|
William P. Anderson |
02/07/1868 |
Unknown |
Medford |
Medford |
|
Charles E. Powers |
04/16/1869 |
Unknown |
Abington |
Abington |
|
Charles E. Powers |
05/01/1869 |
Unknown; part of Brockton-Abington? |
Napthali |
Chelsea |
|
Charles E. Powers |
05/01/1869 |
Unknown |
Roxbury |
Roxbury |
|
Charles Henry Norris |
03/07/1871 |
Unknown |
Taunton (1) |
Taunton |
|
Charles Henry Norris |
05/19/1871 |
Unknown |
New Bedford |
New Bedford |
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Charles Henry Norris |
05/19/1871 |
Unknown: same as Taunton(1)? |
Attleboro |
Attleboro |
|
Charles Henry Norris |
05/14/1872 |
Active |
Hyde Park |
Hyde Park |
|
Charles Henry Norris |
12/21/1872 |
Active |
Cryptic |
Newtonville |
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Charles Henry Norris |
12/22/1873 |
Active |
Holyoke |
Holyoke |
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Charles Henry Norris |
05/27/1873 |
Active |
Washington (2) |
Palmer |
|
Charles Henry Norris |
06/22/1873 |
Unknown |
Berkshire |
Pittsfield |
|
Thomas Elliott St. John |
03/10/1874 |
Unknown |
Brockton |
Brockton |
|
John Haigh |
03/29/1884 |
Unknown |
Lafayette |
Washington, DC |
|
Seranus Bowen |
1885 |
Unknown |
Amesbury |
Amesbury |
|
Daniel W. Jones |
01/25/1889 |
Unknown |
William Parsons |
Northampton |
|
John Albert Blake |
07/26/1895 |
Unknown |
Adoniram (2) |
Waltham |
|
John Albert Blake |
10/14/1896 |
Active |
Zebulun |
Lynn |
|
Samuel G. Lyman |
01/02/1899 |
Unknown |
Milford |
Milford |
|
Baalis Sanford |
11/20/1902 |
Active |
Cambridge |
Cambridge |
|
Everett C. Benton |
05/11/1910 |
Unknown |
Temple |
East Weymouth |
|
Edgar W. Evans |
05/28/1913 |
Active |
Westfield |
Westfield |
|
Edgar W. Evans |
09/23/1914 |
Unknown |
Harris |
Athol |
|
William H. L. Odell |
10/03/1917 |
Unknown |
Marlborough |
Marlborough |
|
Wallace C. Keith |
06/27/1919 |
Unknown |
Hamilton |
North Adams |
|
Wallace C. Keith |
12/03/1920 |
Unknown |
Taunton (2) |
Taunton |
|
Dean K. Webster |
04/14/1921 |
Active |
Friendship |
Quincy |
|
Waldo I. Powell |
10/24/1963 |
Unknown |
Cape Cod |
Centerville |
|
Frank W. Balcomb |
10/05/1965 |
Active |
Needham |
Needham |
|
Edmund J. Outhouse |
01/31/1975 |
Unknown |
Boston (SD) |
Santo Domingo, DR |
2 copies |
Clarence A. Carrington |
01/08/1980 |
Unknown |
Vineyard |
Oak Bluffs |
|
Willis J. Rice |
12/10/1984 |
Unknown |
King Solomon's |
Newburyport |
|
Wayne L. Robbins |
12/09/2009 |
Active |
COMMANDERIES OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Commandery |
Location |
Status |
Grand Commander |
Charter Date |
Notes |
St. John's #1 |
Cranston, RI |
|
XXX |
10/07/1805 |
Active |
Boston #2 |
Boston |
|
XXX |
03/03/1806 |
Active |
Newburyport #3 |
Newburyport |
|
XXX |
05/19/1808 |
Active |
Washington #4 |
Newport, RI |
|
XXX |
06/07/1814 |
Part of GdB-Washington #4, Fall River |
Maine Encampment |
Gardner, ME |
MAINE |
XXX |
03/17/1821 |
Active as Maine/Trinity #1, Augusta ME |
Worcester County #5 |
Worcester |
|
XXX |
12/17/1824 |
Active |
Village Encampment |
Greenwich |
|
XXX |
06/16/1825 |
Unknown |
Springfield #6 |
Springfield |
|
XXX |
06/19/1826 |
Active, Feeding Hills |
DeMolay #7 |
Boston |
|
XXX |
10/10/1848 |
now Gethsemane-DeMolay |
Holy Sepulchre #8 |
Pawtucket, RI |
|
XXX |
10/10/1848 |
Active |
Pilgrim #9 |
Lowell |
|
XXX |
10/10/1855 |
Active |
Palestine #10 |
Chelsea |
|
XXX |
10/28/1859 |
now Beauseant-Palestine, Wakefield |
Milford #11 |
Milford |
|
XXX |
10/28/1859 |
Active |
St. Bernard #12 |
Boston |
|
XXX |
03/03/1806 |
Active |
Calvary #13 |
Providence, RI |
|
XXX |
03/03/1806 |
Active |
Haverhill #14 |
Haverhill |
|
XXX |
05/14/1863 |
Active |
Old Colony #15 |
Abington |
|
XXX |
10/26/1863 |
Unknown |
Sutton #16 |
New Bedford |
|
XXX |
03/04/1864 |
Active |
Bethany #17 |
Lawrence |
|
XXX |
06/01/1864 |
Unknown |
Winslow Lewis #18 |
Salem |
|
XXX |
03/03/1865 |
Active |
Jerusalem #19 |
Fitchburg |
|
XXX |
03/08/1865 |
Unknown |
Hugh De Payens #20 |
Melrose |
|
XXX |
03/27/1865 |
Now Metro North #20 |
St. Omer #21 |
South Boston |
|
XXX |
09/30/1865 |
Now United #21 |
Berkshire #22 |
Pittsfield |
|
XXX |
10/10/1855 |
Unknown |
Connecticut Valley #23 |
Greenfield |
|
XXX |
05/22/1866 |
Unknown |
Woonsocket #24 |
Woonsocket, RI |
|
XXX |
01/31/1867 |
Unknown |
Godfrey de Bouillon #25 |
Fall River |
|
XXX |
05/29/1868 |
Now part of GdB-Washington #4, Fall River |
Joseph Warren #26 |
Roxbury |
|
XXX |
10/10/1855 |
Unknown |
Narragansett #27 |
Westerly, RI |
|
XXX |
05/12/1869 |
Active |
William Parkman #28 |
East Boston |
|
XXX |
05/12/1869 |
Unknown |
Bristol #29 |
North Attleboro |
|
XXX |
10/20/1870 |
Unknown |
Northampton #30 |
Northampton |
|
XXX |
06/02/1870 |
Active |
South Shore #31 |
East Weymouth |
|
XXX |
06/09/1870 |
Active |
Trinity #32 |
Hudson |
|
XXX |
10/10/1855 |
Unknown |
Natick #33 |
Natick |
|
XXX |
10/10/1855 |
Unknown |
Coeur De Lion #34 |
Charlestown |
|
XXX |
10/10/1855 |
Active; now in Concord |
Gethsemane #35 |
Newtonville |
|
XXX |
05/20/1872 |
now part of Gethsemane-DeMolay |
Olivet #36 |
Lynn |
|
XXX |
03/13/1873 |
Unknown |
Athol #37 |
Athol |
|
XXX |
06/07/1873 |
Unknown |
Bay State #38 |
Brockton |
|
XXX |
09/13/1873 |
Active |
Cypress #39 |
Hyde Park |
|
XXX |
10/31/1873 |
Unknown |
St. Paul #40 |
North Adams |
|
XXX |
10/28/1882 |
Unknown |
Beauseant #41 |
Malden |
|
XXX |
10/20/1886 |
now part of Beauseant-Palestine |
Cambridge #42 |
Cambridge |
|
XXX |
05/28/1890 |
Unknown |
Bethlehem #43 |
Gloucester |
|
XXX |
10/29/1890 |
Unknown |
St. George #44 |
Beverly |
|
XXX |
10/23/1892 |
Unknown |
Orange #45 |
Orange |
|
XXX |
10/26/1893 |
Unknown |
Ivanhoe #46 |
Gardner |
|
XXX |
10/31/1896 |
Unknown |
Quincy #47 |
Quincy |
|
XXX |
02/20/1911 |
Unknown |
Temple #48 |
Norwood |
|
XXX |
10/20/1919 |
Unknown |
St. Andrew #49 |
Holyoke |
|
XXX |
10/28/1920 |
Unknown |
Reading #50 |
Reading |
|
XXX |
01/14/1921 |
Unknown |
Thomas Smith Webb #51 |
Cranston, RI |
|
XXX |
05/06/1921 |
Unknown |
Sir Galahad #52 |
Waltham |
|
XXX |
05/31/1922 |
Unknown |
Winthrop #53 |
Winthrop |
|
XXX |
06/21/1924 |
Unknown |
Cape Cod #54 |
Hyannis |
|
XXX |
05/30/1980 |
Active |