History of Freemasonry in New Jersey

History of Freemasonry in New Jersey

Commemorating the Two Hundredth Anniversary Of the Organization of the Grand Lodge of

THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONORABLE SOCIETY

OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS

for the State of New Jersey

1787-1987 Written And Prepared By

The History Committee R.W. Edward Y. Smith, Jr., Grand Historian, Covenant No. 161 R.W. Earl G. Gieser, Past Junior Grand Deacon, Wilkins-Eureka No. 39 W. George J. Goss, Solomon's No. 46 R.W. Frank Z. Kovach, Past Grand Chaplain, Keystone No. 153 R.W. R. Stanford Lanterman, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Cincinnati No. 3

First Edition Index

Contents

Chapter Title Page I Antecedents 1682-1786 ···························· 1 II The Foundation Of The Grand Lodge 1786-1790 ...... 5 ITI The Formative Years 1791-1825 ...... 9 IV A Time Of Trouble 1826-1842 ...... 15 V A Renewal Of Purpose 1843-1866 ...... 19 VI The Years Of Stability 1867-1900 ...... 23 VII The Years Of Growth 1901-1930 ...... 29 VITI Depression And Resurgence 1931-1957 .... 35 IX The Present State Of Affairs 1958-1986 .. 39 Appendix Lodges Warranted In New Jersey Lodges Warranted Prior To 1786 . . . . . 46 Lodges Warranted 1787 To 1842 ...... 46 Lodges Warranted Following 1842 . . . . 50 Appendix Famous New Jersey Freemasons ...... 67 Appendix Elective Officers Of The Grand Lodge Since Organization ...... 98

Lieut. Colonel David Brearley, Jr. circa 1776-1779

The Hon. David Brearley, Jr. circa 1786-1790

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Chapter I

Antecedents (1682-1786)

The early history of Freemasonry in New Jersey is obscure because of the absence of any local references concerning the matter, and of the dependence on the records of lodges warranted in Scotland and in England. Masons may have assembled, but did so informally for there were no lodges organized in the Colony until 1761. New Jersey, however, claims the distinction of having as a citizen the first known Freemason in America, namely Brother John Skene who was a member of Aberdeen Lodge No. 1, of Aberdeen, Scotland. Brother Skene settled in Burlington County in October 1682 and in 1685 was appointed Deputy Governor of the Province of West Jersey, serving to 1687. He died in 1690. Other early Masonic settlers who followed John Skene included Andrew Robeson who settled in Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, and John Cockburne, a stonemason, who resided in Perth Amboy. There is no record, however, that these early Masons met as such, or did any Masonic work. The first native born American known to have been made a Free­ mason was Brother Jonathan Belcher, who was initiated in 1704 in an old "Guilde Lodge," while sojourning in London, England as an agent for the Province of New England. He later joined St. John's Lodge at Boston in 1736. Brother Belcher served as Governor of New Hampshire, and of Massachusetts, and later as Governor of the Province of New Jersey from 1747 until his death in 1757. He is remembered as the chief promoter and patron of The College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) and for granting a new and expanded charter to that school in 1748, under which Princeton University continues to operate. The appointment in 1730 of Colonel Daniel Coxe of Burlington to serve as the first Provincial Grand Master in America, of the Province of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, provides further evidence of the increasing number of Freemasons resident in the colonies, includ­ ing New Jersey. Born in London, England in 1673, he was a physician as was his father, Dr. Daniel Coxe, and he appears to have also been trained in the law. He was a member of Lodge No. 8, London, England. Appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Brother Coxe was politically active, and was active in the economic development of colonial New Jersey. He later became a principal, with

1 his brother-in-law William Trent, in the development of the town of Trenton. Although lodges were known to be active in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York during the 1730's no lodge is known to be constituted by Right Worshipful Brother Coxe during his tenure as Provincial Grand Master. He died in 1739 and is buried in front of the chancel of old St. Mary's Church in Burlington. A memorial tablet was installed on the wall of that church by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1906. In recognition of his outstanding services as a citizen, and of his pre-eminence as Provincial Grand Master, the Grand Lodge of New Jersey established the Daniel Coxe Medal in 1959. The medal is awarded to Masons of this and other Masonic jurisdictions for distinguished service to Freemasonry. The first lodge of record in New Jersey was St. John's Lodge No. 1, constituted at Newark by Right Worshipful George Harrison, Provin­ cial Grand Master of New York, on May 13, 1761. This lodge was alternately active and dormant and was represented at the establish­ ment of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey at New Brunswick in 1786. In 1762 the second lodge, Temple Lodge No. 1, was constituted at Elizabethtown (Elizabeth) by Right Worshipful Jeremy Gridley, Provin­ cial Grand Master of New England. In 1763 Temple Lodge sponsored a horse race, and trophy known as "The Free Mason's Plate," as a feature of the Elizabethtown Fair. Little else is known of the activities of Temple Lodge No. 1, which expired shortly before the Revolutionary War. A second St. John's Lodge was warranted at Prince Town (Prince­ ton) in 1765 by Right Worshipful Jeremy Gridley, Provincial Grand Master. The first Master of that lodge was Richard Stockton, a signer of The Declaration of Independence. That lodge expired prior to the Revolutionary War and no records are known to exist to inform us of what work it accomplished or how long it functioned. The increasing interest in Freemasonry in New Jersey is seen in the formation of one of the most noted of all lodges in New Jersey, Baskin Ridge Lodge No. 10, warranted in 1767 by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. The lodge met from time to time throughout the Revo­ lutionary War, and was the first to re-form at the conclusion of that war. It was this lodge, and its Master, Doctor William McKissack, M.D., that conceived of and called for the formation of a Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1786. During the Revolutionary War, the Masonic spirit continued to flourish. Warrants were granted to at least ten American military lodges by various jurisdictions. A celebration of The Feast of St. John the Evangelist was held on December 27, 1779 at Morristown. Brother and General George Washington, as well as other distinguished brother Ma­ sons and military leaders, sat in attendance at that meeting. On December 20, 1779, Lodge No. 23, at Middletown Point, Mon­ mouth County, was warranted by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Penn­ sylvania. No records are known to exist to prove that the lodge ever met

2 or worked, but the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania reported in 1787 that it had "joined the Grand Lodge of New Jersey." The constitution of (old) Burlington Lodge No. 32 by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania on March 26, 1781 marked the first time that that Grand Lodge had been opened outside of Philadelphia, and was the first occasion on which a lodge in New Jersey was formally constituted by officers of an organized Grand Lodge. Records reveal that the lodge paid the sum of $2,160.00 in Continental currency to the Provincial Grand Lodge for the granting of the warrant. (Unrestricted printing of Continental currency by Congress had brought about a budget deficit, and an accompanying inflation rate in excess of 3,000 percent. Conversion reflects a warrant cost of, about $72.00.) The lodge expired 1784-1786, but was represented by former members at the estab­ lishment of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1786. Despite the coin­ cidence in name and number there is no historic connection between that lodge and the present Burlington Lodge No. 32, which was constituted in 1855. A military lodge, No. 36, attached to the New Jersey Line, Continen­ tal Army, was warranted by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania on Decem­ ber 11, 1782. Its warrant was surrendered in 1784. In the twenty-year period 1761-1781, six lodges had been formed in New Jersey, one each in the present counties of Essex, Union, Mercer, Somerset, Monmouth, and Burlington. During that period there arose some feeling that the Colony of New Jersey should have a Grand Master or a Grand Lodge of its own. In 1762, Brother Jonathan Hampton, a New York Mason residing in Elizabethtown, approached the brethren of St. John's Lodge No. 1 of Newark and requested their support and endorsement for his proposed deputation as Grand Master of New Jer­ sey. Brother Hampton's request was rejected by them, and by the Grand Lodge of New England. At that time other Masons at Prince Town petitioned the Grand Master of Massachusetts for the authority and the power to grant warrants for the constitution of lodges in New Jersey. That request was denied by that Grand Master who lacked the authority to grant that commission.

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Chapter II

The Foundation of the Grand Lodge (1786-1790)

With independence from Great Britain secured, a renewed desire emerged among New Jersey Masons to unite under their own governing body, namely a Grand Lodge. In 1786, Baskin Ridge Lodge No. 10, Dr. William McKissack, Worshipful Master, called for a convention of Ma­ sons to be held on December 18, 1786, at the White Hall Tavern at New Brunswick. The purpose of the convention was to establish a Grand Lodge and to elect the appropriate officers. Twenty-six brethren at­ tended that convention, and seven others arrived later that day, rep­ resenting lodges from Bedminister, Newark, Burlington, and elsewhere. These dedicated brethren travelled in wintry weather over poor roads-some on foot, others on horseback or by oxcart or coach-but all with one purpose, the forming of a Grand Lodge for New Jersey. This first, regular convention of New Jersey Masons agreed unani­ mously to establish a Grand Lodge of New Jersey and drafted the instrument, an "Association", to form, and to nominate and elect a Right Worshipful Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand War­ den, Junior Grand Warden, Grand Secretary, Deputy Grand Secretary, and Grand Treasurer, all to continue in office until the anniversary of St. John, The Evangelist, in the Masonic year 5787 (1787). The following officers were elected to exercise their duties in full and ample form: Grand Master David Brearley Chief Justice of New Jersey Deputy Grand Master Robert L. Hooper Councilman, Vice President of New Jersey Senior Grand Warden William Leddle High Sheriff of Morris County Junior Grand Warden Daniel Marsh Representative, Assembly of New Jersey Grand Secretary John Noble Cumming Colonel, Army of the United States Deputy Grand Secretary Maskell Ewing Clerk, Assembly of New Jersey Grand Treasurer Joshua Corshon High Sheriff of Hunterdon County Those officers were installed at the communication of the Grand Lodge held at New Brunswick on January 30, 1787, which was attended by seventeen additional Masons, and which was conducted by Worship­ ful Brother William McKissack, the oldest Mason present then sitting as Master of a Lodge, at age 31! It is interesting to note that of the fifty

5 brethren identified with the institution of the Grand Lodge, twenty-three were members of Lodge No. 10. At that communication, agreement was reached to grant dispensations to Master Masons, for a period of three months, to form lodges at Newark, Elizabethtown, Bedminster, Mor­ ristown, and Monmouth, after which time warrants would be issued for the newly formed lodges It was determined by ballot that the lodge at Bedminster, Somerset County, would be No. 1, Newark, No. 2, Mon­ mouth, No. 3, Morristown, No. 4, and Elizabethtown, No. 5. The second Annual Communication of Grand Lodge was held at New Brunswick on December 20, 1787. Warrants were issued at the session for the constitution of Trenton Lodge No. 5, which took the number previously assigned to the Elizabethtown Lodge (never formed), and for Union Lodge No. 6, also referred to as Hackensack Lodge No. 6. Plans were made for a grand procession of lodges to be held at New Brunswick on St. John, the Baptist's, Day, June 24, 1788, which event was to be advertised publicly well before that date. The Grand Lodge met on June 23, 1788, the day before the planned procession and issued warrants for Unity Lodge No. 7 of Kingswood, Hunterdon County, and for Harmony Lodge No. 8 of Newton, Sussex County. On the following day (and prior to the procession), a Committee of Correspondence was appointed to conduct Masonic communication with the other Grand Lodges in the United States of America. This committee, the first regularly established Grand Lodge committee, still functions today with the same stated purpose. At the third Annual Communication at Newark on December 30, 1788, the Grand Lodge, recognizing the need for formally stated prin­ ciples of administration and governance, appointed a committee to prepare general regulations for the government of the Grand Lodge. Those rules and regulations were presented at the fourth Annual Com­ munication held at Freehold on January 5, 1790, and later adopted at the Trenton meeting of the Grand Lodge on July 6, 1790. At the end of that era (1790) a total membership of 188 Masons was distributed among the eight newly founded lodges. The first Grand Master of New Jersey, David Brearley, elected to office in 1786 at the age of 41, died in office on August 6, 1790, after having served the Grand Lodge continuously in that capacity since its inception. A native of New Jersey, he served in the War of the Revolution as a Lieutenant Colonel, and during the conflict may have received the degrees of Masonry in Military Lodge No. 19 of Pennsylvania. As a civilian, he was a distinguished jurist, serving as Chief Justice of New Jersey, and later as first Judge of the Federal District Court of New Jersey. The first person in the colonies to be elected as a delegate to the First Constitutional Convention which drafted and adopted the Constitution of the United States, he signed that historic document on September 17, 1787. He was buried in the graveyard adjoining St. Michael's Episcopal Church at Trenton, which he had served as Warden.

6 A newspaper of the day reported, "Being Grand Master of Masons of New Jersey, his remains were interred in the Masonic form and cer­ emonies peculiar to the Ancient Craft, attended by the largest and most respectable collection of Masons and citizens ever known there on a like occasion." Shortly thereafter, on January 11, 1791, a lodge at Bridgeton was warranted as Brearley Lodge No.9 (now No. 2), the name of which is a continuing memorial to our first Grand Master.

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Chapter III

The Formative Years (1791-1825)

The early growth years of New Jersey Freemasonry and of the Grand Lodge saw an increase in the number of local lodges, and the continuing development of the Grand Lodge as a governing body. They betokened a brilliant future for the Craft, and bridged the gap between the foun­ dation years and the sad blight of the anti-Masonic period which later threatened the continuance, if not the very existence, of the Fraternity. The formative years must be viewed in the light of the circumstances of the state and the nation at the time. New Jersey was then, as it is now, a state through which many people traveled en route from one place to another. Roads radiated in all directions from population centers in the Northern part of the state and in the South, and a major turnpike linked New York, N.Y. and Easton, Pa. as the road west. Public roads were poorly maintained, but privately-owned toll roads afforded reason­ ably good travel conditions and provided a handsome return to owners and investors. Politically, the state was divided between the Federalists, who favored a strong national government, and the Democrats, who leaned toward the separatism of individual statehood. The War of 1812 demonstrated the need for a manufacturing and industrial base to support the national effort. New industry required manpower, which was partially satisfied by immigration. The democratic views of the growing population created a favorable climate for the growth and proliferation of Roman Catholic as well as of Protestant religious organizations, and fostered the significant de­ velopment of social interrelations among the residents of the state. Surprisingly, the State of New Jersey continued to be a Transitional State. The census of 1820 revealed an increase of more than 97,000 in population during the three decades beginning in 1790, but New Jersey's growth did not match that of some of the other states and territories. The roads across New Jersey to Easton, Pa., drew the people west to the Northwest Territory (now Ohio), as well as to Kentucky and Ten­ nessee. The depletion of the rich farm lands of Salem and Cumberland Counties sent settlers to seek more fertile undeveloped areas in the west. New Jersey had become a State of Transients, contributing to the growth of other states and territories, often at its own expense. As the state blossomed, prospered, and then stagnated, so did New Jersey Freemasonry. An examination of the activities of the new Grand Lodge may give insight into the causes. The year 1791 saw the election of John Beatty as the second Grand Master. R.W. Brother Beatty served for three consecutive terms,

9 1791-1794, and again as the sixth Grand Master for four consecutive terms, 1801-1804. He is the only Grand Master who was returned to office following succession in office by another. In that year Brearley Lodge No.9 of Bridgeton was warranted, as was Nova Caesarea Lodge No. 10 of Cincinnati, Northwest Territory, the only lodge warranted by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey outside of the borders of the state. A request for a warrant for a Traveling Lodge to be held in the Armies of the United States was denied. In 1792 the Grand Lodge increased its influence over subordinate lodges by resolving that "all Masters-elect, prior to entering on the duties of their office, shall be installed." The first Grand Lodge aprons were authorized to be "of white leather edged round with blue silk fringe, and otherwise adorned in a Masonic manner." The jewels of office were authorized to be of gold or gilt and hung from ribbons of "a light blue color." In 1792, the warrant of one of the six founding lodges, Trinity Lodge No. 3 of Freehold, was arrested and ordered returned to the Grand Lodge for failure to remit fees due to the Grand Lodge. Although the Grand Lodge had been organized as "The Most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in the State of New Jersey", correspondence dated June 24, 1793, and signed by the Grand Master, indicates that members of the early Grand Lodge and its subordinate lodges were also known to be "Ancient York Ma­ sons", clearly tracing the line of descent from the "Antient" and not the "Modern" Freemasons of Pennsylvania. The Ninth Annual Communication was held on December 9, 1794, and reflected the unsteady condition of the Craft. The warrant of Union Lodge No. 6 of Hackensack, the second of the six founding lodges, was arrested for non-representation at Grand Lodge. The warrant was re­ turned to the Grand Lodge nine years later with a letter assuring that "no improper use had been made of the same" during the period of retention. The warrant of Nova Caesarea Lodge No. 10, issued in 1791, arrived in Cincinnati on December 1, 1794. The Warrant Master and Warrant Senior Warden were absent at that time from the area, and were unable to assume their duties, and new officers were then elected and installed in that most distant of our lodges. Washington Lodge No. 12 was warranted at New Brunswick, establishing Masonry in the town in which the Grand Lodge had been organized and founded eight years prior. The Masters of four subordinate lodges were installed in office, indicating that such installations may have been the prerogative of the Grand Lodge. Samuel W. Stockton, brother of Richard Stockton, was elected as the third Grand Master, but ruled the Craft for only eighteen months, an untimely "traffic accident" causing his death on June 27, 1795. In 1796, John Noble Cumming, the first Grand Secretary, was elected to be the fourth Grand Master. Hiram Lodge No. 4, the third

10 of the six "founding lodges", was cited for non-representation at Grand Lodge and its warrant ordered returned. The remaining three original lodges continued to labor for thirty-three more years without inter­ ruption. Joseph Bloomfield was elected the fifth Grand Master in 1799. A distinguished soldier of the Revolution, his name was later given to an Essex County town. Grand Lodge resolved "that every Master-elect may be installed in a lodge of Past Masters, any rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding." That resolution acknowledged the signifi­ cant growth in the number of Past Masters as well as their influence in the subordinate lodges. In that year, the death of Brother and General George Washington on December 14, 1799 was acknowledged. Subordinate lodges were authorized to conduct funeral processions in his honor. The lodges of the jurisdiction were ordered to be draped in black, and the brethren to wear mourning until the Festival of St. John, the Baptist, in June 1800. In 1801, R.W. Brother Beatty was installed as the sixth Grand Master. The minutes of that communication indicate concern that no communications had been received from Nova Caesarea Lodge No. 10, located in the Northwest Territory. The Grand Secretary was instructed to write and inform the Master and Officers of that lodge that the continuance of its warrant was in jeopardy. Correspondence with that lodge continued through 1802 and developed the information that fees and reports had been sent to New Jersey by messenger, but without delivery. A reference notes correspondence relating to the possible forma­ tion of a Superintending or General Grand Lodge of the United States. In 1804, additional correspondence was received from Nova Caesarea Lodge No. 10. Grand Lodge agreed "to establish a Royal Arch Chapter for the higher order of Masonry under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge," signifying the relationship of the capitular order to the symbolic order. Shortly thereafter, a dispensation was granted to Wash­ ington Lodge No. 12 of New Brunswick to hold a Royal Arch Chapter. R.W. Aaron D. Woodruff was installed as the seventh Grand Master at the Annual Communication of 1805, commencing the longest con­ secutive term of service of any Grand Master of New Jersey. R.W. Brother Woodruff held office for twelve terms until his death on June 12, 1817. The warrant of Hiram Lodge No.4 of Morristown was finally surrendered, the lodge having been struck from the rolls in 1796. Nova Caesarea Lodge No. 10 of the Northwest Territory also surrendered its warrant, thus ending the only instance in which the Grand Lodge of New Jersey warranted a lodge outside the borders of the state. The first reference to the Grand Master as Most Worshipful is found in a minute of November 10, 1807, the title of Right Worshipful having been accorded them prior to that date. In that year, the Grand Lodge rejected the formation of a Superintending Grand Lodge of the United States. Grand Lodge did, however, express interest in a General Conven-

11 tion of the various Grand Lodges to meet and to "form a plan of union and communion which may have a tendency to promote and increase the harmony and good order among the lodges throughout the United States." In 1808, Grand Lodge again discussed the "Higher Degrees of Ma­ sonry", and also discussed a "Grand Convention of Masons" to be held in the City of Washington. The Grand Master also expressed his concern over the differences found in the work performed by subordinate lodges. That concern was more specifically stated in 1809, addressing "dis­ tinctions between the 'ancient' and 'modern' lodges," and calling for a "uniform system of work throughout the subordinate lodges," indicating that variable systems of ritual work were being practiced within the jurisdiction. Grand Lodge continued to identify itself as being composed of "Ancient York Masons", which distinction would later diminish in importance following the merger which resulted in the formation of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1813. In that respect we note that "standing rules regulating the order of business of the Grand Lodge of Ancient York Masons of the State of New Jersey" were approved on January 12, 1853. Additionally, on January 11, 1855, the Grand Lodge adopted a resolution acknowledging its authority to "hold and claim the right, only, to issue warrants for lodges of Ancient York Masons within her jurisdiction." That description, "Ancient York Masons," survives in our memory only as a curious remembrance of things past. The system of lodges founded in the formative years developed throughout the jurisdiction in places where the population had settled along the major roads and turnpikes. The presence of few settlers and fewer Masons in the hinterlands and in the unsettled regions precluded the formation of lodges in those areas. Lodges were separated by many miles, and that little intervisitation took place is concluded. New lodges were organized in areas between existent lodges as the population grew and expanded. It was not until 1809, twenty-two years after the founding of the Grand Lodge, that a lodge was organized and warranted within five miles of a previously existing lodge. In 1809, Union Lodge No. 21 of Orange/ Bloomfield, was warranted in proximity to St. John's Lodge No. 2 of Newark. In 1812 the Grand Lodge affirmed the right of Past Masters to vote in the Grand Lodge. In 1814, in response to growing concern over proper work performed in the subordinate lodges, the Grand Lodge approved the division of the State into separate Masonic districts under the conduct of selected Grand Lecturers. (The present district system, however, would not be organized under the control of District Deputy Grand Masters until 60 years later.) The Grand Master, M. W. Aaron D. Woodruff, died in office on June 21st, 1817. Because of his untimely death, R.W. William McKissack

12 occupied the Grand East on November 11, 1817 as Grand Master pro tempore. This was the only occasion on which the "Founder" of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey occupied that station. James Giles was installed the eighth Grand Master at the succeed­ ing Annual Communication of 1818. The first merger of record in the jurisdiction occurred in 1819 with the surrender of the warrants of Washington Lodge No. 12 and of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 27, both of New Brunswick. A new warrant was issued to the merged lodge to be known as Union Lodge No. 12, of New Bruns­ wick. Distinctive jewels for Past Grand Masters were first presented in 1820 to John Beatty, John Noble Cumming, and Joseph Bloomfield, who had served the Craft in that office. The ninth Grand Master, Jepthah B. Munn was also elected to office at that communication. In 1821, the matter of "Masonic districts to be conducted by Grand Visitors" was again proposed but without action. The death ofR.W. John Noble Cumming, first Grand Secretary and fourth Grand Master, was reported. The concept of a General Grand Lodge for the United States was again considered and rejected in 1822. The Grand Lodge adopted "The Jeremy Cross True Masonic Chart and Monitor" as the uniform mode of work to be performed in this jurisdiction. A General Convention of Grand Lodges was again proposed. On July 7, 1823, the Grand Master, Jepthah B. Munn, the Junior Grand Warden, John S. Darcy, and two others entered the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York to install in office the Most Worshipful Grand Master of a St. John's Grand Lodge in that state. That irregular Grand Lodge was born of dissention, schism, and contention among New York brethren. That incident of interference (and later participation in activities conducted during the schism of 1837 in New York) caused charges of un-Masonic conduct to be preferred against Past Grand Mas­ ters Munn and Darcy in 1842 charges which were subsequently dropped in 1843. Masonic censure was imposed on Past Grand Masters Munn and Darcy in 1850 and withdrawn in 1852. The first Grand Visitor was appointed in 1823 and was charged with the management of the lodges in the District of Cumberland County. That experiment was the forerunner of the present district system and continued for twenty years. A special celebration occurred that year. A visitation and Masonic intercourse took place between the Grand Master and attending brothers and Brother Marquis de Lafayette, on the occasion of that distinguished brother's visit to this Country. In 1825 Samuel J. Read was installed as the tenth Grand Master. A resolution was enacted at that communication which re-affirmed the vote of the Past Masters except when representing a Lodge. The matter of a General Grand Lodge was again brought to the floor, but a resolution

13 subsequently adopted provided no support to the proposal. The Grand Lodge also resolved to participate in the erection of a memorial over the grave of Brother and General George Washington in Virginia. The Grand Lodge also adopted a resolution re-affirming that "all Past Masters be hereafter permitted to vote in the Grand Lodge." The year 1826 drew to a close with a total membership of 973 reported Masons, distributed among some thirty-five lodges still appear­ ing on the Roll of Lodges as working, with some sixteen lodges struck or surrendered. Average attendance at the yearly communications of the Grand Lodge had increased to 45, and circumstances seemed to indicate that the Grand Lodge was developing, but had not yet acquired the strength and maturity necessary to weather adversity. The success or failure of the lodge system was then dependent upon an essentially transient population, a population that was generally concerned with personal success and achievement, and one that had little time for the traditional values accepted by a more stable and established society. Thus, concluding an era of growth, and with optimism, our brethren were not prepared for the storm that was yet to come.

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A Time Of Trouble (1826-1842)

The darkest period in the history of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey came during the era that marked the beginning of national expansion, when political conservatism was fading, and the young nation was ex­ panding in population and in economic development. The new growth and movement intrinsic to this expansion was felt in New Jersey and in the Grand Lodge. The increasing number of lodges warranted and constituted, and the growing number of those persons desiring to unite in membership with the craft seemed to forecast a promising future for Masonry in New Jersey. Reflecting the economic growth of the state, the number of new lodges warranted was likewise greater along transpor­ tation corridors, while those parts of New Jersey lacking rail or highway facilities had the fewest number of lodges, noticeably in southern New Jersey. fnspection of the proceedings shows that Grand Lodge became in­ creasingly aware of its new prominence and authority, and of the responsibilities arising therefrom. Proceedings of Grand Lodge were printed and distributed; increased attention was paid to the proceedings of sister Grand Lodges which were often copiously quoted; and inter­ Grand Lodge correspondence increased on matters concerning the na­ tionally developing fraternity. As a governing body, Grand Lodge had problems which were largely internal. The duties which devolved on Grand Lodge officers were carried out between annual or semi-annual communications without correlation and with little correspondence among or between Grand Lodge officers. The business affairs of the Craft, according to records, were conducted whenever the occupations, personal interest, and concerns of the respon­ sible officers permitted. Additionally, there remain errors in transcrip­ tion, omissions of pertinent facts, and incomplete entries in the proceed­ ings, which not only suggest some of the difficulties which faced Grand Lodge, but may also conceal some of the vital parts of its history. All problems confronting Grand Lodge were not of its own making. The greater part of its troubles originated in the subordinate lodges. Lack of effective communication made visitation and supervision difficult, and subordinate lodges acted independently in matters of work and ritual, as well as in matters of administration and in reporting to the Grand Lodge. Required reports were submitted promptly by some lodges, tardily or not at all by others, and requests from the Grand Secretary for information were either ignored or answered in part. Fees due from subordinate lodges to Grand Lodges were paid irregularly (a few in whole, and some in part or not at all), causing Grand Lodge to

15 remit the fees or to take action, commonly that of 'forgiving or for­ getting.' Faltering and failing lodges would not, or did not, respond to Grand Lodge requests for the surrender of warrants, minutes, jewels, and furniture; in some cases, the property of dormant lodges was lost, stolen, or deliberately withheld. Masonic law was repeatedly violated by lodges and members, causing consequent accusations, trials, and appeals. Con­ tentiousness and litigation marred fraternal relations among lodges and between brother Masons, and impeded the development of the Craft. The growing pains of Freemasonry in New Jersey were compounded by the activities of the Anti-Masonic Party, the first 'third party' in American political history. This party thrived on a resurgence of the suspicion and hatred to which the craft, whether Operative or Specu­ lative, had been subjected since its beginning. Regarded as an exclusive and undemocratic society, the Masonic order was a ready target for a group of political opportunists opposed to President Andrew Jackson, a prominent Mason. When a certain William Morgan of Batavia, N.Y., about to publish an expose of Masonic secrets, disappeared in 1826, his friends and associates assumed that the Masons had abducted and murdered him. The incident generated considerable notoriety and was used by some politicians to foster ill-will and resentment against the fraternity. Press and pulpit denounced the Craft as conspiratorial and evil, and avowed membership in the Craft became unpopular and often dangerous. The tide of anti-Masonic sentiment in New Jersey com­ menced about 1830 and crested about 1836, in which period many Ma­ sons recanted their Masonic membership. Lodges ceased to operate and fell into darkness, and by 1841 there were only eight lodges determined as 'working' on a roll formerly numbering fifty-eight lodges. Grand Lodge purged its rolls in 1842 and reorganized, retaining the eight active lodges with a total membership of about 162 Masons. Inspired perhaps by hope, it soon rescusitated two other lodges for a total of ten lodges. Following this reorganization there was no immediate, widespread revival of Ma­ sonic activity, for anti-Masonic sentiment still persisted even though the political action that had spawned it had ceased to be a viable force in state and national affairs. Despite all of the difficulties and frustrations encountered, the Grand Lodge accomplished more than the times would have seemed to permit, as seen in its efforts to adopt a uniform ritual and mode of Masonic work, and in the consideration and approval of the appointment of a Grand Lecturer. Rules for avouchment for visiting brethren and for admittance to lodges were instituted, and attention was paid to the development of a system of Masonic jurisprudence. The Constitution, By-Laws, and Regulations were under constant review, and relations with other Grand Jurisdictions were expanded. The proceedings of Grand Lodge were distributed in printed form, and attempts were made to rule and govern the Craft with understanding and with charity. Stan­ dards for conduct within the lodges were promulgated to ensure proper

16 behaviour and good reputation, as evidenced in the prohibition of the introduction of alcoholic beverages into lodges. All these actions are a tribute to the efforts of Grand Lodge to prevail throughout a most uncertain period of its existence. In reading the records and publications of that period, we must come to the conclusion that Masonry had changed from a society composed of the gentry and of the affluent, to a society now ready to accept worthy men of whatever social and economic status. Participation in the ac­ tivities of the Grand Lodge, which now supervised and governed a state­ wide organization, was, however, beyond the reach of most Masons. Only those who had passed the chair, and who could afford the time and money required to support participation in Grand Lodge offices, could consider acceptance of a Grand Lodge office. Those who could afford to do so were necessarily those brethren of independent vocations; such as medicine, law, or clergy. The rolls of Grand Lodge officers reveal few participants at that time who were tradesmen or businessmen. Not all Grand Lodge officers, however, were efficient or reliable; one recorded and regrettable instance is that of a former Deputy Grand Master, later a Grand Treasurer, who in that office could not administer funds prop­ erly or account for their expenditure, requiring his subsequent removal from office. Grand Lodge officers were customarily re-elected to office, with the result that Grand Lodge became the province of a select few, and subordinate lodges had little interest in, and felt far removed from, Grand Lodge and its day to day activities, goals, and programs.

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Chapter V

A Renewal of Purpose (1843-1866)

The recovery of New Jersey Freemasonry from its decline offered significant contrast to the years of its initial growth. In its beginnings, Grand Lodge had warranted as many as ten lodges in one year, but in the early period following its revival only ten lodges were warranted in as many years. However, the craft did begin to recover. In addition to the eight lodges renumbered, fourteen former lodges were rescusitated from 1842 through 1856, and new lodges were warranted. Although interest in Masonic work and teachings was renewed in the subordinated lodges, participation in the activity of Grand Lodge lagged. At its 1846 Annual Communication, Grand Lodge, having met annually in Novem­ ber since 1802, voted to change the date of its Annual Communication to "the second Monday in January." Because of that change in annual meeting date, and because the semi-annual communication of Grand Lodge called May 11, 1847, was forced to adjourn, there being too few lodge representatives present to provide the required quorum, the Grand Lodge did not meet in the year 1847. As time passed, the number of lodges and members grew, in 1852 there being twenty lodges with about 600 members, in 1862 sixty lodges with about 3,400 members, and in 1866 seventy-six working lodges with a reported total membership of 5,054 Masons. The continued growth may be ascribed to several causes. The ex­ pansion, of the railroad and highway systems in the state, and the cor­ responding increase in population along rail-lines and highways, resulted in the founding of new communications which proved to be fertile ground for the founding of new lodges. The Civil War and its resulting trauma was the principal reason for Masonic growth in the latter part of this period, as many of those about to leave for military service petitioned lodges for membership. The exigencies of military obligations resulted in numerous instances of compression of time interval in the conferral of the degrees. Immigration also contributed to the growth of the Craft, as newcomers to America and their sons, more at home in the language of their birth, petitioned to form lodges in which the work would be conducted in their native tongues. These requests were granted in the warranting of Schiller Lodge No. 66, to work in the German language, and of La Fraternite Francaise No. 62, to work in the French language. As the number of its constituent lodges increased, Grand Lodge continued to move toward an improved system of guidance for, and support of, the subordinate lodges. Much attention and effort were given to the revision of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, but attempts to pass these revisions took more than five years and were

19 finally adopted in 1861-two years after being presented to the Grand Lodge. A motion made in 1848, and approved in 1850, established fixed fees for initiation, a rule necessary to prevent competition among neigh­ boring lodges, by inducing membership based on lower cost. The rules governing the time between conferral of degrees on a candidate, the number of degrees that could be conferred at one session, and the number of candidates to be raised at any one communication, were re­ emphasized. Grand Lodge continued its charitable attitude toward lodges with limited means, for the proceedings reveal recurring re­ missions of fees from subordinate lodges throughout this entire period. A continuing concern of Grand Lodge had been, and still is, the ritual work as practiced in New Jersey. Time-honored monitors were followed by many lodges, and over the years attractive and striking variations had crept into the work of the various lodges. A Grand Lec­ turer had been appointed in 1825, or at least such an appointment recommended, to assist the Grand Lodge officers in their supervisory duties and to relieve them of some of the burdens of visitation and instruction. In 1858, Most Worshipful Joseph Trimble, Grand Master, who was an accomplished ritualist, and personally concerned with the variance in the ritual work, appointed a Grand Lecturer whose office continued (with but one lapse of one year) in later times. The work selected and taught was essentially the same as that in use today, and was based on the Baltimore Work of 1843 (refered to as the New Jersey Revised Work) and did much to ensure precision and uniformity. During the years of renewal, Grand Lodge became increasingly aware of the need for preservation of its records. A resolution had been passed that the records of the Grand Secretary be centrally kept and in a certain order. From the realization that no historical account of Grand Lodge was to be found in its proceedings, which were on occasion inaccurate and self-contradictory, grew the formation of a committee on history, which was first proposed and appointed in 1858. Those brethren who served on that committee found that little information was available at that time, and, accordingly, a circular letter was sent to the lodges requesting information of historical value. The response was so poor that the committee refused to serve further and requested to be discharged. An enlarged committee was appointed in 1863, and new letters request­ ing historical information circulated, but in 1866 there was still little progress to report, and a functioning committee with ample material was not able to render a comprehensive historical report until 1886. The amount of historical material of value that had been lost by neglect, or by reliance on memories of happenings which were unrecorded, is a matter of continuing speculation. Dissentions which had marred an earlier period of the history of the Craft recurred, to the dismay of Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge Proceed­ ings of 1849 noted that a committee had been appointed to resolve grievances which urged, "those brethren, for the honor of Masonry, for

20 the sake of Heaven, and their own comfort, henceforth to live as brethren of one family." Compounding the lack of harmony was the general ignorance of Masonic jurisprudence and procedure, a condition which resulted in much unnecessary litigation. To educate the lodge officers and members on this subject, it became necessary to purchase and distribute a code of Masonic jurisprudence, in the hope of expediting (if not of eliminating) charges, counter-charges, and appeals. Masonic charity had long been practiced by the Grand Lodge, which had previously reserved to itself the right of the relief of deserving members, their widows and orphans. Unfortunately, the financial re­ sources of the Grand Lodge were not adequate to meet the demands placed upon them, whether from within the state or without. In 1860, the Grand Lodge assigned the burden of immediate relief to the subordinate lodges. It soon became apparent that the lodges could not meet long-term demand for the support of the needy. Accordingly, plans were devised to appropriate funds for investment, of which the capital and proceeds were to be devoted to the establishment of a home or institution. These plans were altered and amended over the years, but are the basis for the present Masonic Home and the Masonic Charity Foundation at Burlington.

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Chapter VI

The Years of Stability (1867-1900)

In the years following the Civil War the Grand Lodge demonstrated a movement toward stability, as seen in the slow but steady growth in membership and in new lodges warranted, in the movement toward uniformity in matters Masonic, and in its continuing development as a representative governing body. The period was not without its dif­ ficulties-neither the Grand Lodge nor its subordinate lodges had ac­ cumulated adequate funds to permit them to engage in planned chari­ table projects, or to meet day-to-day operating expenses. A special com­ munication was called on July 31, 1867, to consider the grave financial condition of Grand Lodge, occasioned by the improper financial conduct of the, then, Grand Treasurer, and to devise plans to carry on its oper­ ations. Those recommended plans included an immediate communica­ tion sent to all subordinate lodges requesting them to pay in advance one-half of the yearly dues, and authority granted to the Grand Secretary to assume the management of the financial affairs of the Grand Lodge. The majority of the subordinate lodges responded favorably, and the Grand Lodge resumed normal, financial operations the following year. In addition, concerns about uniformity in ritual work and about standardization of Masonic clothing, such as jewels, aprons, collars, and insignia, received attention long overdue. In 1867 a committee was ap­ pointed to make recommendations to Grand Lodge on those matters. It reported in the following year, with specifications for the collars, jewels, and aprons considered appropriate for officers of Grand Lodge and of the subordinate lodges. W. Bro. William Mead, Past Master of Northern Lodge No. 25, was appointed the Grand Lecturer in 1866 and, at the request of subordinate lodges, prepared a Manual of Work more suitable to this jurisdiction's ritualistic work which was presented for approval to Grand Lodge in 1868. The constitution of Schiller Lodge No. 66 in 1865, and the subsequent increase in the number of lodges working in the German language, created the need for supervision to insure the correct execution of ritual according to New Jersey requirements. To that end, Grand Lodge authorized a German Visitor functioning under the direction of the Grand Lecturer, to supervise the work of lodges authorized to work in the German language. In the same year, 1867, it became necessary for the Grand Master to issue an edict to La Fraternite Francaise Lodge No. 62, chartered in 1863, enjoining that lodge to work the New Jersey ritual in the French language and to desist from using the unauthorized French Rite ritual. After the close of the Civil War there developed a great deal of interest in, and sympathy for, free black men and former slaves, particu-

23 larly among New Jersey Masons, and these sentiments produced an unusual result. In 1870 several black men, claiming to be Freemasons, applied to Grand Lodge for a warrant to be issued to a lodge to be known as Cushite Lodge. Their petition was sponsored by a white Mason, Worshipful Brother Israel Baldwin, a Past Master of St. John's Lodge No. 1 of Newark. A special committee was appointed by Grand Lodge to review the petition. Anticipating an unfavorable report from the committee nine white area brethren and several sojourners applied for a warrant for a lodge to be known as Alpha Lodge. The warrant was issued on January 19, 1871, the day after the petition had been sub­ mitted, and Alpha Lodge No. 116 was duly constituted on January 27, 1871 in Newark by the Grand Master, Most Worshipful William E. Pine. Complaints of improprieties, received during 1871, caused the Grand Master to arrest the warrant, and at the Annual Communication of 1872, following debate, the motion to restore the warrant to Alpha Lodge No. 116 was carried by one vote. The lodge commenced work, and balloted upon, elected, and initiated five black petitioners who became the first black men to be initiated to membership in a regular lodge in the State of New Jersey. Although the existence of Alpha Lodge No. 116 has caused strained fraternal relations with other grand jurisdictions on occasion, as well as some questioning of personal beliefs and values of members within our own Grand Lodge, its continued and honored presence on our rolls is a tribute to the social consciousness and sincerity of the original petitioners. As the number of lodges increased it became apparent that there was little uniformity in the internal government of lodges. In conse­ quence, in 1870, the Grand Master, Most Worshipful Robert Rusling appointed a committee to consider the matter of devising a uniform set of By-laws which could be adopted by subordinate lodges. The practice of charity by New Jersey Freemasons was not confined to the jurisdiction. In 1872, the Grand Lodge sent $5,341.00 to the Grand Lodge of Illinois to aid victims of the Great Chicago Fire, of which $1,080.00 was later returned, and used to create funding for the Masonic Hall and Widows and Orphans Asylum. Similarly, in 1875, when the flooding Mississippi River ravaged the state of Louisiana, $1,716.00 was raised from lodge contributions and sent to that Grand Lodge to aid those who had suffered loss and devastation. A new constitution of Grand Lodge, adopted in 1874, provided for the annual appointment of District Deputy Grand Masters by the Grand Master immediately following his installation. To secure the continu­ ation of uniformity in the ritual, a Right Worshipful Grand Instructor was appointed to work with the District Deputy Grand Masters three times each year. This program was put into practice in 1876, and the exemplification of the ritual was conducted at least once annually in each district.

24 The unwarranted, anti-Masonic actions which had plagued the Craft forty years previously seemed to have been forgotten by subsequent generations, as seen in the increasing participation of Grand Lodge in celebrations of a religious or civic nature. On June 28,1878, the Grand Lodge laid the cornerstone of the Monmouth Battle Monument at Free­ hold, New Jersey, commemorating the 100th Anniversary of that pivotal battle of the Revolutionary War. Problems arose in 1879, because of the abolishment of the position of Right Worshipful Grand Instructor during the previous year, and the Grand Master appointed a committee to reconsider the matter. The committee recommended: a) that the position of Grand Instructor be re-established, b) that it should be the duty of each District Deputy to obtain and to commit to memory the standard work, and c) that the secret work of the degrees should be exemplified on the evening of the first day of the Annual Communication. In the same year, a petition for assistance was received from Jerusa­ lem Lodge No. 26 at Plainfield on behalf of Miss Jane McKissack, infirm and indigent daughter of Dr. William McKissack, the founder of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. A personal appeal was made by the Grand Master, and the $395.00 collected established the McKissack Fund. Over several years, repeated appeals sustained this fund, and at the death of Miss McKissack in 1887, at the age of 86, the remainder was desig­ nated the Charity Fund of the Grand Lodge. In 1882 a communication was received from Fredericksburg Lodge No 4 of Virginia, the lodge of Brother and General George Washington, concerning their hopes of erecting a suitable temple and requesting the Grand Lodge of New Jersey to become a member of The George Wash­ ington Memorial Masonic Temple Association. Later that year the of­ ficers of Grand Lodge participated in the laying of the cornerstone of the Battle Monument at Yorktown, Virginia. Other actions claimed the attention of Grand Lodge in that year. Officers of Grand Lodge and District Deputy Grand Masters were pre­ sented with new aprons, and uniform Past Master's apron was adopted, to be a "plain white lambskin, lined with purple, trimmed with narrow purple band, fourteen by sixteen inches in size, flaps five inches in depth, with corners square." Concurrent jurisdiction was granted to lodges located in the same city or township, and other General Regulations were simplified or amended to provide for uniformity in the observance of Masonic procedures. A committee was appointed at the Ninety-eighth Annual Com­ munication held in 1885 to raise funds and purchase a stone to be placed in the Washington Monument at Washington, D.C., in accordance with a resolution adopted in 1854. An invitation was received for Grand Lodge to be represented at the dedication of the monument on February 21, 1885.

25 The Past Master's degree was authorized by Grand Lodge in 1886 to be a part of the ritual, and it was ordered to be conferred only within the precincts of a duly constituted lodge. To ensure uniformity in the conferral of this degree, a standard ritual was formulated by the Grand Instructor and implemented in the following year. The one hundredth anniversary of the organization of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey was held in Trenton on January 25, 1887. At that special communication an historical essay was delivered by Most Wor­ shipful Henry R. Cannon, Past Grand Master. Of particular interest to present-day Masons is the menu of the banquet held following the communication. The dinner was reported to consist of eight courses, served with appropriate wines. One may well speculate on the capacities of modern Masons to ensure the financial as well as the physical strain of such a banquet. The year 1889 marked the completion of fifty years of faithful and continuous service to the Grand Lodge by Right Worshipful Joseph Howell Hough, Grand Secretary. That truly worthy brother had served as Deputy Grand Secretary from November 1838 to November 1843 and as Grand Secretary from that date until his demise on December 14, 1890. During his tenure of office (in 1871 and in 1872), Right Worshipful Brother Hough compiled and published at his own expense the "Origin of Masonry in The State of New Jersey" containing the William S. Whitehead History of Early Freemasonry in New Jersey, and Proceed­ ings of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, 1783-1857, which was distributed to each subordinate lodge and to each Grand Lodge in fraternal com­ munication with the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. The Grand Lodge of New Jersey was represented by Most Worship­ ful Robert E. Moore, Past Grand Master, at a Masonic Congress held August 14, 1893, at Chicago, with thirty-six Grand Lodges represented. A suggestion that a World Masonic Congress be held in London was referred to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, but that proposal was rejected by that committee in 1895. The idea was continued by Most Worshipful George W. Fortmeyer, Grand Master, who entered into cor­ respondence with His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, Grand Master of Masons in England. An unusual event in the history of New Jersey Freemasonry occurred on February 2, 1895, when the Most Worshipful Charles Belcher, Grand Master, exercising a Grand Master's prerogative, formed an Occasional Lodge and conferred the three degress "at sight" on Mr. William G. Moore, at Haddonfield. Mr. Moore later affiliated with Haddonfield Lodge No. 130. In other matters, however, the Grand Master demon­ strated a more conservative nature, reporting to Grand Lodge that he had refused permission for the public installation of Masonic officers and for the wearing of Masonic attire by subordinate lodges attending re­ ligious services.

26 In 1898, the Committee on the Masonic Home reported the receipt of $27,578.00 from a per capita contribution of two dollars, and the purchase of property for the home near Burlington at a cost of $24,927.00. The property consisted of a twenty-six acre tract with an existing stone mansion on the grounds. One year later the Masonic Home was reported to be in full operation with twenty-three guests, including one orphan. The Home was dedicated to the principles of "Virtue, Universal Benevolence, and Masonic Charity." In 1900 the Masonic Home was enlarged to accommodate eighty guests at an additional cost of $20,573.00. On December 14, 1899, several officers of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey attended the Centennial Observance of the death of Brother and General George Washington. A manuscript relating to the Masonic Convention of 1779 held at Morristown, New Jersey, at which General Washington was present, was presented to the Grand Lodge of New Jersey and published as a part of the Proceedings for 1900. The conclusion of the era (1900) demonstrated a total membership of 17,386 reported Masons distributed throughout one hundred and sixty-nine lodges.

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Chapter VII

The Years Of Growth (1901-1930)

In its first three decades, the twentieth century displayed more progress, in science, in industry, in technology, than humanity had known in all its previous history. Communication advanced from the telegraph to radio, transportation by rail and horse gave way to the automobile and the airplane, and home conveniences and creature com­ forts altered and improved the life-style of the American people. The same period witnessed a corresponding growth and expansion in New Jersey Freemasonry. The increase in the number of lodges and in total membership reflected the changing times. In 1901 membership in New Jersey was 18,100 which increased more than five hundred percent by 1930, when membership totaled 97,080. The number of lodges and districts grew correspondingly from twelve districts and one hundred and seventy lodges in 1901, to twenty-nine districts and two hundred and seventy­ four lodges in 1930,-a sixty-two percent increase in lodges. With that expansion in the membership and in the number of lodges, changes in the policies and procedures of Grand Lodge were inevitable. The Grand Lodge moved slowly but deliberately to meet the needs of the times. In 1901, the territorial jurisdiction of a lodge was strictly observed and the distance of one mile could determine to which lodge a petitioner might legally apply. That restriction resulted in numerous disputes as to which lodge held jurisdiction over a candidate. Also, only one can­ didate could be raised at one time, resulting in lengthy lodge com­ munications. Also, the question of perpetual penal jurisdiction and the waiver thereof had not yet been formally settled. In 1902, it was proposed that a study be made of the Ancient Landmarks then observed in this and other jurisdictions and their appli­ cation to the Masonic law of New Jersey. The Masonic Jurisprudence committee presented its report in 1903, stating that after much study and deliberation it had settled on ten landmarks as being the Ancient Landmarks of the Craft, one which emphasized the prerogatives, and the authority, of the Grand Master. The proposal was adopted in 1903 and continues in force as the basis for our Masonic law. In 1903, Most Worshipful W. Holt Apgar, Grand Master, recognizing the burdens imposed by sound but outmoded regulations, granted dis­ pensations for lodges to confer a degree on up to five candidates during the conduct of any one meeting. (His action was affirmed at the Annual Communication of 1911, when conf~rral of the degrees on multiple can­ didates was approved.) At its 1903 Communication, Grand Lodge,

29 having met annually in January since 1848, voted to change the date of its Annual Communication to "the first Wednesday after the second Tuesday in March," and to meet exclusively at Trenton. Three new districts were also organized at the 1903 Annual Communication, and the District Deputies were appointed to office. In 1904, Grand Master Apgar reported that he had conducted two Occasional Lodges wherein he had made Masons "at sight", planned and executed to portray, and to reassert, the power and the prerogatives of the Grand Master (of any properly recognized Grand Lodge), occasioned by a questioning of that inherent, and autocratic, power. The first Oc­ casional Lodge was held at Trenton on February 26, 1904, when Mr. Frank 0. Briggs and Mr. Hugh H. Hamill were entered, passed, and raised; the second Occasional Lodge was held at Princeton on March 4, 1904, when the three degrees were conferred on Mr. Moses Taylor Pyne, Although Brother Pyne was promptly accepted into the member­ ship of Princeton Lodge No. 38, by affiliation; in reaction to M. W. Brother Apgar's actions rather than in objection to either of the two brothers, none of the, then, five Trenton lodges would accept Brother Briggs or Brother Hamill into membership by affiliation. On May 12, 1905, Loyal Lodge No. 181, F.&A.M. of Trenton, was constituted, and Brothers Briggs and Hamill were immediately accepted into the mem­ bership of that lodge, by affiliation. Despite numerous references listed in the Proceedings since 1844, those three conferrals, and the one noted in 1895, are the only substantiated instances of Masons having been made "at sight" within the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. The matter of perpetual penal jurisdiction over a rejected petitioner was resolved in 1905 when Grand Lodge adopted a resolution that such jurisdiction must remain with the rejecting lodge. That resolution is still in force, although repeated challenges have been entered against it. Grand Lodge has, however, repeatedly affirmed that a rejecting lodge would continue to retain jurisdiction over a denied petitioner. The year 1907 saw continuing Grand Lodge attention addressed to matters of administratiuon and to the ritual work. The clerical staff of Grand Lodge was enlarged and a new membership register introduced. The Grand Master, M.W. Walter Chandler, issued an edict "that the use of loose-leaf binders for minute books of lodges in New Jersey is prohibited." The first Committee on Ritual, consisting of the Grand Instructor and six other members, was appointed. The date of the An­ nual Communication was again changed to be "the first Wednesday after the third Tuesday in April." A tribute was paid to the memory of Daniel Coxe, our First Provincial Grand Master, in the form of a tablet placed in his memory in the wall of St. Mary's Church in Burlington. The years 1909-1915 brought changes to New Jersey Freemasonry designed to ease the burden of lodge functions. St. Cecile Lodge of Newark was authorized to hold its communications during afternoon

30 hours, a majority of its members being musicians engaged in evening employment. A resolution was adopted stating that degrees in German­ speaking lodges should be conferred in the German tongue. Members of subordinate lodges were allowed to wear aprons of white linen rather than their own white leathern ones. In 1911, M.W. Allton Sherman, Grand Master, proposed that the Annual Communications of Grand Lodge be held in Atlantic City, or Asbury Park, or Wildwood, for the better accommodations these cities afforded. The proposal was defeated. The aprons for officers of subordinate lodges were specified to be of white lambskin with a blue border one inch wide and with blue-cord tassels. A proposed petition for membership and degrees was submitted for consideration but the motion was defeated because of its length and verbosity. The petition which is still in use today was subsequently presented and adopted. The statistics at the close of that period showed that there were twenty-one districts, one hundred and ninety-six lodges (with two lodges under dispensation), and forty thousand five hundred members. Five lodges were no longer in existence: No.'s 23, 62, 90, 122, and 133. A group of brethren collectively known as "The Masonic Historical Association" purchased the original Trenton Masonic Temple on Willow Street, to be presented to the Grand Lodge for use as a library and museum. The Temple was then moved to the State and City Park opposite the old Revolutionary Barracks and renovated. Formal presentation and accep­ tance of the Temple (the oldest Masonic Temple north of the Mason and Dixon line) took place at the Annual Communication of 1916. The Annual Communication in April 1917 was held in Crescent Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., when M.W. Brother Meakle, Grand Master, stated that he had been informed that use of the Masonic Hall would be unavailable to Grand Lodge after April 1, 1917. The officers of Cres­ cent Temple offered the use of their building for that and other annual communications without charge. The order was hailed and commended for its display of the true spirit of Freemasonry and brotherly love. Grand Lodge offices were subsequently moved to the Broad Street National Bank building, there to remain until 1925. Although the war in Europe was a matter of concern to the American people, it had little effect on the Craft throughout the country. The Grand Lodge of Germany severed fraternal relations with our Grand Lodge in April 1917, and, with the entry of the United States into World War I, the Grand Lodge of New Jersey reciprocated. A committee was appointed to draft a resolution to the Chief Executive certifying a pledge of continuing loyalty to our country. A new district was created in 1918, making a total of twenty-two. The Grand Master, M.W. William Thompson, informed Grand Lodge that some districts were overcrowded, causing undue burden on the deputies. He therefore recommended that the districts be re-organized and re-numbered, which action Grand Lodge authorized. Representa-

31 tives of the old Eleventh District, where use of the German language had been permitted, recommended that the English language be ruled the exclusive language in which to keep subordinate lodge records and perform ritual. War Department authorization enabling the Grand Lodge of New Jersey to station a representative at every military camp in New Jersey facilitated hospital visitation and relief. A representative of Grand Lodge was thereafter stationed at Camp Merritt (near Tenafly), and a dis­ pensation granted to Tenafly Lodge, U.D., so that it might confer degrees on servicemen stationed there. The lodge also served as a club room for the brethren. A similar circumstance applied at Camp Dix, where a room was obtained for use in the Post Office building of that camp. The Grand Orient of France also sought permission to confer the degrees of Masonry on New Jersey soldiers serving in that country, but M.W. Herbert Rorick, Grand Master of New Jersey, replied that he considered the plan impractical unless the petitioner was fluent in the French language­ otherwise the petitioner should wait until his return to this country. Further correspondence continued without any change in our position, and there the matter rested. At the end of World War I on November 11, 1918, 2,033 New Jersey Masons were in service, of whom but a few lost their lives. At the 1919 Annual Communication, M.W. William L. Daniels, Grand Master, recommended that Grand Lodge support the proposed construction of a National Memorial to Brother George Washington at Alexandria. He also recommended that our Grand Lodge become a member of the Masonic Service Committee, as it was then termed. Both recommendations were adopted. Schiller Lodge No. 66, a German speak­ ing lodge, was ordered to surrender its warrant because of its refusal to confer the three degrees in the English language as then required by Grand Lodge law. M.W. Austin McGregor, P.G.M., reported in detail on his official visit to the Peace Celebration of the Grand Lodge of England on June 23, 1919. The increasing interest in, and respect for, the Craft is seen in the growth following World War I. At the 1920 Annual Communication, M.W. Cooper H. Prickett, Grand Master, announced that our Grand Lodge showed a substantial gain in membership of 7,170 members added, making 62,500 members. He further reported having constituted six lodges and having granted dispensations for six more. M.W. Ernest A. Reed, Grand Master, convened an emergent com­ munication of Grand Lodge at Trenton on October 5, 1921 for the purpose of conducting a trial of Schiller Lodge No. 66 on charges of insubordination, and violations of both the provisions of its warrant, and the laws of the Grand Lodge. The charges were s:ustained by a vote of 476 for and 33 against, resulting in the annulment of the warrant of Schiller Lodge No. 66, the only instance of the arrest of a lodge warrant in this Grand Jurisdiction for reasons of discipline.

32 In 1923, M.W. Arthur Potterton, Grand Master, reported that he had constituted fourteen new lodges and had granted dispensations for two more. He recommended that the lodges be assessed one dollar for each member raised since January 1, 1923, and that those assessments be donated to the George Washington Memorial fund. The recommen­ dation was adopted. Upon the death of our Brother Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, August 23, 1923, the subordinate lodges were directed to drape their altars in mourning for the period of sixty days. M.W. Frank Sayrs, Grand Master reported, in 1924, that the memorable occasion of his year was the dedication and unveiling of the tablet honoring the memory of R.W. David Brearley, the first Grand Master of Masons of New Jersey. The tablet was emplaced in St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Trenton, on April 9, 1924 with appropriate ceremony. The office space occupied since 1917 in a bank building was out­ moded, and Grand Lodge required greater office space as a consequence of the post-war growth of the Craft. In 1925, M.W. Andrew Foulds, Grand Master, recommended that Grand Lodge enter into negotiations with the officers of the new Trenton Masonic Temple for suitable office space, which recommendation was adopted. R.W. William B. Mackey, Deputy Grand Master, was designated as our representative at the Bi-Centenary Celebration of the Grand Lodge of Ireland in 1926. His detailed report described the service of thanksgiving at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin and the banquet which followed. At the Annual Communication of 1927, M.W. William B. Mackey, Grand Master, appealed to the lodges for funds to assist the victims of the disastrous hurricane which ravaged Florida in 1926. The Grand Lodge of New Jersey and its lodges sent $10,215 to the Grand Lodge of Florida to aid in their care. In that year, the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, after eighteen years of non-recognition of this jurisdiction, voted to resume fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. The first R.W. Grand Historian of New Jersey, Brother David McGregor, was appointed to that office in 1928 by M.W. Howard Cruse, Grand Master. The lodges of this state were congratulated by the Grand Master for their contributions of approximately $30,000 to flood victims in Mississippi. The 1929 "Wall Street Crash", which ushered in the great De­ pression, foretold no immediate disadvantage on New Jersey Free­ masonry. The losses in membership and lodge properties were a later result then unforeseen. Two lodges were constituted and warrants issued for five more, total membership being in excess of ninety-six thousand. Fraternal relations were resumed with the Grand Lodge of Germany on the recommendation of M.W. William Vanderlipp, Grand Master. He also recommended that suitable tokens be awarded to those brethren who had rendered fifty years of service to the craft and in another

33 recommendation proposed that the jurisdiction be divided into twenty­ nine districts, and re-numbered. Both recommendations were adopted. In 1930 the districts were reorganized as previously adopted, and M.W. Brother Benjamin F. Havens, Grand Master thanked the district deputies for their assistance in resolving the difficulties and problems accompanying that effort. The matter of dual membership was con­ sidered but no immediate action was taken.

34 Chapter VIII

Depression And Resurgence (1931-1957)

The optimism that characterized the earlier years of growth of Free­ masonry in New Jersey came to an end with the onset of the economic depression of the nineteen thirties. The failure of banks and businesses, the decline in the economy, and consequent massive unemployment, affected all social activity, and Freemasonry was not excepted. The Craft felt the effects of the times, but neither pessimism nor despair is noted in the recorded activities of the Grand Lodge or its subordinate lodges. Lodges continued to organize and seek warrants and new temples were built. Throughout the nineteen thirties, four additional lodges were constituted and corner-stones were laid for the Scottish Rite Temples at Collingswood and at Newark, and for new Masonic Temples at Union, Mount Holly, Morristown, Ramsey, Closter, Phillipsburg, Secaucus and Atlantic Highlands. The Grand Lodge continued its charitable endeavors and increased its support of the Masonic Bureau to augment the reduced voluntary support to that agency by the subordinate lodges. The familiar blue book series, "Introduction to Freemasonry" by Carl H. Claudy was first presented to candidates in 1932 in place of Oliver Day Street's "Symbolism of the Three Degrees." In 1935 financial considerations and concerns occupied much of the agenda of Grand Lodge because of the strained circumstances of many of the subordinate lodges and their members. The Masonic Home per capita assessment was waived or reduced throughout the period. Authorization was granted to permit trestle-boards and notices to be mailed in unsealed envelopes and funerals notices to be sent by postal card. One hundred and forty-five lodges reduced initiation fees in an attempt to attract new members. The Grand Master congratulated the lodges for their tact and sympathetic handling of the matter of delin­ quent dues. During that five-year period, a net loss of 14,560 members occurred (an average of three percent per year), of which 6,423 died, reflecting an adjusted one point nine percent loss of members through demit and suspension. Economic pressures did not divert the attention of the Grand Lodge from Masonic matters, or from taking action to equitably and suitably adjust the rules and regulations to meet the needs of the times. Among the actions taken were rules concerning reinstatement of demitted brethren and brethren suspended for non-payment of dues, the require­ ment for lodges to submit copies of trestle-boards, notices, and printed matter to the Grand Lodge, and on the submission of certified copies of statements of annual audit. In 1935 a 'Secretary's Guide' was compiled and distributed by the Grand Secretary for the guidance and benefit of

35 secretaries of the lodges. The Grand Lodge observed the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of its founding at an Emergent Communication held in Trenton on Decem­ ber 19, 1936. The occasion was marked by the attendance of Masons of this jurisdiction, distinguished guests of sister jurisdictions, and by addresses by Masonic notables, appropriate entertainment, and a ban­ quet. The twenty-five year token was authorized in 1936, and in 1937 over 9,000 tokens were presented. The Grand Lodge undertook steps in 1937 to clarify necessary procedures which were causing confusion. It was agreed that in secret ballot the white ball would signify an affirmative vote on the question, and the black cube or ball a negative vote. Also, the petition for member­ ship by initiation was enlarged from two to four pages, to include the statement of the principles and purposes of the Craft, and to obviate any impression that Freemasonry was a mutual insurance society. "Gold Collar Nights" were introduced in 1938 by the Grand Lodge to provide for the conferral of the second and third sections of the Master Mason Degree by the officers of the Grand Lodge. This practice still continues and such occasions are enjoyed by candidates, participants, and observers alike. The 150th anniversary of the signing and ratification of the Constitution of the United States was observed with solemnity in the subordinate lodges. The world-wide turmoil of World War II and the cessation of normal Masonic activity on the European continent was recognized by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. The influx of European refugees brought many Masons to this country, many of whom fled without Masonic identification, papers, or clothing. Special care and attention were given to their plight to facilitate visitation and affiliation into New Jersey lodges. The entry of the United States into World War II in 1941 gave the Grand Lodge of New Jersey an opportunity to demonstrate its patriotism and its charitable interest and support for those called into service. As it had in 1917, the Craft opened Masonic Service Centers, purchased war bonds, and donated to the Red Cross. In 1942, the sum of $7,253.76 was contributed to the Masonic Welfare Account, and disbursed by the Welfare Center organized at the Masonic Temple in Trenton to serve military units based at Fort Dix. Members of the Craft served in both the Armed Forces and in Civil Defense organizations. 5,260 New Jersey Masons served in uniform, and 73 rendered the supreme sacrifice in defense of their country. For their own protection, Masons departing for overseas duty were advised to leave all Masonic identification at home. The restrictions imposed by a wartime economy curtailed many activities of the Craft. Gasoline rationing limited travel, visitations, District Schools of Instruction, and visits to the Masonic Home. Lodges experienced difficulties in securing and retaining officers. One special occasion attracted particular interest and participation-

36 The Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of Nova-Caesarea-Harmony Lodge No. 2, of Cincinnati, Ohio, observed in 1942. As that lodge had been originally chartered by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey as Nova -Caesarea Lodge No. 10 on September 8, 1791, a number of Grand Lodge Officers attended and were warmly received. Most Worshipful Harry S. Truman, Past Grand Master of Missouri, and a United States Senator, attended the annual communication in April1944, addressed the Grand Lodge, and participated in the installa­ tion of officers. Those officers would remain in office for two years until the Annual Communication of 1946 because of a government directive issued by the Office of Defense Transportation, restricting attendance at conventions to a maximum of fifty persons after February 1, 1945. The Annual Communication of 1945 was therefore limited in attend­ ance and few matters were considered. Reports were received but no action was taken. No controversial matters were considered, and the elected and appointed officers remained in their stations and places. The Grand Master directed that the altars of lodges be draped in mourning in observance of the death of Right Worshipful Brother Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States and a New York State Mason. The years of 1946 and 1947 are distinguished by the addressing of matters of necessity deferred during the war years, and in the resumption of peacetime activities. The Masonic Service Centers turned from the support of service men to the assistance of returning veterans. Numerous regulations and constitutional provisions were changed and interpreted. The Masonic Home and Charity Foundation and its needs were subjects of renewed attention and concern. A change in the location of the annual Grand Lodge communication from Trenton to Atlantic City occurred in 1948. Reasons supporting the change were based on the (then) reputation of Atlantic City at that time as a family resort that afforded the participating brethren the opportuni­ ty to bring their families and to share the activity. Atlantic City re­ mained the annual convention site until 1982. Discussions concerning the official apron for Grand Masters and Past Grand Masters commenced in 1952 and culminated in 1954 when it was determined that the apron for Most Worshipful brothers would henceforth be distinguished by a two-inch border of purple silk with a gold sunburst in the center. The apron would later be modified by the inclusion of a distinctive gold band. The decade of the nineteen fifties ushered in the migration from the cities to the suburbs and to the countryside. Increased time and traveling distance from homes to lodge halls had an adverse effect on some lodges. Infrequent attendance and an increasing lack of interest by many mem­ bers plagued some lodges as those members developed new interests and activities. Lodges were faced with a new challenge-the adverse effects upon lodges now appeared to be a result of population shifts and changes, and not of prolonged economic or war-related stress.

37 The closing years of that period showed that the Grand Lodge, subordinate lodges, and individual members were nonetheless active in promoting the causes of Freemasonry. Additional lodges were warranted, temples were rebuilt, and new temples constructed. Many charities throughout the state, nation, and the world were supported. The financial position of the Grand Lodge, and of many of its subordinate lodges, improved as a result of lessons learned during the depression. The control of the Grand Lodge over the activities of subordinate lodges gradually increased through changes in the rules and procedures and enactment of new regulations designed to strengthen the Craft as a whole. The conclusion of this era (1957) was marked by a total membership of 106,232 reported Masons distributed throughout two hundred and ninety one lodges. The Craft appeared to be fully recovered from the long period of decline and disturbance.

38 Chapter IX

The Present State Of Affairs (1958-1986)

The booming resurgence was to continue through the latter 1950's, with an all time high regular membership of 107,469 reported on January 1, 1959. The high water mark of lodges warranted was attained on April 23, 1964, with the warranting of Lodge No. 298. The membership decline commenced in the 1960's, gathered strength in the 1970's, and continued into the 1980's, with a present regular membership reported on January 1, 1986 of 59,017, a total decline of 45.1 %. Six lodges had been previously struck from the register from 1842 through 1920, but since 1965, eighty­ seven additional Lodges have surrendered their warrants through mergers and consolidations demonstrating a present total of two hundred and five lodges left on the register, for a total decline of 31%. The Sixtieth Anniversary of the dedication of the Masonic Home was celebrated on September 14, 1958, recognizing the establishment of that outstanding Masonic charity in 1898. The Daniel Coxe Dis­ tinguished Service Medal was authorized on April 23, 1959, and the presentation of the first medals were made that day to R.W. John Y. Bunn of New Jersey, and M.W. Conrad Hahn of Connecticut and of the Masonic Service Association of Washington, D.C. Formal recognition was extended to York Rite-Grand Royal Arch Chapter, Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters, Grand Commandery of Knights Templar, and to the Scottish Rite-Supreme Council 33° of the Ancient Ac­ cepted Scottish Rite; Grand Lodge thereby declaring those coordinate bodies to be "truly Masonic and worthy of recognition as such." The first seventy-five year membership tokens were authorized, and pre­ sented to qualified brother Master Masons on May 5, 1959. A one year waiting period restricting newly raised Master Masons from applying for, or accepting membership in, other Masonic bodies was imposed in 1960, repealed in 1961, and again rejected in 1962. The 175th Anniversary Celebration of the formation of the Grand Lodge was conducted in Trenton on December 16, 1961, with an esti­ mated attendance of 2,400 Masons. The play entitled, "A Thought Becomes A Reality," was presented to commemorate the events of De­ cember 1786 and January 1787 that culminated in the foundation of The Grand Lodge of New Jersey. The Masonic Bureau, organized in 1914 as a counseling agency to "help a brother help himself," (then maintaining six offices throughout the State) was disbanded as of June 30 1964 because of insufficient funding and the competition of private and gov­ ernment agencies duplicating those services. The matter of ritual ciphers or code books was considered in 1962 and continued through several years. Abandonment of the old system was opposed by traditionalists,

39 but the overwhelming desire of the voting members of the Grand Lodge prevailed, resulting in the copyright and distribution of the present ritual cipher in 1967. Thus ended 180 years of "mouth to ear" instruction in ~M~~~- • The long, continuing modern series of mergers and consolidations commenced in 1965 with the merger of Ampere Lodge No. 268 with Hope Lodge No. 124. The continuing mergers and consolidations is all the more difficult to acknowledge for it demonstrates a decreasing interest in the Craft on the part of some of its members, an increasing inability to secure officers and candidates, and a lack of commitment and participation. History repeated itself in 1966 when the Grand Lodge of Mississippi again severed relations with the Grand Lodge of New Jersey (the first being 1909 through 1927) for essentially the same reason-refusal by that Grand Jurisdiction to acknowledge the regularity of one duly constituted lodge of this Grand Jurisdiction, Alpha No. 116, F.&A.M. The Grand Lodge of New Jersey, however, did not sever relations with the Grand Lodge of Mississippi during that period. The matter was resolved in 1980 with a feeling of great happiness and relief on the part of members of both jurisdictions, when the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, again, officially recognized this Grand Jurisdiction. The merit and necessity of establishing a permanent Grand Lodge Office/Library/Lodge Meeting Room facility was addressed in 1969. It was pointed out that "an important role of the Grand Lodge is to convey to the Craft and to the general public the desired image of the fraternity ... to convey the image of progressiveness, prosperity and service." Negotiations between the Grand Lodge and the Masonic Home and Charity Foundation resulted in a most amicable arrangement that, on October 3, 1971, provided the Grand Lodge with its first, true home in 184 years. The 60 Year Wreath was authorized, and adopted April 30, 1970, providing a worthy and popular companion to the previously authorized 25-50-75 year tokens. The report of the Committee on Retirement Homes was presented April 30, 1970. It expressed favor for the establishment of a complex to be located in Lumberton, resulting in the present Acacia-Lumberton Manor, which is a senior citizens project sponsored by the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Jersey, with its mortgage guaranteed by the United States government. It provides comfortable, economical retirement hous­ ing for brother Masons and their spouses. Ribbon cutting and the first occupancy took place on November 15, 1972. Open Installations of Officers commenced on April 30, 1970, provid­ ing another means to enhance the public image of Freemasonry, and to demonstrate the fraternity's desire to be understood by the community at large. The Masonic Community Charity Fund was created in 1972 to "help constituent Lodges make contributions to over-riding and compelling

40 charitable demands arising in their own community or vicinage." the function and purpose are to disburse funds by, or on behalf of, the constituent lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction for charitable, benevolent, educational, scientific or literary purposes. The Fund has proven to be one of the most outstanding of the many charitable endeavors of the Grand Lodge, ranking with the Masonic Charity Foundation, which maintains the Masonic Home and also awards extensive yearly scholar­ ship grants to young persons without regard for race, creed, or religion. The Masonic Blood Bank was inaugurated on November 2, 1973 to support the need for blood by Masons and their families. This service is provided at no cost to Mason and non-Mason alike. It is recognized and respected nationwide and is acknowledged to be the largest, single contributor of blood in the State of New Jersey. The 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Masonic Home was celebrated in 1973 with appropriate ceremonies. The publication and distribution of a commemorative booklet provided a pictorial review of the home and its environs. The Grand Lodge observed the Bi-Centennial of the founding of the United States of America in 1976 with a continuing series of activities conducted at the local lodge level and in the community. A com­ memorative medal was issued. A regrettable episode in the history of the Grand Lodge commenced in 1976 with the indictment in civil court of a Past Grand Master on charges of converting funds belonging to the Grand Lodge to his own use. Following his conviction and appeal, which was adjudged in favor of the Grand Lodge, the matter was concluded with the expulsion of the Past Grand Master in 1983 on charges of un-Masonic conduct. The first of a continuing program of New Jersey Masonic Reunions in Florida, Arizona and California was inaugurated in 1979. The objec­ tive of the program is to provide the opportunity for New Jersey Masons, wives, and friends residing in out-of-state retirement to meet Masonicly with the Grand Master and other state Masonic leaders on an annual basis. A six-month waiting period restricting newly-raised Master Masons from applying for or accepting membership in other Masonic bodies was imposed in 1976, and continued in 1981. Commencing in 1983 and con­ tinuing through the years 1984, 1985, and 1986, each subsequent Grand Master has by edict suspended that portion of the Constitution and Laws concerning the waiting period. After thirty-four years of meeting annually at Atlantic City, the Grand Lodge commenced holding its Annual Communications at Wild­ wood on April28-29, 1982. The move was brought about by the increasing costs and deteriorating condition of facilities in Atlantic city and the apparent indifference of city management to seek out and support small scale conventions.

41 Recognition was formally extended in 1983 to The Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, The Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm (Grotto), The Tall Cedars of Lebanon, The Hi­ Twelve International, and The National League of Masonic Clubs; Grand Lodge thereby declaring those appendant bodies and organiza­ tions to be "truly Masonic and worthy of recognition as such." The change in appearance and attitude of the Craft during the period did not go unnoticed. As early as 1958, the Grand Lodge rec­ ognized the peculiar problems plaguing the city lodges. It noted the deterioration of the cities, and loss or lack of suitable meeting places, the scarcity of protected parking facilities, and the matter of personal safety. The lessening purpose of neighborhood or ethnic lodges was con­ sidered to be the result of the changing character of the urban popu­ lation. Notable was the removal of a significant portion of the popu­ lation, including the Masonic membership, from urban locations, and the increasing establishment of residences in surburban and rural com­ munities. These changes created problems which compromised the effec­ tive operation and the continuing existence of the urban or city lodge and prompted an increasing interest in the merger or consolidation of lodges. During and following World War IT, economic demands, two income families, and the increasing desire of all adults to attain social and economic success, not only fostered a new independence and a rejection of traditional roles, but brought about changes in traditional church and spiritual values as well. As the mores of the population changed, so did their individualism increase. Traditional roots were discarded as work obligations caused the population to become more mobile, and new roots were not established. Community-centered activities with their tra­ ditional orientations were discarded in favor of more visible, less de­ manding, socially attractive interests. Today, we are still faced with the continuing problems of declining membership and loss of lodges. We once thought that the young man who resided in a suburban or rural community would continue to com­ mute to work in an urban environment. We have since learned that business and industry have also followed the exodus of the work force, and now shopping centers, office parks, or industrial parks dot the rural landscape. The transformation of the suburb or rural community from a collection of residential communities into the present day work place must be recognized for its social and economic impact on us all. It has changed our very way of life, and our inter-relationship with other per­ sons. Yet, the phenomenon is little understood. The working environ­ ment has changed. An increasing portion of the work force is now en­ gaged in service and support industry rather than in heavy industry. The transition from a centralized business and social orientation to a di­ versified work/life style provides fewer occasions for young men to de­ velop long term business and social relationships that might foster an

42 awareness of, and a respect for, the social interests of a mature friend or associate. There is no question that today the young adult is the type of person most attractive to us, and worthy of potential membership. He is self­ reliant and expresses great concern about his life and his surroundings. He expresses great love of humanity and mankind. He faces the future with confidence and courage. We must find the means to communicate to him the importance and value and significance of membership in the Craft as a means of self expression. Recovery is dependent upon, our ability to convey those im­ pressions, a clarification of our aims, an improvement of our leadership, a renewal of our purpose, a commitment to preserve that which is good and which we hold in trust for those yet to follow in our path. Commencing the third century, we look back over two hundred years to our unusual commencement occasioned by the singular "association" of our founding brother Masons. We look back to a growth period as strong and as exciting as the corresponding growth of the new country that it paralleled. We look back to the devastating "anti-Masonic" period when, except for "a faithful few," the Grand Lodge might have expired. We look back to a re-birth, and faith demonstrated and re­ warded by the burgeoning new growth in size and strength. We look back to an all time high of 107,469 members and two hundred and ninety eight lodges. We look back on the present long decline, recognizing that periods of growth and subsidence are not new to Masonry, and that they will recur from time to time. We look forward to the next upturn in our growth. We look forward with confidence to a future that, we hope, will demonstrate a continuing need for the teachings and moral lessons of Our Society and for The Grand Lodge of New Jersey.

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.xasa~ MaN NI aa.tNvaavM sanao'I XIGNaddV APPENDIX

LODGES WARRANTED IN NEW JERSEY

Lodges Warranted In New Jersey Prior To The Formation Of The Grand Lodge In 1786-1787

Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(a) St. John's (at Newark) No. 1 Newark, Essex May 13, 1761 (New York) Warranted No. 2 in 1787

Temple No. 1 Elizabethtown, Essex June 24, 1762 (Mass) Extinct after 1767

St. John's (at Princeton) No. 1 Princeton, Somerset October 25, 1765 (Mass) Extinct after 1765

(b) Baskin Ridge No. 10 Baskinridge, Somerset - -, 1767 (Penna) Warranted No. 1 in 1787 0)*"' Middletown No. 23 Middletown, Monmouth December 20, 1779 (Penna) Extinct after 1779 Burlington No. 32 Burlington, Burlington March 26, 1781 (Penna) Extinct after 1783

Military No. 36 New Jersey Brigade September 2, 1782 (Penna) Extinct after 1784

By December 18, 1786, only one lodge, Baskin Ridge No. 10, was considered to be working. St. John's No. 1, at Newark, and Burlington No. 32, provided formal lodge representation considered necessary to form the new Grand Lodge of New Jersey.

Lodges Warranted By The Grand Lodge Of New Jersey, July 3, 1787 To November 8, 1842

(b) Solomon's (Somerset) No. 1 Bedminister, Somerset July 3, 1787 Struck November 8, 1842

(a) St. John's (Newark) No. 2 Newark, Essex July 3, 1787 Renumbered No. 1 in 1842

Trinity (Monmouth) No. 3 Freehold, Monmouth July 3, 1787 Surrendered 1793

Hiram (Morristown) No. 4 Morristown, Morris July 3, 1787 Struck 1796 (Elizabethtown No. 5) Elizabethtown, Essex - Never Warranted Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(c) Trenton No. 5 Trenton, Hunterdon December 20, 1787 Retained No. 5 in 1842

Union (Hackensack) No. 6 Hackensack, Bergen December 20, 1787 Struck 1794

Unity (Kingwood) No. 7 Kingwood, Hunterdon June 23, 1788 Struck 1804

(d) Harmony No. 8 Newton, Sussex June 23, 1788 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 23 in 1853 Renumbered No. 8 in 1905 (e) Brearley No. 9 Bridgeton, Cumberland January 11, 1791 Renumbered No. 2 in 1842

Nova Caesarea No. 10 Cincinnati, Northwest Territory September 8, 1791 Surrendered 1806 Joined G.L. of Ohio in 1809

Woodbury No. 11 Woodbury, Gloucester July 3, 1792 Struck November 8, 1842

(g)(f) Washington (Union) No. 12 New Brunswick, Middlesex January 6, 1794 Merged with No. 27 in 1822 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 19 in 1850 ~ -.:) (h) Paterson Orange (Passaic) No. 13 Paterson/Orange, Essex January 12, 1796 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 43 in 1856

Farmers No. 14 Wantage, Sussex July 5, 1796 Struck November 8, 1842

Federal No. 15 Amwell/Hopewell, Hunterdon January 10, 1798 Surrendered 1818 Olive Branch No. 16 Greenwich, Sussex January 9, 1799 Struck November 8, 1842

(i) Cincinnati No. 17 Montville/Whippany, Morris November 9, 1803 Renumbered No. 3 in 1842

(j) Mount Holly No. 18 Mount Holly, Burlington November 9, 1803 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 14 in 1850

Salem No. 19 Salem, Salem November 11, 1806 Struck November 8, 1842

Trinity No. 20 Middletown Point, Monmouth November 10, 1807 Struck 1815

(k) Union No. 21 Orange/ Bloomfield, Essex November 14, 1809 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 11 in 1846

Friendship No. 22 Port Elizabeth, Cumberland November 13, 1810 Struck November 18, 1842 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action Augusta No. 23 Frankford, Sussex November 13, 1810 Surrendered 1824

United No. 24 Sandyston, Sussex November 13, 1810 Struck 1821

Hiram No. 25 Flemington, Hunterdon August 21, 1811 Struck 1826

Hope No. 26 Hope, Sussex November 12, 1811 Struck November 8, 1842

(0 Mount Moriah No. 27 New Brunswick, Middlesex November 12, 1811 Merged into No. 12 in 1822

Saint Tammany No. 28 Morristown, Morris November 10, 1812 Surrendered 1821

Independence No. 29 Hackettstown, Sussex November 9, 1813 Surrendered 1817 Restored 1822 Struck November 8, 1842

Princeton No. 30 Princeton, Somerset November 9, 1813 Struck 1821

(I) Mansfield No. 31 Mansfield, Sussex November 10, 1814 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 36 in 1856 ry::, Sharptown No. 32 Sharptown, Salem November 10, 1814 Struck November 8, 1842 """ Chatham No. 33 Bottleville, Chatham, Morris November 10, 1814 Surrendered 1824

(m) Shrewsbury/Washington No. 34 Eatontown, Monmouth November 14, 1815 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 9 in 1843

Cedarville No. 35 Cedarville, Cumberland November 14, 1815 Struck November 8, 1842 Dennis Creek No. 36 Dennis Creek, Cape May November 14, 1815 Surrendered 1818

Franklin No. 37 Millville, Cumberland November 14, 1815 Dissolved 1820 Surrendered 1827

Pittstown No. 38 Pittstown, Salem November 12, 1816 Struck November 8, 1842

Allowaystown No. 39 Allowaystown, Salem November 11, 1817 Struck November 8, 1842 (n) Jerusalem No. 40 Westfield, Essex November 11, 1817 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 26 in 1854

(o) Washington No. 41 Elizabeth, Essex November 10, 1818 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 33 in 1855

Deerfield No. 42 Deerfield, Cumberland November 9, 1819 Struck November 8, 1842 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(p) Tuckerton No. 43 Tuckerton, Burlington November 14, 1820 Renumbered No. 4 in 1842

Essex No. 44 Caldwell, Essex November 14, 1820 Struck November 8, 1842

(q) Camden No. 45 Camden, Gloucester November 13, 1821 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 15 in 1850

Euclid No. 46 Berkshire Valley, Morris November 11, 1823 Struck November 8, 1842

Cranbury No. 47 Cranbury, Middlesex November 9, 1824 Struck November 8, 1842

(r) Bloomfield No. 48 Bloomfield, Essex November 9, 1824 Surrendered 1830 Resuscitated No. 40 in 1856

(s) Lafayette No. 49 Rahway, Essex November 9, 1824 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 27 in 1854

Dove No. 50 Walpack, Sussex November 8, 1825 Struck November 8, 1842

.... Corinthian No. 51 Johnsonburg, Warren November 8, 1825 Struck November 8, 1842 <:.o (t) Warren No. 52 Belvidere, Warren November 14, 1826 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No. 13 in 1849

(u) Franklin No. 53 Camptown, Irvington, Essex November 14, 1826 Struck November 8, 1842 Resuscitated No: 10 in 1843

(v) Lebanon No. 54 New Hampton, Hunterdon November 14, 1826 Renumbered No. 6 in 1842 (w) Newark No. 55 Newark, Essex November 13, 1827 Renumbered No. 7 in 1842 (x) Baskin Ridge (Clinton) No. 56 Baskinridge, Somerset November 13, 1827 Name changed in 1831 Renumbered No. 8. in 1842 Mount Vernon No. 57 Vernon, Sussex November 11, 1828 Struck November 8, 1842 Hiram No. 58 Chews Landing, Gloucester November 13, 1832 Struck November 8, 1842 By 1842, a total of 58 lodges had been warranted by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. 8 lodges were considered to be working, 1 had merged, 9 had surrendered their warrants, 7 had been struck for cause, 33 were considered to have ceased labor and were accordingly struck from the roster. The 8 known, working lodges were then re-numbered. By 1856, 14 of the struck or surrendered lodges had been restored or resuscitated. (Note: Alphabetical characters preceding the previous and following Lodges refer to interaction between the early Lodges and the present Lodges. Numerical characters preceding the following Lodges refer to interaction between the Lodges contained within the present system. The numbers correspond to the interacting Lodge, with the earliest activity closest to the name.) Lodges Warranted By The Grand Lodge Of New Jersey, November 8, 1842 To The Present

Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(60)(258)(206)(a) St. John's No. 1 Newark, Essex (now Mountain Lakes, - Re-numbered November 8, 1842 Morris)

(e) Brearley No. 2 Bridgeton, Cumberland - Re-numbered November 8, 1842 (188)(i) Cincinnati No. 3 Whippany (now Morristown), Morris - Re-numbered November 8, 1842

(p) Tuckerton No. 4 Tuckerton, Burlington (now Ocean) - Re-numbered November 8, 1842 (202){c) Trent9n No. 5 Trenton, (now Hamilton Square), - .Re-numbered November 8, 1842 Mercer

(Srndrd)(v) Lebanon No. 6 Clinton, (now Glen Gardner), Hunterdon - Re-numbered November 8, 1842 Surrendered in 1859 Re-Warranted in 1871

(68)(w) 'Newark No. 7 Newark, (now Nutley), Essex - Re-numbered November 8, 1842 01 0 (Srndrd)(x) Clinton No.8 Baskinridge, Somerset - Re-numbered November 8, 1842 Surrendered 1892

(23)(d) Harmony No. 8 Newton (now Andover), Sussex - Re-numbered from No. 23 in 1905

(m) Shrewsbury/Washington No. 9 Eastontown, Monmouth November 14, 1843 Resuscitated from No. 34

(278)(100)(u) Franklin (now Franklin-Century) Camptown/Irvington (now November 14, 1843 Resuscitated from No. 53 No. 10 South Orange), Essex Narne changed in 1972

(57)(k) Union (now Corinthian-Union) No. 11 Orange, (now Irvington), Essex November 10, 1846 Resuscitated from No. 21 Name changed in 1973 Amwell No. 12 Lambertville, Hunterdon January 12, 1848

(t) Warren No. 13 Belvidere, Warren January 10, 1849 Resuscitated from No. 52

(j) Mount Holly No. 14 Mount Holly, Burlington January 9, 1850 Resuscitated from No. 18

(q) Camden No. 15 Camden, (now Cherry Hill), January 9, 1850 Resuscitated from No. 45 Camden

Olive Branch No. 16 Freehold, Monmouth January 9, 1850 Not a continuation of the 1799 Olive Branch No. 16 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(103)(74) Hiram No. 17 Jersey City (now Bayonne), Hudson January 9, 1850

Harmony No. 18 Toms River, Ocean January 9, 1850 (g) Union No. 19 New Brunswick, Middlesex January 9, 1850 Resuscitated from No. 12 Rockaway (now Acacia) No. 20 Dover, Morris January 8, 1851 Name changed in 1857

Navesink (now Mystic Brotherhood) Red Bank, Monmouth January 14, 1852 Name changed in 1855 No. 21

(223) Diogenes No. 22 Newark, Essex Janury 14, 1852 Merged 1973 with No. 223

(8)(d) Harmony No. 23 Newton, Sussex January 12, 1853 Resuscitated from No. 8 Renumbered No. 8 in 1905

Prospect No. 24 Mendham (now Chester), Morris January 12, 1853 (256)(167)(143) Northern (now Nutley) No. 25 Newark (now Nutley), Essex January 12, 1853 Name changed in 1967 Name changed in 1978 Ol ...... (283)(n) Jerusalem No. 26 Plainfield, Essex (now Union) January 11, 1854 Resuscitated from No. 40 (s) Lafayette No. 27 Rahway, Middlesex (now Union) January 11, 1854 Resuscitated from No. 49

Mount Moriah No. 28 Bordentown, Burlington January 11, 1854 (124) Joppa No. 29 Paterson, Passaic January 11, 1854 Merged 1983 with No. 124 Cape Island No. 30 Cape May, Cape May January 1, 1854

(48) Varick (now Enterprise) No. 31 Jersey City, Hudson January 10, 1855 Name changed in 1966

Burlington No. 32 Burlington, Burlington January 10, 1855 Not a continuation of the 1781 Burlington No. 32

(o) Washington No. 33 Elizabeth, Essex (now Union) January 10, 1855 Resuscitated from No. 41

Stewart No. .34 Whitehouse (now High Bridge), January 10, 1855 Hunterdon

Hoboken No. 35 Hoboken, Hudson (now East January 10, 1855 Rutherford, Bergen) Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(127)(1) Mansfield No. 36 Washington, Warren January 9, 1856 Resuscitated from No. 31 Darcy No. 37 Flemington, Hunterdon January 9, 1856 Princeton No. 38 Princeton, Mercer (now January 9, 1856 Not a continuation of the Montgomery, Somerset) 1813 Princeton No. 30 (196)(231) Eureka (now Wilkins-Eureka) No. 39 Newark (now Maplewood), Essex January 9, 1856 Name changed in 1976

(260)(r) Bloomfield No. 40 Bloomfield, Essex January 17, 1856 Resuscitated from No. 48 (156) Hightstown No. 41 Hightstown, Mercer January 9, 1856 Independence No. 42 Hackettstown, Warren January 10, 1856 Not a continuation of the 1813 Independence No. 29

(45)(h) Paterson-Orange No. 43 Paterson, Passaic January 9, 1856 Resuscitated from No. 13 Consolidated 1982 with No. 45 Central No. 44 Mount Holly (now Vincentown), January 14, 1857 01 Burlington ~ (43) Benevolent (now Benevolent- Paterson (now Passaic), Passaic January 14, 1857 Name changed in 1982 Orange) No. 45

Solomons No. 46 Somerville, Somerset January 14, 1857 Not a continuation of the 1787 Solomons No. 1 (99)(110) Bergen (later Bergen-Temple) Bergen (later Jersey City), Hudson January 14, 1857 Name changed in 1968 No. 47 Merged 1973 with No. 99

(31) Enterprise No. 48 Jersey City, Hudson January 14, 1857 Consolidated with No. 31

(129) Essex No. 49 Elizabethport, Union January 14, 1857 Merged 1986 with No. 129 (181) Mercer No. 50 Trenton, Mercer January 13, 1858

(279) Oriental (now Weequahic- Newark, Essex (now Union City, January 12, 1859 Name changed in 1977 Oriental) No. 51 Hudson)

Delaware No. 52 Phillipsburg, Warren January 12, 1859

(71)(228) Eagle No. 53 Jersey City, Hudson January 18, 1860 Merged 1978 with No. 71 Excelsior No. 54 Salem, Salem January 18, 1860 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(106) Kane No. 55 Newark, Essex (now East Hanover, January 16, 1861 Morris)

Orion No. 56 Frenchtown, Hunterdon January 16, 1861

(11) Corinthian No. 57 Orange, Essex January 16, 1861 Consolidated 1973 with No. 11 Shekinah No. 58 Millville, Cumberland January 22, 1862

(275)(198) Caldwell (now West Essex) No. 59 Caldwell, Essex January 22, 1862 Name changed in 1974

(1) Arcana No. 60 Boonton, Morris January 22, 1862 Merged 1979 with No. 1

Raritan No. 61 Perth Amboy, Middlesex January 21, 1863

(Surndrd) La Fraternite Francaise No. 62 Newark, Essex January 21, 1863 Surrendered 1881

St. Ste]}hen's No. 63 South Amboy, Middlesex January 22, 1863 Caesarea (now Alpha- Keyport, Monmouth January 18, 1865 Narne Changed in 1865 01 Caesarea) No. 64 C<:> Star No. 65 Tuckahoe, Cape May January 21, 1864

(Arrested) Schiller No. 66 Newark, Essex January 18, 1865 Arrested January 22, 1920

Passaic No. 67 Passaic, Passaic January 18, 1865 (7) St. Albans No. 68 Newark, Essex January 18, 1865 Merged 1972 with No. 7 Vineland No. 69 Vineland, Cumberland January 18, 1865

Pioneer No. 70 Hackensack, Bergen January 18, 1865

(72){53)(282) Hudson No. 71 Hoboken, Hudson January 18, 1866 Consolidated 1978 with No. 72

(71)(131)(132) Teutonia (now Secaucus- Jersey City (now Secaucus), January 18, 1866 Name changed in 1978 Hudson) No. 72 Hudson

(239) Wall·(now Wall-Spring Lake) No. 73 Squan Village (Manasquan) January 18, 1866 Name changed in 1979 (now Spring Lake), Monmouth

(17) Jersey City No. 74 Jersey City, Hudson January 18, 1866 Consolidated 1967 with No. 17 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action Neptune No. 75 Mauricetown, Cumberland January 18, 1866

Ashlar No. 76 Trenton, Mercer January 18, 1866

(183) Alpine (now Alpine-Tilden) No. 77 Closter, Bergen January 17, 1667 Name changed in 1980

(277)(182) Long Branch (now Moxley- Long Branch (now Fair Haven), January 17, 1867 Name changed in 1980 Abacus) No. 78 Monmouth Name changed in 1981 Trinity No. 79 Absecon (now Mays Landing), January 17, 1867 Atlantic

5](211)(236) Highland (now Adoniram-Highland- Jersey City, Hudson January 17, 1867 Name changed in 1970 Wakefield-Rising Star) No. 80 (now Lyndhurst, Bergen) Name changed in 1986

(129) Hermann No. 81 Elizabeth (later Westfield), Union January 23, 1868 Merged 1986 with No. 129

(277) Falls City No. 82 Paterson, Passaic January 23, 1868 Merged 1973 with No. 227 (204) Americus No. 83 Woodbridge, Middlesex January 23, 1868 01 ..... (136) Palisade No. 84 Union, Hudson January 23, 1868 Merged 1973 with No. 136 (91) Glassboro No. 85 Glassboro, Gloucester January 23, 1868

(224) Doric (now Malta-Doric) No. 86 West Hoboken, Hudson (now January 23, 1868 Name changed in 1982 Rutherford, Bergen)

Florence No. 87 Woodbury, Gloucester January 23, 1868

(169) Ivanhoe (now Ivanhoe- Paterson (now Ridgewood), January 23, 1968 Name changed in 1982 Haledon) No. 68 Bergen

Ocean No. 89 Bricksburg (now Wall), Monmouth January 23, 1968

(Sumdrd) Aberdeen No. 90 Matawan, Monmouth January 23, 1968 Surrendered 1879

(85) Forest Grove No. 91 Forest Grove (later Clayton), January 23, 1968 Merged 1975 with No. 85 Gloucester

Pyramid No. 92 New Egypt, Ocean January 21, 1869

Madison No. 93 Madison, Morris January 21, 1869

Ionic No. 94 Camden (now Cherry Hill), Camden January 21, 1869 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

Mantua No. 95 Mantua, Gloucester January 21, 1869 Unity No. 96 Mays Landing, Atlantic January 21, 1869 (145) Evening Star No. 97 Bridgeport (now Cedarville), CumberlandJanuary 21, 1869

Samaritan No. 98 Deckertown (now Franklin), Sussex January 21, 1869 (146)(47) Bayonne (now Bayonne-Bergen- Bergen Point (now Bayonne), Hudson January 20, 1870 Name changed in 1973 Temple) No. 99

(10) Century No. 100 South Orange, Essex January 20, 1870 Merged 1972 with No. 10

Cloud No. 101 Gloucester City, Camden January 20, 1870 (195) Friendship (now Fulton-Friendship) Pascack (now Park Ridge), Bergen January 20, 1870 Name changed in 1975 No. 102

(17) Amity No. 103 Lafayette (later Jersey City), Hudson January 20, 1870 Consolidated 1974 with No. 17 Cannon No. 104 January 20, 1870 Ol South Seaville, Cape May Ol Eastern Star No. 105 Bound Brook, Somerset January 20, 1870

(55) Cosmos No. 106 Newark, Essex January 20, 1870 Merged 1975 with No. 55

Beverly No. 107 Beverly, Burlington January 20, 1870 Bellville No. 108 Belleville, Essex January 20, 1870

(211) Rising Star No. 109 Jersey City, Hudson January 20, 1870 Consolidated 1975 with No. 211 (47) The Lodge of the Temple No. 110 Jersey City, Hudson January 19, 1871 Consolidated 1968 with No. 47

Palestine No. 111 New Brunswick, Middlesex January 19, 1871 (now Montgomery, Somerset) (251) Triluminar No. 112 Newark, Essex January 19, 1871 Consolidated 1981 with No. 251

Fidelity No. 113 Ridgewood, Bergen January 19, 1871 (257)(215) Humboldt (now Humboldt-Ezra) Paterson, Passaic, (now Fairlawn, January 19, 1871 Name changed in 1979 No. 114 Bergen) Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(230) Tuscan No. 115 Englewood, Bergen January 19, 1871 Merged 1972 with No. 230

Alpha No. 116 Newark (now East Orange), Essex January 19, 1871

Trimble No. 117 Camden (now Cherry Hill), Camden January 19, 1871

(241)(284)(125) Pythagoras (now Atlas-Pythagoras) Newark, Essex (now Westfield, January 19, 1871 Name changed in 1982 No. 118 Union)

Merchantville No. 119 Merchantville (now Pennsauken), January 18, 1872 Camden

Column No. 120 Trenton, Mercer January 18, 1872

Mozart No. 121 Camden (now Pennsauken), Camden January 18, 1872

(Surndrd) Silentia No. 122 Boonton, Morris January 18, 1872 Surrendered 1891

Mystic Tie No. 123 Union (now West New York), Hudson January 18, 1872

Ol (29)(208)(268) Hope No. 124 East Orange, Essex (now Lincoln January 18, 1872 O'l Park, Morris)

(118) Atlas No. 125 Westfield, Union January 18, 1872 Consolidated 1982 with No. 118

Orient No. 126 Elizabeth, Union January 18, 1872

(36) Oxford No. 127 Oxford, Warren January 18, 1872 Merged 1981 with No. 36 (232) Germania No. 128 Newark (now Irvington), Essex January 18, 1872

(81)( 49) Azure No. 129 Roselle (now Cranford), Union January 18, 1872

Haddonfield No. 130 Haddonfield, Camden January 18, 1872

(72) Zeredatha No. 131 Jersey City, Hudson January 18, 1872 Merged 1969 with No. 72

(72) Allemania No. 132 Jersey City, Hudson January 23, 1873 Merged 1966 with No. 72

(Surndrd) Mosaic No. 133 Newark, Essex January 23, 1873 Surrendered 1876 Tyrian No. 134 Elizabeth (now Linden), Union January 23, 1873

Mount Zion No. 135 Metuchen, Middlesex January 22, 1874 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(185)(84)(250) Euclid No. 136 Hoboken, Hudson (now Hasbrouck January 22, 1874 Heights, Bergen) Orpheus No. 137 Stockton, Hunterdon January 22, 1874 Woodstown No. 138 Woodstown, Salem January 22, 1874 Fraternal No. 139 Trenton, Mercer January 21, 1875 H. R. Kennedy (now Bethlehem) Bloomsbury, Hunterdon (now January 21, 1875 Name changed in 1887 No. 140 Phillipsburg, Warren)

M. B. Taylor No. 141 Hammonton, Atlantic January 21, 1875 Asbury No. 142 Asbury Park (now Neptune), January 21, 1875 Monmouth (25) Roseville No. 143 Newark, Essex January 21, 1875 Consolidated 1967 with No. 25 (214) Montclair No. 144 Montclair, Essex January 20, 1876 Ol -.J (97) Salome No. 145 Cedarville, Cumberland January 20, 1876 Merged 1986 with No. 97

(99) Bay View No. 146 Jersey City (later Bayonne). January,18, 1877 Merged 1984 with No. 99 Hudson (186) Copestone (now Copestone- Harrison (now Kearny), Hudson January 18, 1877 Name changed in 1978 Ophir) No. 147 Cyrus No. 148 Pennington, Mercer January 17, 1878 Anchor No. 149 Plainfield, Union January 22, 1879 Mariners No. 150 Barnegat, Ocean January 20, 1881

Musconetcong No. 151 Stanhope, Sussex (now Budd January 19, 1882 Lake Morris) Boiling Spring No. 152 Rutherford, Bergen January 19, 1882 Keystone No. 153 Linwood, Atlantic January 25, 1883

(252) Beethoven (now Mountain Paterson (now Wayne), Passaic January 25, 1883 Name changed in 1982 View) No. 154 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

Hopewell No. 155 Hopewell, Mercer January 29, 1885

(41) Apollo No. 156 Cranbury, Middlesex January 28, 1886 Merged 1978 with No. 41

Swedesboro No. 157 Swedesboro, Gloucester January 28, 1886

Moorestown No. 158 Moorestown, Burlington January 27, 1887

(234) Triuhe No. 159 Arlington (now Kearny), Hudson January 27, 1887

Elmer No. 160 Elmer, Salem January 27, 1887

Covenant No. 161 Palmyra, Burlington January 26, 1888

Penns Grove No. 162 Penns Grove, Salem January 24, 1889

(201) Overlook No. 163 Summit (later New Providence), January 24, 1889 Consolidated 1986 with No. 201 Union

Kittatinny No. 164 Branchville (now Frankford), January 30, 1890 Sussex C}l 00 Blairstown No. 165 Blairstown, Warren January 25, 1893

Williamstown No. 166 Williamstown, Gloucester January 24, 1894

(25) Nutley No. 167 Franklin (now Nutley), Essex January 24, 1894 Consolidated 1978 with No. 25 Silentia No. 168 Butler, Morris January 24, 1895 No connection with No. 122

(88) Haledon No. 169 Haledon (later Paterson), Passaic January 24, 1895 Consolidated 1982 with No. 88

Arbutus No. 170 Cape May C.H., Cape May January 30, 1896

Ocean City No. 171 Ocean City, Cape May January 28, 1897

Monmouth No. 172 Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth January 28, 1897

Temple No. 173 Westwood, Bergen January 26, 1899

(290) Lakewood No. 174 Lakewood, Ocean January 24, 1900 Hobart No. 175 High Bridge, Hunterdon January 24, 1901 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(267) Columbia No. 176 Newark, Essex January 30, 1902 Consolidated 1980 with No. 267

Hereford No. 177 Wildwood, Cape May January 30, 1902

Medford No. 178 Medford, Burlington March 11, 1903

Durand No. 179 Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean March 10, 1904

Belcher No. 180 Atlantic City (now Linwood), March 10, 1904 Atlantic

(50) Loyal No. 181 Trenton, Mercer March 23, 1905 Merged 1981 with No. 50

(78) Abacus No. 182 Long Branch, Monmouth March 22, 1906 Consolidated 1980 with No. 78

(77) Tilden No. 183 Dumont, Bergen March 22, 1906 Consolidated 1980 with No. 77

Whitehead No. 184 Grantwood (now Cliffside Park), March 22, 1906 Bergen (136) Cl1 Puritan No. 185 Hoboken, Hudson March 22, 1906 Merged 1973 with No. 136 <:0 (147) Ophir No. 186 East Orange, Essex March 21, 1907 Consolidated 1978 with No. 147 Riverside No. 187 Riverside, Burlington April 23, 1908 (3) Morristown No. 188 Morristown, Morris April 23, 1908 Merged 1977 with No. 3

Lessing No. 189 Passaic, Passaic April 23, 1908

Continental No. 190 Millburn, Essex April 22, 1909

Haddon Heights No. 191 Haddon Heights, Camden April 22, 1909

Matawan No. 192 Matawan, Monmouth April 21, 1910

(225) St. Cecile No. 193 Newark, Essex April 21, 1910 Merged 1967 with No. 225

Mosaic No. 194 Ridgefield Park, Bergen April 21, 1910

(102) Fulton No. 195 Westwood, Bergen April 21, 1910 Consolidated 1975 with No. 102

(39)(265) Maple No. 196 Maplewood, Essex April 20, 1911 Merged 1986 with No. 39

Pitman No. 197 Pitman, Gloucester April 18, 1912 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(59) Verona No. 198 Verona, Essex April 16, 1913 Consolidated 1974 .with No. 59 Pemberton No. 199 Pemberton, Burlington April 16, 1913

Fortitude No. 200 Ramsey, Bergen April 22, 1915

(163) Congdon (now Congdon Bernardsville, Somerset April 22, 1915 Overlook) No. 201

(5) True Craftsman No. 202 Trenton, Mercer April 20, 1916 Merged 1980 with No. 5 Clifton No. 203 Clifton, Passaic April 20, 1916

(83) Prudence No. 204 Perth Amboy, Middlesex April 20, 1916 Merged 1971 with No. 83 West Orange No. 205 West Orange, Essex April 19, 1917

(1) Forest Hill No. 206 Newark, Essex April 19, 1917 Consolidated 1967 with No. 1

(249) Bethel No. 207 Jersey City, Hudson April 19, 1917 Merged 1973 with No. 249 0) 0 (124) East Orange No. 208 East Orange, Essex April 19, 1917 Merged 1970 with No. 124 (225) Clinton Hill No. 209 Newark, Essex April 19, 1917 Merged 1969 with No. 225 Collingswood No. 210 Collingswood, Camden April 19, 1917

(80)(109) Wakefield (now Wakefield- Fort Lee (later Bogota), Bergen April 18, 1918 Name changed in 1975 Rising Star) No. 211 Consolidated 1986 with No. 80 Hawthorne No. 212 Hawthorne, Passaic April 18, 1918

Blue Stone No. 213 West New York, Hudson April 17, 1919

(144) Mountain No. 214 Upper Montclair, Essex April 22, 1920 Merged 1970 with No. 144

(114) Ezra No. 215 Union City, Hudson April 22, 1920 Consolidated 1979 with No. 114 Universal No. 216 Camden (now Cherry Hill), Camden April 22, 1920

Parkside No. 217 Camden (now Collingswood), Camden April 22, 1920

Audubon No. 218 Audubon, Camden April 22, 1920

Theodore Roosevelt No. 219 Carteret, Middlesex April 22, 1920 I Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(230) Townley No. 220 Palisades Park, Bergen April 21, 1921 Merged 1984 with No. 230

Atlantic No. 221 Atlantic City (now Absecon), April 21, 1921 Atlantic

(246) Alexander Hamilton No. 222 Paterson, Passaic, April 21, 1921 Consolidated 1981 with No. 246

(291)(22) Composite No. 223 Newark (now South Orange), Essex April 21, 1921

(86) Malta No. 224 Union City, Hudson April 21, 1921 Consolidated 1982 with No. 86

(209)(193) Vehslage No. 225 Irvington, Essex April 21, 1921

Hiram T. Dewey No. 226 Egg Harbor City, Atlantic April 21, 1921

(287)(82) Hamilton Wallis No. 227 Paterson, Passaic April 21, 1921 Merged 1977 with No. 287

(53) Veritas No. 228 Jersey City, Hudson April 21, 1921 Merged 1968 with No. 53 Corner Stone No. 229 Linden, Union April 20, 1922

0':> ...... (220)(115) William F. Burk No. 230 Bogota, Bergen April 20, 1922 (39) Wilkins No. 231 Newark (later Irvington), Essex April 29, 1922 Consolidated 1976 with No. 39

(128) Delta No. 232 Newark, Essex April 20, 1922 Merged 1976 with No. 128

Jepthah No. 233 Rockaway, Morris April 20, 1922

(159) Damascus No. 234 Newark, Essex April 20, 1922 Merged 1970 with No. 159

(249) Golden Rule No. 235 Hoboken, Hudson April 20, 1922 Merged 1981 with No. 249

(80) Adoniram No. 236 Lyndhurst, Bergen April 20, 1922 Consolidated 1970 with No. 80

Laurel No. 237 Laura! Springs, Camden April 20, 1922

Ocean Grove No. 238 Ocean Grove (now Spring Lake), April 20, 1922 Monmouth

(73) Spring Lake, No. 239 Spring Lake, Monmouth April 20, 1922 Consolidated 1979 with No. 73

(264) Highland Park No. 240 Highland Park, Middlesex April 20, 1922

(118) Hillside No. 241 Hillside, Union April 20, 1922 Merged 1985 with No. 118 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(287) Fidelis No. 242 Paterson, Passaic April 20, 1922 Merged 1971 with No. 287

Philo No. 243 South River, Middlesex April 18, 1923

Charles H. Mann No. 244 Pleasantville (now Egg Harbor City), April 18, 1923 Atlantic

Mizpah No. 245 Camden, Camden (now Maple Shade, April 18, 1923 Burlington)

(222) Pompton (now Pompton- Pompton Lakes, Passaic April 18, 1923 Name changed in 1981 Hamilton) No. 246

Jordan No. 247 Asbury Park (now Neptune), April 16, 1924 Monmouth Mount Nebo No. 248 Elizabeth (now Westfield), Union April 16, 1924

(235)(207) Menora No. 249 Bayonne, Hudson April 16, 1924 0) t-:) (136) Warren G. Harding No. 250 Woodcliffe (later North Bergen), April 16, 1924 Merged 1971 with No. 136 Hudson

(112) Irvington (now Irvington- Irvington (now South Orange), April 23, 1925 Name changed in 1981 Triluminar) No. 251 Essex

(154) Mountain View No. 252 Mountain View, Passaic April 23, 1925 Consolidated 1982 with No. 154

Henry S. Haines No. 253 Camden (now Audubon), Camden April 23, 1925

Colonial No. 254 Morristown, Morris April 23, 1925

North Star No. 255 Wharton, Morris April 23, 1925

(25) America No. 256 Newark, Essex April 23, 1925 Merged 1981 with No. 25

(114) Equity No. 257 Passaic, Passaic April 23, 1925 Merged 1981 with No. 114

(1) Mountain Lakes No. 258 Mountain Lakes, Morris April 23, 1925 Consolidated 1978 with No. 1 Eclipse No. 259 East Rutherford, Bergen April 22, 1926 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(40) Walter Chandler No. 260 Bloomfield, Essex April 22, 1926 Merged 1975 with No. 40

Corona No. 261 Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen April 22, 1926

Paulsboro No. 262 Paulsboro, Gloucester April 22, 1926

Little Falls No. 263 Little Falls, Passaic April 22, 1926

(240) Emanuel No. 264 Plainfield, Union April 22, 1926 Merged 1978 with No. 240

(196) Pomegranate No. 265 Newark, Essex April 21, 1927 Merged 1970 with No. 196

Tenakill No. 266 Tenafly, Bergen April 21, 1927 (176) Edgemont (now Edgemont- Montclair, Essex April 21, 1927 Name changed in 1980 Columbia) No. 267

(124) Ampere No. 268 East Orange, Essex April 21, 1927 Merged 1965 with No. 124 (the first, modern merger)

0':> (274) William L. Daniels No. 269 Bergenfield, Bergen April 21, 1927 v:> Gothic No. 270 Hamilton Square, Mercer April 18, 1928

North Arlington No. 271 North Arlington, Bergen April 18, 1928

Wheatsheaf No. 272 Roselle, Union April 18, 1928

Gavel No. 273 Union, Union April 18, 1928

(269) Teaneck No. 274 Teaneck, Bergen April 18, 1929 Merged 1984 with No. 269 (59) Cedar No. 275 Cedar Grove, Essex April 18, 1929 Consolidated 1974 with No. 59

Garfield No. 276 Garfield, Bergen April 16, 1930 (78) Red Bank (later George B. Red Bank, Monmouth April 16, 1930 Name changed in 1970 Moxley) No. 277 Consolidated 1981 with No. 78

(10) Vailsburgh No. 278 Newark, Essex April 16, 1930 Merged 1976 with No. 10

(51) Weequahic No. 279 Newark, Essex April 16, 1930 Consolidated 1977 with No. 51

Sea Isle City No. 280 Sea Isle City, Cape May April 16, 1930

Maple Shade No. 281 Maple Shade, Burlington April 23, 1931 Name Location Warranted Subsequent Action

(71) Secaucus No. 282 Secaucus, Hudson April 23, 1931 Consolidated 1977 with No. 71 (26) Equality No. 283 Plainfield, Union April 21, 1932 Merged 1972 with No. 26

(118) Mayflower No. 284 Elizabeth (now Roselle), Union April 21, 1932 Merged 1984 with No. 118

Justice No. 285 Atlantic City (now Linwood), April 18, 1946 Atlantic Sextant No. 286 Beach Haven, Ocean April 20, 1949

(227)(242) Wyckoff No. 287 Wyckoff, Bergen April 20, 1949 Sunrise No. 288 Seaside Heights, Ocean April 20, 1949 Livingston No. 289 Livingston, Essex April 19, 1950

(174) Shalom No. 290 Toms River, Ocean April 20, 1955 Merged 1975 with No. 174

(223) Suburban No. 291 West Orange, Essex April 17, 1957 Merged 1973 with No. 223

Brotherhood No. 292 Vineland, Cumberland April 16, 1958 ~ (296) Paramus (now Oradell- Paramus (now Westwood), Bergen April 16, 1958 Paramus) No. 293 Milltown No. 294 Milltown, Middlesex April 16, 1958

Scotchwood No. 295 Scotch Plains, Union April 16, 1958

(293) Oradell No. 296 Oradell, Bergen April 21, 1960 Consolidated 1986 with No. 293 Delaware Township (now Merchantville (now Cherry Hill), April 19, 1961 Narne changed in 1962 Cherry Hill) No. 297 Camden Rancocas Valley (now Willingboro (now Beverly), Burlington April 23, 1964 Name changed in 1969 Willingboro), No. 298

By 1986, a total of 298 lodges had been warranted by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. 6 lodges had surrendered their warrants (1 re-warranted), 1 warrant had been arrested, 52 lodges had merged into other lodges, 35 lodges had consolidated with other lodges, demonstrating a modem loss of 93 lodges, or 31% of the present number of lodges warranted since the re-numbering of lodges in 1842.

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APPENDIX FAMOUS NEW JERSEY FREEMASONS The following New Jersey brothers, selected for their excellence in some chosen field of endeavor, not necessarily Masonic, contributed to the betterment of the Craft, of the State, and of the Nation. The reader will gain an appreciation of the impact Freemasonry has made on the quality of life in New Jersey and in the World, through the interesting and significant service of these brothers. Their outstanding significance honors the State, and the Craft, of New Jersey. This list is dedicated to all other worthy and exceptional, but un­ reported, brothers whose outstanding service is lost in the mists of time. LEON ABBETT (1836-1894). New Jersey Assemblyman 1865-70, Speaker 1869-70. New Jersey Senator 1875-77, President 1877. Gov­ ernor of the State of New Jersey 1884-87 and 1890-93. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1893-94. Lodge: Varick 31, later The House of the Temple 110 (now Bayonne-Bergen-Tem­ ple 99). Residence: Jersey City. ROBERT AITKEN (1905-1964). Olympian, Captain of the United States Soccer Team, VIII Olympic Games, 1928, Amsterdam, Holland. Lodge: Clifton 203. Residence: Paterson. EDWIN EUGENE (BUZZ) ALDRIN, JR. (1930- ). Astronaut and Explorer, walked on the moon July 20, 1969. Daniel Coxe Medalist March 17, 1970. Lodge: Montclair 144. Residence: California. ROBERT ANDERSON (1805-1871). Major, in command of the harbor defenses at Charleston, S.C., who surrendered the Union forces at Fort Sumter, 14 April1861, at the commencement of the Civil War. The command was permitted to leave with their weapons and their flag. Brigadier General 1861. On 14 April 1865, Brevet Major Gen­ eral Anderson raised the same, tattered flag over the ruins of Fort Sumter, symbolically concluding the Civil War. Lodge: Mercer 50. Residence: Trenton, later Nice, France. THOMAS ANDERSON (SR.) (1742/44-1807). Revolutionary Patriot. Clerk of the Sussex County Committee of Safety 1776. Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-General, Continental Army, Revolutionary War. Father of Thomas Oakley Anderson. (q.v. Thomas Armstrong.) Lodge: (old) Harmony 8, Newton, Warrant Master 1789 through 1805. Residence: Newton. THOMAS OAKLEY ANDERSON (1793-1844). U.S. Naval Ensign who participated in destroying the ship Philadelphia at Tripoli harbor in 1804 under the command of Commodore Stephen Decatur. Son of Thomas Anderson. Lodge: (old) Harmony 8, Newton. Residence: Newton.

67 T. FRANK APPLEBY (1864-1924). United States Congressman 1921-23. Lodge: Asbury 142. Residence: Asbury Park. ARTHUR EDGAR ARMITAGE, SR. (1891-1981). Educator. Founder of The South Jersey Law School, 1926, later The College of South Jersey of Rutgers University, Camden. Republican Mayor of Col­ lingswood from 1936 to 1969, longest continuous term of office of any American Mayor. Lodge: Parkside 217. Residence: Col­ lingswood. THOMAS ARMSTRONG (SR.) (1750-1833). Revolutionary Patriot. Major of Militia. Quartermaster General with the rank of Major, Continental Army, Revolutionary War. New Jersey Assemblyman 1796-97. (q.v. Thomas Anderson, Sr.) Lodge: (old) Harmony 8, New­ ton, later (old) Farmers' 14, Wantage, Warrant Master in 1796. Residence: Papakating. JACOB ARNOLD (1749-1827). Revolutionary Patriot. Colonel of "Arnold's Light Horse" Cavalry Troop, Washington's bodyguard while in New Jersey 1777-79. Owner of "Arnold's Tavern", Mor­ ristown, where the famous meeting of American-Union Lodge, The Festival of the Feast of St. John, was held December 27, 1779. New Jersey Assemblyman 1784-85 and 1789-90. Lodge: Cincinnati 17 (now 3). Residence: Morristown. HARRY BACHARACH (1873-1947). Philanthropist. A Founder of The Betty Bacharach Rehabilitation Hospital, Longport, later Pomona. Lodge: Belcher 180. Residence: Atlantic City. ISAAC BACHARACH (1870-1956). Philathropist. A Founder the The Betty Bacharach Rehabilitation Hospital, Longport, later Pomona. New Jersey Assemblyman 1911. United States Congressman 1915-37. Lodge: Belcher 180. Residence: Atlantic City. LEIGH STANLEY BACHE (1870-1916). Inventor of the "oil-less bear­ ing" for railroad journal boxes. Lodge: Eastern Star 105. Residence: Bound Brook. DAVID BAIRD, SR. (1839-1927). Lumber Merchant with large timber holdings in Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and the Southwest. United States Senator 1918-19. Lodge: Ionic 94. Residence: Camden. JOSIAH L. BALDWIN (1810-1886). New Jersey Assemblyman 1867-68. Lodge: Franklin 10 (now Franklin-Century 10). Residence: Irv­ ington. NATHAN BARNERT (1838-1927). Philanthropist. Founder of The Barnert Memorial Hospital, Paterson. Benefactor of The Barnert Memorial Temple Synagogue, Paterson. Lodge: Paterson-Orange 43 (now Benevolent-Orange 45). Residence: Paterson.

68 EDWARD MORGAN BARRADALE (1885-1964). New Jersey As­ semblyman 1914-16. Lodge: Century 100 (now Franklin-Century 10). Residence: South Orange. ALLEN LEE BASSETT (1827-1892). Business Executive. A founder, and first President of The Prudential Insurance Company of Ameri­ ca 1875-79. Superintendent of The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 1879-92. Lodge: Franklin 10 (now Franklin-Century 10). Residence: Irvington, later Newark. CHARLES BEARDSLEE, SR. (1742?-1803). New Jersey Assemblyman 1784-89. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1791-99. (q.v. Charles Beardslee, Jr. 1761?-1818). Lodge: (old) Harmony 8, Newton. Resi­ dence: Newton. JOHN BEATTY (1749-1826). Revolutionary Patriot. Colonel, Com­ missioner General of Prisoners, Revolutionary War, 1779-80. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1781-82 and 1786. Delegate to the Continental Congress 1783-85. New Jersey Assemblyman 1786-89, Speaker 1789. R.W. Grand Master 1791-93 and 1801-04, the only person to serve a second term of office following succession by another. United States Congressman 1793-95. Secretary of State for New Jersey 1795-1804. President of The Trenton-Delaware Bridge Company, and President of The Trenton Banking Company 1815-20. Father of John Beatty, Jr. Lodge: Trenton 5, later Solomon's 1. Residence: Trenton. JOHN BEATTY, JR. (17??-1858). New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1810-13. Son of John Beatty. Lodge: (old) Trenton 5, later (old) Mount Holly 18 (now 14). Residence: Mount Holly. JOHN ALBERT (BECKY) BECKMAN (1895-1968). Professional basketball player 1910-37. Captain and Forward, New York Original Celtics 1920-30. Outstanding box office attraction of the 1920's-1930's. Inducted, Basketball Hall of Fame 1973. Lodge: Pio­ neer 70. Residence: Bogota, later Miami, Fla. JOSEPH DORSETT BEDLE (1831-1894). Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1865-75. Governor of New Jersey 1875-78. Lodge: Olive Branch 16. Residence: Matawan, later Jersey City. JONATHAN BELCHER (1682-1757). "The First Native Born American To Be Made A Mason" in London, England, 1704. Governor of the Colony of New Jersey 1747-57. Founder of The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) 1748. Author of the First Thanksgiving Proclamation, issued while serving as Governor of New Jersey, Octo­ ber 14, 1749. Lodge: St. John's at Boston (Mass.) Residence: Bur­ lington and Elizabeth( town).

69 MAJA LEON BERRY (1877-1961). Vice Chancellor in the Court of Chancery of New Jersey 1925-48. Lodge: Tuckerton 4. Residence: Toms River. RUSSELL AUBREY (LENA) BLACKBURNE (1886-1968). Major League Baseball Player, American League, 1910-1929, playing with the Chicago White Sox, with a lifetime batting average of .214. Originator in 1938 of Blackburne's "Delaware River Baseball Mud", still used to prepare balls for play in both American and the Na­ tional Leagues. Lodge: not known, but he participated in an "all Masonic baseball game" sponsored by Trenton Forest No.5, T.C.L., October 12, 1935. Residence: Palmyra. JAMES EDWARD BLACKMORE (1860-1941). Inventor of the first moving picture machine camera in 1892, and other photographic appliances. Honorary Member of The Academy of Arts, Sciences and Inventions, Paris, France 1890, and of The Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brussels, Belgium 1893. Decorated by the King of Belgium in recognition of the invention of photographic motion pictures 1903. Lodge: Newark 7. Residence Newark, later Winter Haven, Florida. WILLIAM HARTWELL BLACKWELL (1882-1963). New Jersey As­ semblyman 1919-21. New Jersey Senator 1923-25. Lodge: Cyrus 148. Residence: Titusville. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD (1753-1823). Revolutionary Patriot. Major, 3rd New Jersey Regiment, Continental Line, Revolutionary War, 1778. Attorney General of New Jersey 1783-92. A founder of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey 1786. Brigadier General of Militia 1792. Gov­ ernor of the State of New Jersey 1801-12. Brigadier General, United States Army, March 27, 1812. United States Congressman 1817-21. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Burlington. BALLINGTON BOOTH (1859-1940). Humanitarian. Founder of The Volunteers of America in 1896. Son of General William Booth, foun­ der of The Salvation Army. He directed the Salvation Army in Austrialia from 1885-87, and the Salvation Army in the United States from 1887-96. Father of Charles B. Booth. Lodge: Montclair 144, later Charter Oak 249 (N.Y.). Residence: Blue Point, N.Y. CHARLES B. BOOTH (1887-196?). Humanitarian. General Secretary of the Volunteer Prison League 1906-15. National Field Secretary of the Big Brother and Big Sister Federation 1925-29. The Volun­ teers of America from 1930, serving as General Commander-in-Chief 1949-early 1960's. Son of Ballington Booth. Lodge: Montclair 144, later Morton 63 (N.Y.) Residence: Hempstead, N.Y.

70 BERNARD (BENNY) BORGMANN, SR. (1899-1978). Professional basketball player 1918-1942. Forward, Kingston Colonels, the win­ ners of the First World Championship. Forward, New York Original Celtics. Baseball player, manager, coach, scout, St. Louis Baseball Club, 1934-66. Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame 1961. Lodge: Hawthorne 212. Residence: Hawthorne, later Wayne. CHARLES SHIMER BOYER (1869-1936). Philanthropist. Benefactor of The Camden County Historical Society, President 1921-36. Writer and collector of early Americana. Lodge: Trimble 117. Residence: Camden, later Moorestown. DAVID BREARLEY, JR. (1745-1790). Revolutionary Patriot. Lt. Col. 'Heard's Brigade" 1776, later of the First Bn., New Jersey Continen­ tal Line. Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1779-1789. The first R.W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey 1786-1790. The first person selected to be a delegate to the First Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia, July, 1787. A signer of the Constitution of the United States, September 17, 1787. The first Federal Judge of the U.S. District Court 1789-90. Member of the Convention that set forth and ratified the Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. on October 16, 1789. Lodge: not known but presumed to be Military 19 (Penna.) Residence: Allentown, N.J. FRANK 0. BRIGGS (1851-1913). Treasurer of the State of New Jersey 1902-06. United States Senator 1907-13. Made a Mason at Sight 1904. Lodge: Loyal 181. Residence: Trenton. EDWIN FRANKLIN BRITTEN, JR. (1885-1966). Business Executive and Inventor holding patents on calculating and office machinery. President, Monroe Calculating Machine Company 1937-66. Lodge: Bergen 47, later Maple 196. Residence: Short Hills. STANLEY SEYMOUR BROTMAN (1924- ). Federal Judge, U.S. District Court 1975- . Lodge: Mizpah 245, later Brotherhood 292. Residence: Vineland. CHARLES DE WITT BROWER (1868-1945). Explorer, author, fur trader. Opened and operated the first Whaling and Trading Post at Point Barrow, Alaska 1889. Host to many internationally known explorers. Author of the book "Fifty Years Below Zero." Known as "The King of the Arctic." Lodge: Century 100 (now Franklin-Cen­ tury 10). Residence: Point Barrow, Alaska. RUSSELL COOPER BROWN (1908- ). New Jersey Assemblyman 1947-50. Lodge: Universal216. Residence: Collingswood, later Ocean City.

71 ALBERT EDWARD BURLING (1891-1960). New Jersey Senator 1936-38. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1948-60. Lodge: Merchantville 119. Residence: Pennsauken. WILLIAM BURNET, JR. (1754-1799). Revolutionary Patriot. Surgeon, General Hospital, Continental Army, Revolutionary War, 1777-81. Warrant Master of Nova Caesarea Lodge No. 10 (N.J.) at Cincin­ nati, Northwest Territory, 1791. Ohio Pioneer. Son of William Burnet, Sr. Lodge: St. John's 2 (now 1). Residence: Newark. WILLIAM BURNET, SR. (1730-1791). Revolutionary Patriot. An or­ ganizer of The Medical Society of New Jersey 1766. Surgeon Gen­ eral, Continental Army, Revolutionary War, 1777-81. Delegate to the Continental Congress 1780-81. Father of William Burnet, Jr. Lodge: (old) Temple 1 (Mass). Residence: Newark. ROBERT MITCHELL (HI-BROWN) BURNS (1895-1975). Entertainer, Musician, Comedian, Singer, and Dancer. Technical advisor for ice shows and stage productions. Advance man for the Ringling Brothers Circus. Lodge: Enterprise 48 (now 31), later St. John's 37, Fla. Residence: Deland, Florida. CALEB CAMP (1732-1817). Revolutionary Patriot. Chairman of the Essex County Committee of Observation and Safety 1775. Member of the New Jersey Provincial Congress 1775-76. New Jersey As­ semblyman 1776-82 & 1793, Speaker 1778-79. Developer of Camptown, now Irvington. Lodge: St. John's 2 (now 1). Residence: Irvington. LUTHER A. CAMPBELL (1872-1947). Chancellor of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1922-25. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Su­ preme Court 1924-38. Lodge: Pioneer 70. Residence: Hackensack. JAMES GORDON CANFIELD (1898-1972). United States Con­ gressman 1940-61. Lodge: Equality 940 (N.Y.). Residence: Paterson. FRANK MAXFIELD CARRINGTON (1901-1975). Theatrical Producer associated with The Theatre Guild and The Shubert Theatre chain. Co-Founder of The Paper Mill Playhouse 1934. Lodge: Hope 124. Residence: Maplewood. CLARENCE EDWARD CASE (1877-1961). New Jersey Senator 1918-29, President 1920. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1929-45. Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1945-48. Senior Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1948-52. Lodge: Solomons 46. Residence: Somerville. PETER A. CAVICCHIA (1879-1967). Grand Venerable of The Order of the Sons of Italy of New Jersey 1915-17. United States Congressman 1931-37. Lodge: Triluminar 112 (now Irvington-Triluminar 251). Residence: Newark.

72 WILLIAM CARMAN CHASEY, SR. (1913- ). Grand Master of the International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay 1980-81. Lodge: Fraternal 139. Residence: Trenton, later Allentown, Pa. FREDERIC RUNYON COLlE (1895-1974). Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1941-48. Lodge: Hope 124. Residence: Mill­ burn. LEO CLUESMANN (1881-1966). Musician, Orchestra Leader, Com­ poser. International Secretary, American Federation of Musicians 1942-59. Editor and Publisher of International Musician Magazine 1942-59. Lodge: Pythagoras 118, later St. Cecile 193 (now Vehslage 225). Residence: East Orange. JOSEPH WILLIAM CONGDON (1844-1914). Business Executive. President of The Silk Association of America 1903-06. Decorated by the Emperor of Japan with the "Most Distinguished Order of the Sacred Treasurer of Japan" in recognition of his contribution toward the development of the silk industry in America, 1903. Lodge: Ivanhoe 88 (now Ivanhoe-Haledon 88). Residence: Paterson. JOSHUA CORSHON (17??-1798). Revolutionary Patriot. Captain, 3rd Regt., New Jersey Continental Line. The first R.W. Grand Treasurer 1786-90. New Jersey Assemblyman 1786-89. Lodge: Trenton 5. Resi­ dence: Amwell, now Hopewell. THOMAS JOHNSON CORSON (1828-1879). New Jersey Assemblyman 1867-68. Lodge: Amwell 12, later Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. DANIEL COXE (1673-1739). "The First Provincial Grand Master in America" for the Provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Penn­ sylvania June 5, 1730. Colonel of Militia in the Province of West Jersey. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1706-12 & 1734-39. Lodge: No.8 London (England). Residence: Burlington and Trenton. ROGER MAXWELL (DOC) CRAMER (1905- ). Major League Baseball Player, American League, 1929-48, playing with The Phila­ delphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers with a lifetime batting average of .296. Played in five all-star games and starred in the 1945 World Series. Lodge: Mariners 150. Residence: Tuckerton. ROBERT CLARK CRANE (1920-1962). Communications Executive. Editor and Publisher of the Elizabeth Daily Journal Newspaper 1948-62. Director, President and Treasurer of radio station WPOE. Lodge: Washington 33. Residence: Elizabeth. PETER WILLIAMSON CROZER (1831-18??). New Jersey As­ semblyman 1862-63. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton.

73 JOHN NOBLE CUMMING (1752-1821). Revolutionary Patriot. Lt. Colonel, 3rd New Jersey Regt., Continental Line, Revolutionary War, 1781. Commandant 1783. General of Militia. The first R. W. Grand Secretary 1786-88. A founder of The Newark Banking and Insurance Company, President 1815-20. Owner and Operator of a stage coach line transporting passengers and mail between Newark and Philadelphia. Lodge: St. John's 2 (now 1). Residence: Newark. STANLEY FRANKLIN DANCER (1927- ). Nationally known horse trainer and racer of standard bred horses. Lodge: Pyramid 92. Resi­ dence: New Egypt. JOHN S. DARCY (1788-1863). Captain, 2nd Regt., New Jersey Militia, War of 1812. Brigadier General of Militia. New Jersey Assemblyman 1817-18. President of the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company 1833-63, which was later to become The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Lodge: Cincinnati 17 (now 3), later St. John's 1. Residence: Newark. FRANKLIN DAVENPORT (1755-1832). Revolutionary Patriot, Brigade Major of Militia 1776. Fought at the Battles of Trenton and Prince­ ton. Colonel of Militia 1779. Major General of Militia. New Jersey Assemblyman 1786-89. United States Senator 1798-99. United States Congressman 1799-1801. Lodge: (old) Woodbury 11, Warrant Master in 1792. Residence: Woodbury. CHARLES KRUM DAVIS (1889-1968). Business Executive. President of the Remington Arms Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. 1933-54, Chair­ man of the Board 1954-68. A Founder and Trustee of The American Wildlife Foundation. Lodge: Mountain 214 (now Montclair 144). Residence: Connecticut. ELIAS DAYTON (1737-1807). Revolutionary Patriot. Colonel, 3rd Bn., New Jersey Continental Line, Revolutionary War, appointed Jan. 18, 1776. Delegate to the Continental Congress 1778-79. Com­ mander, New Jersey Continental Line 1780. Brigadier General, Con­ tinental Army, Jan. 7, 1783. First President of The Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey, June 11, 1783 to death. New Jersey As­ semblyman 1791-92 & 1794-96. Major General of Militia June 5, 1793. Father of Jonathan Dayton. Lodge: Military 19 (Pa.) and (old) Temple 1 (Mass.) Residence: Elizabeth(town). JONATHAN DAYTON (1760-1824). A signer of The Constitution of the United States, Sept. 17, 1787. Delegate to the Continental Congress 1787-89. New Jersey Assemblyman 1786-87 & 1814-15, Speaker 1790. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1785-89. United States Con­ gressman 1791-99, Speaker 1795-99. United States Senator 1799-1805. Son of Elias Dayton. Lodge: (old) Temple 1 (Mass.). Residence: Elizabeth( town).

74 THOMAS SCOTT (DOC) DEDRICK (1867-1928). Polar Explorer and Medical Doctor who accompanied Admiral Peary on the 1908 ex­ pedition to the North Pole. Lodge: Mansfield 36. Residence: Wash­ ington. HIRAM TODD DEWEY (1816-1901). Business Executive. Inventor of improvements in the operating mechanism of clocks. Wine Merchant and Vintner with holdings in Egg Harbor, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio. Hiram T. Dewey Lodge No. 226, F.&A.M. of Egg Harbor City, N.J., named in his honor in 1921. Lodge: Science 50 (Ohio). Residence: Brooklyn, New York. MAHLON DICKERSON (1770-1853). New Jersey Assemblyman 1811-13. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1813-15. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1815-17. United States Senator 1817-29 & 1829-33. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1831-33, Vice President 1833. Secretary of the United States Navy 1834-38. Federal Judge, U.S. District Court 1840-41. Brother of Philemon Dickerson. Lodge: Cincinnati 17 (now 3), later (old) St. Tammany 28. Residence: Succasunna. PHILEMON DICKERSON (1788-1862). New Jersey Assemblyman 1821-22. Deputy Grand Secretary 1830-32. United States Con­ gressman 1833-37 & 1839-41. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1836-37. Federal Judge, U. S. District Court 1841-62. Brother of Mahlon Dickerson. Lodge: (old) St. Tammany 28, later Trenton 5. Residence: Paterson. CLARENCE DOUGLAS DILLON (1909- ). Undersecretary of State (Eisenhower Administration). Secretary of the United States Treasury 1961-65 (Kennedy Administration). United States Am­ bassador to France 1953-57. Lodge: Solomon's 46. Residence: Far Hills. AMZI DODD (the elder) (1793-1838). New Jersey Assemblyman 1824 & 1826-27. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1829. Uncle of Amzi Dodd (the younger). Lodge: (old) Bloomfield 48 (now 40), later (old) St. John's 2 (now 1). Residence: Newark. AMZI S. DODD (the younger) (1823-1890). New Jersey Assemblyman 1863. Vice Chancellor in the Court of Chancery of New Jersey 1871-75 & 1881-82. Nephew of Amzi Dodd (the elder). Lodge: St. John's 1. Residence: Newark. RALPH WALDO EMERSON DONGES (1875-1974). Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1930-48. Lodge: Trimble 117. Residence: West Collingswood. HENRY C. DOOLING (1887-1972). Brigadier General, U. S. Army Medical Corps. Chief Health Officer of the Panama Canal Zone prior to World War I, and in France during World War I. Lodge:

75 Forest Grove 91 (now Glassboro 85). Residence: South Mountain, Pa. THOMAS RANDALL DOUGHERTY (1923- ). National known lec- turer. Director of the Hospital Visitation Program, Masonic Service Association, U.S.A. 1980- . Lodge: Mount Moriah 28. Residence: Trenton. JAMES MADISON DRAKE (1837-1913). Newspaper Publisher, of the Elizabeth Daily Monitor 1868-81, the Elizabeth Sunday and Daily Leader 1882-1900, the Mercer Standard, Trenton. Sergeant 1861, Captain 1865, 9th New Jersey Infantry Regt., Civil War. Unfurled the first Union flag on Virginia soil on May 24, 1861. Congressional Medal of Honor awarded March 3, 1873 for "gallantry and bravery commanding the skirmish line and holding position" at Burmuda Hundred, Virginia, May 6, 1864. Appointed Brevet Brigadier Gen­ eral by special act of the New Jersey Legislature. Lodge: Orient 126. Residence: Elizabeth. HENRY A. DRIES (1903- ). Humanitarian. Brigadier, The Salva- tion Army. Lodge: Raritan 61. Residence: Perth Amboy, later Asbury Park. WAYNE DUMONT, JR. (1914- ). New Jersey Senator 1952-66 & 1968- , President 1956. Lodge: Delaware 52. Residence: Phil­ lipsburg. JOHN WARD DUSMORE (1856-1945). An artist who specialized in paintings and historical scenes of the American Revolution, includ­ I I ing "The Petition" painting of the Masonic gathering at Mor­ I ristown, N.J., December 27, 1779, on permanent exhibition at the Historical Museum, Morristown. Director of The Detroit Museum of Art 1888-90, and The Detroit School of Arts 1890-94. His paintings hang on exhibition in The New York Historic Society and The Cincinnati Museum of Art. Lodge: Puritan 185 (now Euclid 186). Residence: Hoboken. ELIAS WADE DURAND (1824-1908). Inventor, Artist, Wood Engraver, Horticultural Expert who specialized in the development of hybrid strawberries. Winner of the gold medal for horticulture in 1876 and in 1885. Lodge: Franklin 10 (now Franklin-Century 10). Residence: Camptown, now Irvington. ANDREW DUTCHER (18??-188?/9?). New Jersey Assemblyman 1856-57, Speaker 1857. Publisher of Dutcher's Law Reports 1855-62. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton, later Elizabeth. WALTER EVANS EDGE (1873-1956). Diplomat. New Jersey As­ semblyman 1908-10. New Jersey Senator 1911-16, President 1915. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1917-19 & 1944-47. United States Senator 1919-29. United States Ambassador to France

76 1929-33. He promoted the City of Atlantic City into prominence as a vacation resort in the early part of the 20th Century. Lodge: Trinity 79, later Belcher 180. Residence: Atlantic City. EDWARD IRVING EDWARDS (1863-1931). New Jersey Senator 1919. Governor of the State of New Jersey. 1920-23. United States Senator 1923-29. Lodge: Bergen 47 (now Bayonne-Bergen-Temple 99). Resi­ dence: Jersey City. EDWARD SYLVESTER ELLIS (1840-1916). Author of The History of Our Country (1896), The Standard History of the United States (1898), Juvenile Stories, and Masonic Stories including "Low Twelve" and "High Twelve". Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Upper Montclair. JOHATHAN ELMER (1745-1817). Delegate to the Continental Con­ gress 1776-78, 1781-84, 1787-88. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1780-84. The first United States Senator appointed from New Jersey 1789-91. Lodge: (old) Brearley 9 (now 2). Residence: Bridgeton. ROBERT ERSKINE (1735-1780). Revolutionary Patriot. Captain, New Jersey Continental Line, Revolutionary War. Geographer and Surveyor General, Continental Army, who prepared some 130 mili­ tary maps now preserved in The New York Historical Society collec­ tion. Lodge: not known, but presumed to be at London, England. He attended the celebrated Festival of the Feast of St. John at Morristown, 1779. Residence: Ringwood. MASKELL EWING, JR. (1758-1825). Revolutionary Patriot. The first Deputy Grand Secretary 1786-88, The second Grand Secretary 1789-95, Grand Treasurer 1798-1804. Pennsylvania State Senator 1814-20. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton, later Chester, Dela­ ware County, Pa. ANTHONY FIALA (1869-1950). Explorer, war correspondent, photog­ rapher. Accompanied Theodore Roosevelt on expeditions. Lodge: Kane 454 (N.Y.). Residence: Jersey City Heights. JONATHAN SACKETT FISH (1815-1872). New Jersey Assemblyman 1857-58. Lodge: Trenton 5, later Mercer 50. Residence: Trenton. WALLACE BRUCE FLEMING (1872-1952). Educator. President of West Virginia Weslayan College 1915-22. President of Baker Univer­ sity 1922-36, President Emeritus 1936-52. Lodge: Maple 196, later Franklin 7 (W.Va.). Residence: Paterson, later Buckhannon, W.Va. DAVID FORMAN (1745-1797). Revolutionary Patriot. Brigadier General of New Jersey Militia March 5, 1777. Commander of New Jersey Militia at the Battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777. Resigned his commission to accept the command of "Forman's Regt.", Continen­ tal Line, recruited principally from Maryland troops, Dec. 1778.

77 New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1780-85. Lodge: (old) Trinity 3, Freehold. Residence: Englishtown, later Chestertown, Md. GEORGE FRANKLIN FORT (1843-1909). "American's First Outstand­ ing Masonic Student." Author of the "Early History and Antiquities of Freemasonry" 1875. Cousin of John Franklin Fort. Lodge: Trimble 117. Residence: Camden, later Atlantic City. JOHN FRANKLIN FORT (1852-1920). Federal Judge, U. S. District Court 1878-1886. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1900-07. Governor of New Jersey 1908-11. Cousin of George F. Fort. Lodge: Kane 55, later Hope 124. Residence: South Orange. ANDREW FOULDS, JR. (1872-1947). Masonic Diplomat. Chairman of the Executive Commission, Masonic Service Association of the U.S.A. 1924-29 & 1941-47. Lodge: Passaic 67. Residence: Passaic. CHARLES NEWELL FOWLER (1853-1932). United States Con­ gressman 1895-1911. Lodge: Washington 33. Residence: Elizabeth. WILLIAM FRANKLIN (1731-1813). Grand Secretary of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1755. A loyalist, and the last Pro­ vincial Governor of the Province of New Jersey 1763-76. Son of Benjamin Franklin. Lodge: St. John's 1 (Pa.). Residence: Bur­ lington, later London, England. JOSEPH SHERMAN FRELINGHUYSEN (1869-1948). New Jersey Senator 1906-12, President 1909. United States Senator 1917-23. Lodge: Solomons 46. Residence: Far Hills. OBEDIAH V. GARNETT (1834-1905). Born in Kentucky, he served as Surgeon, Confederate States Army, Civil War, 1861-65. Wounded at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. Lodge: Paterson-Orange 43 (now Benevolent-Orange 45). Residence: Paterson. JAMES GILES (1760-1825). Revolutionary Patriot. Lieutenant, 2nd New York Artillery Regiment, Continental Line, Revolutionary War. Served with distinction under the command of General LaFayette, in Virginia in 1780, who presented him with a sword for gallantry in action. General of Militia. President of the Cumberland County Bank. Lodge: Brearley 9 (now 2), Warrant Master in 1791. Residence: Bridgeton. WILLIAM L. GLORIEUX (1854-1924). Philanthropist. New Jersey As­ semblyman 1891-92. President of the Irvington National Bank 1906-24, now the Fidelity Union Trust Company. Lodge: Franklin 10 (now Franklin-Century 10). Residence: Irvington. WALTER SAWYER GRAY (1888-1956). Newspaperman. Editor of"The Clinton Weekly" and "The Irvington Herald" newspapers for 44 years. New Jersey Assemblyman 1935-36. Lodge: Franklin 10 (now Franklin-Century 10). Resident: Irvington.

78 ROBERT STOCKTON GREEN (1831-1895). United States Con­ gressman 1885-87. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1887-90. Lodge: Washington 33. Residence: Elizabeth. ROBERT BARROWS GROAT (1888-1959). New Jersey Senator 1925-26. Lodge: Mansfield 36. Residence: Washington. EDWARD E. GROSSCUP (1860-1933). Treasurer of the State of New Jersey 1913-15. Lodge: Trimble 117. Residence: Wenonah, later At­ lantic City. E. BURD GRUBB (1841-1913). Business Executive, who managed fam­ ily iron ore deposits and pig iron furnaces in Dauphin, Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties, in Pennsylvania. First Sergeant May 1861, later Captain, 23rd Regt., New Jersey Infantry, United States Vol­ unteers, at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., in 1863. Colonel, 37th Regt., New Jersey Infantry, U.S.V., at the battle of Petersburg, Va., in 1864. Brevet Brigadier General, U.S.V., March 13, 1865, for "gal­ lant and meritorious service before Petersburg." U.S. Minister to Spain 1890-92. Lodge: Burlington 32. Residence: Burlington, later Beverly. CHARLES PLATT GULICK (1885-1955). Business Executive. Presi­ dent and Chairman of the Board of NOPCO, National Oil Products Company, and other related firms. Lodge: Northern 25 (now Nutley 25). Residence: Essex Falls. HARRYT. HAGAMAN (1869-1952). New Jersey Assemblyman 1917-19. New Jersey Senator 1920-22. Lodge: Harmony 18, later Lakewood 174. Residence: Lakewood. CHARLES HAIGHT (1838-1891). New Jersey Assemblyman 1860-62, Speaker 1861 ~62. United States Congressman 1867-71. Brigadier General of Militia 1861-65 who organized and equipped the 14th, 28th, and 29th New Jersey Regiments, Civil War. Lodge: Olive Branch 16. Residence: Colt's Neck, later Freehold. HENRY SNOWDEN HAINES (1835-1922). Grand Instructor of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey for 38 years from 1884 to 1922. Elected Junior Grand Warden, he withdrew from advancement and placed the needs of the fraternity ahead of his own interests. "Service above self!" Lodge: Burlington 32. Residence: Burlington. JONATHAN HAMPTON (1712-1777). Revolutionary Patriot. Member of the Provincial Assembly of New Jersey. Chairman of the Commit­ tee of Observation and Safety for Essex County 1774. Lodge: (old) Temple 1 (Mass.), Warrant Master in 1762. Residence: Eliza­ beth(town). VINCENT SIERING HANEMAN (1902-1978). New Jersey As­ semblyman 1938-44. Vice Chancellor in the Court of Chancery of

79 New Jersey 1947-48. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1960-71. Lodge: Trinity 79. Residence: Brigantine. HENRY HANKINSON (17??-18??). New Jersey Assemblyman 1806-08 & 1835. Lodge: (old) Mansfield 31 (now 36). Residence: Mansfield, later Washington. CHARLES RUSSELL (CHARLEY) HARGREAVES (1896-1979). Major League Baseball Player, National League, 1923-1930, playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, with a lifetime batting average of .270. Lodge: Mercer 50. Residence: Trenton. HARRY CLAYTON HARPER (1895-1926). Major League Baseball Player, American League, 1913-1923, playing with the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, and New York Yankees, with a lifetime pitching average of .437. Relief Pitcher in the 1921 World Series playing with the New York Yankees. Lodge: Pioneer 70. Residence: Hackensack. FRED ALLEN HARTLEY, JR. (1903-1969). United States Congressman 1929-49. Co-Author of the Taft-Hartley, Labor-Management Rela­ tions Act of 1947. Lodge: Bloomfield 40. Residence: Kearny, later Pittstown. FRANKLIN WITMAN (FRANKIE) HAYES (1914-1955). Major League Baseball Player, American League, 1933-1947, playing with the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox with a lifetime batting average of .259. Lodge: Olive Branch 16. Residence: Point Pleasant. ARCHIBALD CHAPMAN HART (1873-1935). United States Congress 1913-17. Lodge: Pioneer 70. Residence: Teaneck. ISRAEL HEDDEN (175?-182?/3?). New Jersey Assemblyman 1791-92.

I I Brother of James Hedden, and Brother-in-Law of John Noble Cum­ ming. Lodge: (old) St. John's 2 (now 1). Residence: Newark. JAMES HEDDEN (1755-1838). New Jersey Assemblyman 1794-95. Colonel of Militia, Revolutionary War. Noted Newark public ser­ vant. Brother of Israel Hedden, and Brother-in-Law of John Noble Cumming. Lodge: (old) St. John's No. 2 (now 1), later Newark 55 (now 7), Warrant Master in 1827-28. Residence: Newark. JOHN T. HENDRICKSON, JR. (1923- ). New Jersey Assemblyman 1981- . Lodge: Tuckerton 4. Residence: West Creek. ARTHUR WILLIAM S. HERRINGTON (1891-1970). Business Ex­ ecutive. President of Marmon-Herrington Company 1931-32, Chair­ man of the Board 1940-57. Designer of trucks and track vehicles for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. Lodge: Madison 93. Residence: Indianapolis, Indiana.

80 HENRY KENT HEWITT (1887-1972). Vice Admiral, United States Navy, World War II. Commander of Western Naval Task Force, Mediterrane·an Fleet, North African Campaign, 1942; Commander of All Amphibious Forces, Sicilian Campaign, 1943; Commander of the U.S. Eight Fleet, Invasion of France, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Lodge: Pioneer 70. Residence: Hackensack, later Vermont. JOHN HILL (1821-1884). New Jersey Assemblyman 1861-62 & 1864-66, Speaker 1866. New Jersey Senator 1875-77. United States Con­ gressman 1867-73 & 1881-83. Lodge: Arcana 60 (now St. John's 1). Residence: Boonton. GARRETT AUGUSTUS HOBART (1844-1899). New Jersey As­ semblyman 1873-74, Speaker 1874. New Jersey Senator 1877-82, President 1881-82. 24th Vice President of the United States 1897-99 (McKinley Administration). Lodge: Falls City 82 (now Wyckoff 287). Residence: Paterson. HAROLD GILES HOFFMAN (1896-1954). United States Congressman 1927-31. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1935-38. Lodge: St. Stephen's 63. Residence: South Amboy. SAMUEL H. D. HOFFMAN (1848-1912). New Jersey Assemblyman 1892. New Jersey Senator 1893-98. Lodge: Unity 96, later Trinity 79. Residence: Mays Landing. ROBERT LETTIS HOOPER, JR. (1730-1797). Revolutionary Patriot. Colonel, Deputy Quartermaster General, Continental Army, Revo­ lutionary War, 1777. Deputy Commissary of Purchases and Trans­ portation 1779. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1785-88, Vice President 1785-88. The first Deputy Grand Master 1786-93. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. ROBERT HOOPS (17??-18??). New Jersey Councilman (Senator), 1777, 1784-85, & 1789-90. Lodge: (old) Harmony 8. Residence: Frankford. JOHN G. HORNER (1872-1918). New Jersey Assemblyman 1900-03, Speaker 1903. New Jersey Senator 1904-06. Lodge: Covenant 161. Residence: Palmyra, later Moorestown. JOEL HORNER, JR. (1850-1913). New Jersey Assemblyman 1898-1900. Lodge: Covenant 161. Residence: Palmyra. JOSEPH HOWELL HOUGH (1816-1890). "The Father of Organized Scottish Rite in New Jersey," instituting the first legally chartered Body in the State, January 23, 1862, at Trenton, and serving as the first Deputy of the united Supreme Council 1864-82. Installed as Deputy Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge at age 22, 1838-41, and as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge at age 26, 1841-94; a total of 56 years of service to the Grand Lodge. Lodge: Trenton 5. Resi­ dence: Trenton.

81 ANDREW HOWELL (17??-18??). New Jersey Assemblyman 1815. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1814, & 1826-20. Lodge: Solomon's 1, Bedminster. Residence: Somerset. JOSHUA LADD HOWELL (1762-1818). New Jersey Assemblyman 1798-99. Lt. Colonel, Gloucester County Militia, War of 1812. Colonel of Militia 1817. Lodge: (old) Woodbury 11. Residence: "Fancy Hill" Woodbury. RICHARD HOWELL (1754-1802). Revolutionary Patriot. One of the band of patriots who took part in the "Greenwich Tea Party" No­ vember 22, 1774 and burned a ship's cargo of tea. Major, 2nd Regt., 1st Establishment, New Jersey Continental Line, Revolutionary War, 1780. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1793-1801. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. WILLIAM J. HUGHES (1932- ). United States Congressman 1975- . Lodge: Ocean City 171. Residence: Ocean City. JOHN EDMUND HUNT (1906- ). New Jersey Senator 1964-66. United State Congressman 1967-74. Lodge: Pitman 197. Residence: Pitman. ANDREW HUNTER (1752-1823). Revolutionary Patriot. Pastor of the Greenwich, N.J. Presbyterian Church 1774. One of the bank of patriots who took part in the "Greenwich Tea Party" November 22, 1774 and burned a ship's cargo of tea. Chaplain, First New Jersey Brigade, Continental Line, Revolutionary War. Founded The Wood­ bury Academy School 1791. The first regularly appointed Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1802. Chaplain of The United States Navy 1810-23. Lodge: Military 36 (Pa.), Warrant Master in 1782. Residence: Woodbury, later Washington, D.C. BARTON B. HUTCHINSON (1860-1928). New Jersey Assemblyman 1892-93. New Jersey Senator 1905-07. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. ELIJAH CUBBERLEY HUTCHINSON (1855-1932). New Jersey As­ semblyman 1896-97. New Jersey Senator 1899-1904, President 1903. United States Congressman 1915-23. Lodge: Column 120, later Loyal 181 (now Mercer 50). Residence: Trenton. LEWIS S. ILIFF (1856-1919). New Jersey Assemblyman 1902-04. Lodge: Harmony 8. Residence: Newton. WILLIAM M. ILIFF (1811-1884). New Jersey Assemblyman 1865-67. New Jersey Senator 1864-67. Lodge: Harmony 23 (now 8). Resi­ dence: Andover. WALTER SOOY JEFFRIES (1891-1954). Unites States Congressman 1939-41. Lodge: Belcher 180. Residence: Margate City.

82 CHARLES DEVINE (CHUCK) JAMIESON (1893-1959). Major League Baseball Player, American League, 1915-32, playing with the Wash­ ington Senators and the Cleveland Indians with a lifetime batting average of .303. Starred in the 1920 World Series. Lodge: Hawthorn 212. Residence: Paterson. SAMUEL KALISCH (1851-1930). Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1911-30. Lodge: Oriental 51 (now Weequahic-Orien­ tal 51). Residence: Newark. CARL F. KANTOLA (1902- ). Inventor. Holder of patents concern- ing railroad operations and efficiency, including the "World's First Streamlined High-Powered Steam Locomotive," New York Central Railroad, in 1934. Lodge: Alpine-Tilden 77. Residence: Toms River. EMERY STREET KATES (1902-1981). New Jersey Assemblyman 1942-43 & 1946-49. Lodge: Collingswood 210. Residence: Westmont. BENJAMIN KAUFMAN (1894-1981). First Sergeant, Company K, 308th Infantry, 77th Division, United States Army, World War I. Congressional Medal of Honor awarded in 1919 for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" against the enemy. Wounded while single handedly attacking a machine gun position, he continued to attack, scattering the crew and destroying the position, after which he brought the machine gun and a prisoner back to the allied lines. Argonne Forest, France, October 4, 1918. Lodge: True Craftsman 202, now Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. HAMILTON FISH KEAN (1862-1941). United States Senator 1929-35. Lodge: Essex 49. Residence: Livingston. ORMONDE ANTON KIEB (1901-1982). Assistant Postmaster General, Bureau of Facilities, Eisenhower Administration, 1953-59. Lodge: Kane 55. Residence: Maplewood, later Brielle. AMOS KIRBY (1889-1985). Writer, radio and television commentator. Farm Editor of The Woodbury Daily Times, Editor of The American Agriculturalist for 45 years, and Editor of The New Jersey Grange Gleaner for 20 years. Lodge: Swedesboro 157. Residence: Wenonah. ELWOOD FRANCIS KIRKMAN (1904- ). Philanthropist. Chair- man of the Board of The First National Bank of South Jersey. Lodge: Trinity 79. Residence: Atlantic City. SIMON LAKE (1866-1945). Naval Architect. Inventor of even keel-type submarine torpedo boats. Builder of the Argonaut in 1897, the first submarine to operate successfully in the open sea. Inventor of ap­ partus for locating and recovering sunken vessels. Lodge: Monmouth 172, later Ansantawae 89 (Conn.). Residence: Connecticut.

83 MORGAN FOSTER LARSON (1882-1961). New Jersey Senator 1922-28, President 1926. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1929-32. Lodge: Raritan 61. Residence: Perth Amboy. JAMES LAWRENCE (1781-1813). U.S. Naval Captain, immortalized for his dying words, "Don't Give Up The Ship!", War of 1812. Lodge: not known, but he visited (old) Burlington 32 in Feb.-Mar.-Apr. 1782. Residence: Burlington and Woodbury. SEDGWICK RUSLING LEAP (1886-1979). New Jersey Assemblyman 1927-29. New Jersey Senator 1930-35. Lodge: Penns Grove 162. Resi­ dence: Woodstown. WILLIAM LEDDEL (1747-1827). Revolutionary Patriot. Assistant Sur­ geon, Continental Army. Lieutenant, "Arnold's Light Horse" New Jersey Cavalry Troop 1776-78. Major, Squadron of Cavalry, Western Pennsylvania Insurrection "Whiskey Rebellion" 1794. The first Senior Grand Warden 1786-89. Lodge: (old) Baskin Ridge 10, later (old) Hiram 4, Morristown. Residence: Mendham, near Washington Corner. WALTER EARL LEDDEN (1888-1984). Religious Leader. Methodist Bishop of Syracuse, N.Y. in 1944. Lodge: Ocean 89. Residence: Belmar, later Syracuse, N.Y. ARTHUR FRANKLIN LEWIS (1872-1945). Past Grand Master of Con­ necticut, 1936. Lodge: Pioneer 70. Residence: Leonia, later Con­ necticut. JOHN N. LINDSAY (1835?-1912). New Jersey Assemblyman 1873-74. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. JAMES LINN (1737-1821). First Major, Somerset County Militia, Rev­ olutionary War, 1776-81. New Jersey Assemblyman 1790-91. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1777, 1793-97, Vice President 1796-97. United States Congressman 1799-1801. In 1800, after thirty-five ballots, he cast the tie-breaking vote in the U.S. House of Represen­ tatives, electing Thomas Jefferson President of the United States, instead of Aaron Burr. Secretary of State of New Jersey 1805-20. Lodge: (old ) Baskin Ridge 10, later (old) Solomon's 1, Bedminister, later Trenton 5. Residence Pluckemin, later Trenton. HENRY STAFFORD LITTLE (1823-1904). New Jersey Senator 1864-71. Clerk in the Court of Chancery of New Jersey 1881-85. Lodge: Olive Branch 16. Residence: Matawan. WILLIAM LLOYD (1757-1837). New Jersey Assemblyman 1797-1800. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1801-08. Lodge: (old) Trinity 3, Freehold. Residence: Monmouth Courthouse, now Freehold. MAXWELL WASHBURN (MAXEY) LONG (1878-1959). Track Star and Olympian, winner of the 400 meter run in the II Olympic

84 Games, 1900, Paris, France, in 49.4 seconds. Lodge: Mansfield 36. Residence: Washington. JOHN WESLEY LORD (1902- ). Religious Leader. Methodist Bishop of Boston in 1948. Lodge: Bergen 47 (now Bayonne-Bergen­ Temple 99), later Boston University Lodge (Mass.). Residence: Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. HENRY CLAY LOUDENSLAGER (1852-1911). United States Con­ gressman 1893-1911. Lodge: Florence 87. Residence: Paulsboro. GEORGE CRAIG LUDLOW (1830-1900). New Jersey Senator 1877-79, President 1878. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1881-84. As­ sociate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1895-1900. Lodge: Union 19. Residence: New Brunswick. DANIEL MARSH (1735-1802). Revolutionary Patriot. Assistant Quar­ termaster General, Continental Army, Revolutionary War. New Jer­ sey Assemblyman 1780, 1782-83, 1785-86, 1789, 1793. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1798-1800. The first Junior Grand Warden 1786-87. Lodge: St. John's 2 (New York). Residence: Rahway. THOMAS ALFRED MATHIS (1869-1958). New Jersey Senator 1910, 1914-16, 1923-41, 1942-46, President 1929. Secretary of State of New Jersey 1931-40. Lodge: Tuckerton 4. Residence: Toms River. WILLIAM MAXWELL (1733-1796). Revolutionary Patriot. Military Leader. Colonel, 2nd New Jersey Bn., Continental Line, November 8, 1775, and Commander of New Jersey Regts., Continental Line, 1776-80. Brigadier General, Continental Army, October 23, 1776. Lodge: Military 19 (Pa.). Residence: Greenwich, Essex County. JAMES WILLIAM McCARTHY (1872-1939). United States District Attorney 1928. United States District Court Judge 1928-29. Lodge: Jersey City 74 (now Hiram 17), later Enterprise 48 (now 31). Resi­ dence: Jersey City. GEORGE BRINTON McCLELLAN (1826-1885). Military Leader. Gen­ eral-in-Chief, Union Army of the Potomac, 1861-62. Devised the McClellan Cavalry Saddle, adopted by the United States Army. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1878-81. Lodge: Williamette 2 (Oregon). Residence: Essex County. DAVID McGREGOR (1864-1944). Historian and Author. The first and foremost R.W. Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey 1928-43. Author of the "History of Freemasonry in New Jersey 1787-1938" and other Masonic writings. Lodge: Union 11 (now Cor­ inthian-Union 11). Residence: Orange. WILLIAM McKISSACK (1755-1831). Revolutionary Patriot. Captain 1st Pennsylvania Continental Line, Revolutionary War. The "Founder" of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1786, serving as

85 the Worshipful Master at the foundation at New Brunswick on December 18, 1786. Lodge: (old) Baskin Ridge 10 (Pa.), later (old) Solomon's 1, Warrant Master in 1787. Residence: Bound Brook. JOHN RHODERIC McPHERSON (1833-1897). New Jersey Senator 1871-73. United States Senator 1877-95. Lodge: Bergen 47 (now Bayonne-Bergen-Temple 99), later Highland 80. Residence: Jersey City, later Washington, D.C. HUGH LOUIS MEHORTER (1899-1973). New Jersey Assemblyman 1946-50, Speaker 1949. Lodge: Florence No. 87. Residence: Wood­ bury. PETER MERKEL (1775-1874). New Jersey Assemblyman 1828-31. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1832. Lodge: (old) Harmony 8, New­ ton. Residence: Stillwater. JOHN LEWIS MILLER (1925- ). New Jersey Assemblyman 1966-68. New Jersey Senator 1968-74. Lodge: Merchantville No. 119. Resi­ dence: Cherry Hill. JAY RANDOLPH MONROE (1883-1937). Business Executive. Presi­ dent of the Monroe Calculating Machine Company 1912-37. Lodge: Hope 124. Residence: South Orange. ARTHUR HARRY MOORE (1879-1952). Governor of the State of New Jersey 1926-29, 1932-35, 1938-41, the only person to serve three terms as Governor in the State's history. United States Senator 1935-38. The A. Harry Moore School for Crippled Children was built and named in his honor by the City of Jersey City in recognition of his service to and for handicapped children. Lodge: Jersey City 74 (now Hiram 17). Residence: Jersey City and Somerville: DAVID MOORE (1747-1803). New Jersey Assemblyman 1793-96. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1801-02. Colonel of Militia. Lieuten­ ant, New Jersey Artillery Regt. 1776-78. Lodge: (old) Deerfield 42. Residence: Deerfield. ROBERT HUNTER MORRIS (1700-1764). A Proprietor of the Province of East Jersey 1742. Colonial Governor of the Province of Penn­ sylvania 1754-56. Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1738-54 & 1758-64. Lodge: Member of the Grand Lodge of Moderns (Penna.) 1731. Residence: Shrewsbury. JEPTHAN B. MUNN (1780-1863). New Jersey Assemblyman 1810-14. New Jersey Senator 1835-36, President 1836. Lodge: Madison 93. Residence: Madison. FRANKLIN MURPHY (1846-1920). Busi~ess Executive. President and Chairman of the Board of The Murphy Varnish Company. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1902-05. Lodge: Kane 55. Residence: Newark.

86 J. HARVEY MURPHY (1882-1941). Religious Leader. President of The Reformed Church in America 1938-39. Lodge: Palestine 111. Resi­ dence: Jersey City, later Hudson, N.Y. DAVID NAAR (1800-1880). The first, known, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33°, A.A.S.R., in New Jersey, 1835 (Hicks Supreme Coun­ cil). A founder of the State Normal School (now Trenton State College). Treasurer of the State of New Jersey 1865. United States Consul at St. Thomas, V.I. 1845-48. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS NEWELL (1819-1901). United States Con­ gressman 1847-51 & 1865-67. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1857-60. Governor of the Washington Territory 1880-84. Lodge: Hightstown 41. Residence: Allentown, N.J. AARON OGDEN (1756-1839). Revolutionary Patriot. Captain, 1st New Jersey Regt., Continental Line 1779. United States Senator 1801-03. New Jersey Assemblyman 1803-12. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1812-13. Brother of Matthias Ogden. Lodge: Military 36 (Penna.), later Washington 41 (now 33). Residence: Eliza­ beth(town). MATTHIAS OGDEN (1754-1791). Revolutionary Patriot. Colonel, 1st New Jersey Regt., Continental Line, 1777. Brevet Brigadier General, Continental Army, September 20, 1783. Brother of Aaron Ogden. Lodge: Military 36 (Penna.). Residence: Jersey City. FRANK CHARLES OSMERS, JR. (1907-1977). New Jersey As­ semblyman 1935-38. United States Congressman 1939-43 & 1953-64. Lodge: Tilden 183 (now Alpine-Tilden 77). Residence: Tenafly. JOEL PARKER (1816-1888). New Jersey Assemblyman 1846-48. Major General of Militia 1861. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1863-66 & 1872-75. Attorney General of New Jersey 1875. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1880-88. Lodge: Olive Branch 16. Residence: Freehold, later Trenton. BARRY TALLMAN PARKER (1932- ). New Jersey Assemblyman 1966-72, Speaker 1971. New Jersey Senator 1972-82. Lodge: Mount Holly 14. Residence: Mount Holly. HERBERT JOHN PASCOE (1882-1953). New Jersey Assemblyman 1922-41, Speaker 1933. New Jersey Senator 1942-47. Lodge: Orient 126. Residence: Elizabeth. WILLIAM PATERSON (1745-1806). Revolutionary Patriot. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1776. Attorney General of New Jersey 1776-83. Delegate to the Continental Congress 1780-83 & 1787. A Signer of the Constitution of the United States, September 17, 1787. United States Senator 1789-90. Governor of the State of New Jersey

87 1790-92. Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1793-1806. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: New Brunswick. FRANCIS F. PATTERSON, JR. (1867-1935). Newspaperman. Editor of The Philadelphia Public Record newspaper 1890-94. Owner and Publisher of The Camden Post Telegram newspaper 1894-1923. New Jersey Assemblyman 1898-1900. United States Congressman 1921-27. Lodge: Camden 15. Residence: Merchantville. WILLIAM EDWARD PEEL (1912- ). New Jersey Assemblyman 1947-50. Lodge: Parkside 217. Residence: Cherry Hill. RANDOLPH PERKINS (1871-1936). New Jersey Assemblyman 1905-07. United States Congressman 1921-35. Lodge: Atlas 125 (now Atlas­ Pythagoras 118). Residence: Westfield. CARL EMIL PETERSEN (1875-1971). Chief Machinist, United States Navy, Boxer Rebellion. Congressional Medal of Honor awarded July 19, 1901 for "meritorious conduct in the presence of the enemy" during the action at Peking, China, June 28-August 17, 1900. Lodge: Americus 83. Residence: Woodbridge. CHARLES MENAMIN PHILLIPS (1884-1961). United States District Attorney 1941-43. Lodge: M. B. Taylor 141. Residence: Hammon­ ton. AZELPIERSON (1794-1824). New Jersey Assemblyman 1801-04. Lodge: (old) Brearley 9 (now 2). Residence: Bridgeton. JOHN HARVEY PIERSON (1873-1962). New Jersey Assemblyman 1928-29. Lodge: Franklin 10 (now Frankin-Century 10). Residence: Irvington. MARLON PITNEY (1858-1924). United States Congressman 1895-99. New Jersey Senator 1899-1901. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1901-08. Chancellor of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey 1908-12. Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1912-22. Lodge: Cincinnati 3. Residence: Morristown, later Washington, D.C. RALPH JOHN POLLARD (1896-1975). Writer and Lecturer. Honorary Past Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Maine 1951. Commandant of Cadets, Wenonah Military Academy 1925-29. Lodge: Mantua 95, later King Solomon's 61 (Maine). Residence: Wenonah, later Waldoboro, Maine. STEWART MacLAINE LAURENS POLLARD (1922- ). Writer and Lecturer. Executive Secretary-Treasurer, National Sojourners 1973-77. Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Masonic Service Associa­ tion of the U.S.A. 1978- . Past Senior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of China. Lodge: Ralph J. Pollard 217 (Maine). Residence: Fort Dix, later Washington, D.C.

88 RODMAN McCAMLEY PRICE (1816-1894). United States Con­ gressman 1851-53. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1854-57. Lodge: Union 11 (now Corinthian-Union 11). Residence: Hoboken. JOHN C. RAFFERTY (1816-1888?/9?). New Jersey Senator 1856-58, Secretary of the Senate 1859, 1860, 1872. Lodge: Stewart 34, War­ rant Master in 1855. Resident: White House, later Flemington. JOHN RATHBONE RAMSEY (1862-1933). United States Congressman 1917-21. Lodge: Fidelity 113. Residence: Hackensack. THEODORE FITZ RANDOLPH (1816-1883) New Jersey Assemblyman 1858-61. New Jersey Senator 1862-65. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1869-72. United States Senator 1874-80. Lodge: Varick 31, later The Lodge of the Temple 110 (now Bayonne-Bergen-Temple 99). Residence: Morristown. CHARLES A. RATHBUN (1867-1927) New Jersey Senator 1914-16. Lodge: Madison 93. Residence: Madison. EUGENE RAYMOND, 3rd (1916- ) New Jersey Assemblyman 1972-1974. Lodge: Merchantville 119. Residence: Merchantville. SAMUEL J. READ (1771-1836) New Jersey Assemblyman 1812-17. Lodge: Mount Holly 18 (now 14). Residence: Mount Holly. ALFRED REED (1839-1919) Associate Justice of the New Jersey Su­ preme Court 1875-95 & 1904-19. Vice Chancellor in the Court of Chancery of New Jersey 1895-1904. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. ERNEST ALBERT REED (1874-1949) As Grand Master, he revived the ancient Masonic custom of celebrating the annual Festival of the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, in 1921, after a vacant period of some 75 years. He was an early promoter of the Order of DeMolay in New Jersey, and was appointed as the first Deputy for New Jersey in April1922, and organized the first Chapter in New Jersey, Essex, at Newark, May 26, 1922. He also served as the President of The National Masonic Research Society which was founded in 1914, continuing until 1927 with a membership of 12,000 Freemasons. Lodge: Northern 25 (now Nutley 25). Residence: East Orange. JONATHAN RHEA (1758-1815) Revolutionary Patriot. Captain, 2nd New Jersey Regt., Continental Line, Revolutionary War. Clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1793-1806. Colonel, Quartermasters­ General of New Jersey 1807-14. Grand Treasurer 1805-13. Lodge: (old) Trinity 3, Freehold, Warrant Master in 1787, later Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. CALEB G. RIDGEWAY (1836-1894) New Jersey Senator 1877-79. Lodge: Burlington 32. Residence: Burlington.

89 GEORGE MAXWELL ROBESON (1829-1897) Brigadier General, Union Army, New Jersey Regiments, Civil War, 1861-65. Attorney General of New Jersey 1867. Secretary of the United States Navy 1869-77 (Grant Administration.) United States Congressman 1978-82. Robeson Channel, in Northern Greenland, leading to the Arctic Ocean, was named in his honor by Arctic Explorer, Captain Charles F. Hall, in 1871. Lodge: Northern 25 (now Nutley 25). Residence: Newark, later Camden, later Trenton. WILLIAM GEORGE ROHRER, JR. (1909- ) Philanthropist and Business Executive. President, Rohrer Chevrolet Company. Presi­ dent and Chairman of the Board of the First People's Bank, West­ mont. Mayor of Westmont from 1954 to date. Lodge: Mozart 121. Residence: Westmont. WILLIAM NELSON RUNYON (1871-1931) New Jersey Assemblyman 1915-17. New Jersey Senator 1918-22. Federal Judge, U.S. District Court 1924-31. Lodge: Anchor 149. Residence: Plainfield. ROBERT RUSLING (1812-1879) Lumber Merchant. New Jersey As­ semblyman 1859-61. Lodge: Independence 42. Residence: Hack­ ettstown. LOUIS ARTHUR RUSSELL (1845-1925) Composer and Musician. A Founder of The American Guild of Organists. The Founder and Conductor of The Oratorio Society, and The Newark Symphony Orchestra. Director of The Newark College of Music from 1879. Director of The Norman Institute of Music, Carnegie Hall, New York City. Lodge: Pythagoras 118 (now Atlas-Pythagoras 118). Resi­ dence: Newark. JAMES MADISON JOHNSTON SANNO (1840-1907) U.S. Army Of­ ficer, with service in the West (Dakota Territory) 1869-98. Men­ tioned in dispatches and recommended for award of the Medal of Honor for gallant service during the Indian Wars, against the Sioux Indians, June 25, 1876 at Little Bighorn River, Montana, and against the Nez Perce Indians, August 9-10, 1877 at Big Hole Pass, Montana. Mentioned in dispatches for distinguished service during the Phillippine Insurrection, at Cavite, Luzon, P.I., June 10-22, 1899. Brigadier General, United State Army, 1903. Lodge: Mansfield 36. Residence: New Hampton, later Chattanooga, Tenn. ABRAHAM SAYRE (1750-1819) New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1805-06. Lodge: (old) Brearley 9 (now 2). Residence: Bridgeton. FRANK CROSLEY SAYRS (1877-1959) He served as the Presiding Officer of all major Masonic bodies in New Jersey, as Most Il­ lustrious Grand Master 1922, Grand Master 1923, Grand High Priest 1926, Right Eminent Grant Commander 1936, Deputy of the Scot­ tish Rite 1925-53. He was awarded the Knight York Grand Cross

90 of Honour with 4 quadrants in 1942. Lodge: Trimble 117. Residence: Haddonfield. FRANK EMIL ARTHUR (FRANKIE) SCHNEIDER, JR. (1926- 0ne of the most outstanding, and colorful, modified stock car racing drivers, a champion many times over. A great sportsman and com­ petitor for over three decades. Inducted into the National Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1979. Lodge: Amwell 12. Residence: Flem­ ington. AUGUSTUS W. SCHWARTZ (1867-1931) New Jersey Assemblyman 1901-10. Lodge: Orient 126. Residence: Elizabeth. EDWARD W. SCUDDER (1822-1893) New Jersey Senator 1863-65, President 1865. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1869-93. Lodge: Trenton 5, later Mercer 50. Residence: Trenton. EBENEZER SEELEY (1752-1843) New Jersey Assemblyman 1794-95. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1806, 1808, 1812-13, 1815-17, 1819, 1822-25, Vice President of Council1808. Lodge: (old) Brearley 9 (now 2). Residence: Bridgeton. WILLIAM HOWARD SHARP (1891-1958) New Jersey Assemblyman 1948-50. New Jersey Senator 1950-58. Lodge: Vineland 69. Resi­ dence: Vineland. ROBERT ARCHIBALD SHIRREFS (1849-1926) Grand Secretary Gen­ eral of the Supreme Council, A.A.S.R., N.M.J., U.S.A. 1919-26. Lodge: Washington 33. Residence: Elizabeth. GEORGE SEBASTIAN SILZER (1870-1940) New Jersey Senator 1907-12. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1923-26. Chairman of The New York Port Authority 1926-28. Lodge: Union 19. Residence: Newark. JOHN SKENE (?-1690) "The First Freemason Resident In America". An early settler of the Province of West Jersey in 1682. Deputy Governor of the Province of West Jersey 1685-1688. Lodge: at Aber­ deen (Scotland). Residence: Northampton Twp. (now Westampton Twp.). FREDERICK PERCIVAL SMALL (1875-1958) Business Executive. President of the American Express Company 1923-44, and Director of that Company 1944-58. Lodge: Constitution 241 (New York). Residence: Ridgefield. JOHANN GEORGE SOUDER (1772-1851) New Jersey Assemblyman 1823-24. Lodge: (old) Deerfield 42. Residence: Deerfield. CHARLES H. STEWART (1874-1931) New Jersey Assemblyman 1918. Lodge: Franklin 10 (now Franklin-Century 10). Residence: Irv­ ington.

91 RICHARD STOCKTON (1730-1781) Revolutionary Patriot. Delegate to the First and Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia 1774 & 1775. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1774-76, Chief Justice 1776-81. Colonel and Inspector of the Northern Army 1776. A Signer of The Declaration of Independence August 2, 1776. Died of privation as a result of his patriotic actions, and is buried in an unmarked grave. Brother of Samuel W. Stockton. Lodge: (old) St. John's at Princeton (Mass.), Warrant Master in 1765. Residence: Princeton. SAMUEL WITHAM STOCKTON (1751-1795) Revolutionary Diplomat. Secretary of the American Commissioners to the Courts of Austria and Russia 1774-79. Secretary of the New Jersey Convention for the ratification of The Constitution of the United States 1787. Secretary of State for New Jersey 1794. Brother of Richard Stockton. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Trenton. EDWARD CASPAR STOKES (1860-1942) New Jersey Assemblyman 1891-92. New Jersey Senator 1893-1901, President 1895. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1905-08. First President of the New Jersey Bankers Association. Lodge: Shekinah 58. Residence: Millville and Trenton. GEORGE EDWARD STRINGFELLOW (1892-1985) Business Ex­ ecutive, Philanthropist, Humanitarian. Vice President of the Thomas A. Edison Industries, Inc. 1925-58. Lodge: Hope 124. Resi­ dence: Virginia. PETER I. STRYKER (1766-1859) New Jersey Assemblyman 1805-10. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1820-25, Vice President 1823-25. Major General of Militia. Lodge: (old) Solomon's 1, Somerville. Residence: Somerville. JEREMIAH STULL (1791-1854) New Jersey Assemblyman 1823-33. General of Militia. A founder of the Salem Steam Mill and Banking Company in 1823, later the Salem National Bank. A property owner with extensive holdings in Upper Deerfield, Centerton, Elmer area. Lodge: (old) Salem 19 in 1815, (old) Pittstown 38, Worshipful Mas­ ter in 1827-28, (old) Deerfield 42 in 1829-32. Residence: Centerton. JOHN MORRIS SUMMERILL, JR. (1898-1969) New Jersey As­ semblyman 1930-31. New Jersey Senator 1939-55, President 1948. Lodge: Penns Grove 162. Residence: Penns Grove. WILLIAM HALSTAD SUTPHIN (1888-1972) United States Con­ gressman 1931-43. Lodge: Matawan 192. Residence: Matawan. JOHN CLEVES SYMMES (1742-1814) Revolutionary Patriot. Chair­ man of the Sussex County Committee on Safety 1774. Colonel, 3d Batallion, Sussex County Militia 1775-77. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1775-85. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme

92 Court 1777-83. Delegate to the Continental Congress 1785-86. A Principal of The Miami Purchase, Northwest Territory, 1787. Ohio Pioneer and the founder of the City of Cincinnati. Father-in-law of the Ninth President, William Henry Harrison. Lodge: Trenton 5. Residence: Sussex County, later Cincinnati, Northwest Territory. HENRY GENET TAYLOR (1837 -1916) Brigadier, Surgeon, Army of the Potomac, Civil War, participating in 25 battles. He remained inside Confederate lines for 10 days following the Second Battle of Man­ assas (Bull Run), August 1862, to insure the safe evacuation of wounded. Lodge: Camden 15. Residence: Camden. ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE (1872-1942) Author, Lecturer, World Traveler. Wrote the libretto of Nero, a comic opera. Lodge: St. Cecile 568 (New York). Residence: Newark. DANNY THOMAS (AMOS JACOBS) (1912- ) Philanthropist, Hu- manitarian. Star of Stage, Screen, Television. Recipient of the Con­ gressional Gold Medal of Honor in 1984. Lodge: Gothic 270. Resi­ dence: Beverly Hills, California. JOHN PARNELL THOMAS (1895-1970) New Jersey Assemblyman 1934-36. United States Congressman 1937-50. Lodge: Fortitude 200. Residence: Allendale. JOHN MARTIN THOMAS (1869-1952) Educator. President of four separate colleges, unique in the annals of American education. President, Middlebury (Vt.) College 1908-21, Pennsylvania State College 1921-25, Rutgers University 1925-30, Norwich (Vt.) Univer­ sity 1939-44. Lodge: Palestine 111. Residence: East Orange, later Northfield, Vermont. MARK THOMSON (1739-1803) Member of the Provincial Congress 1774-75. Colonel, Sussex County Militia 1775-76. New Jersey As­ semblyman 1776-79. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1786-88. United States Congressman 1795-99. Lodge: (old) Harmony 8, New­ ton. Residence: Marksboro. PHILIP EMBURY MARGERUM THOMPSON (1895-1976) Manager of the Atlantic City Convention Hall, and a Director and Treasurer of the Miss America Pageant, 1931-62. Organizer of the Eastern Ice Hockey League and the Amateur Ice Hockey Association in 1937. Enshrined in the Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, Eveleth, Minnesota. Lodge: Belcher 180. Residence: Absecon. JOSEPH TRIMBLE (1815-1884) An authority in Masonic jurispru­ dence, and an expert in ritual, who "brought about a uniform, commonly acceptable ritual in New Jersey." Elected Grand Master from the floor in 1857. Lodge: Camden 15. Residence: Camden and Moorestown.

93 EBENEZER TUCKER (1757-1845) A successful businessman engaged in the West India Trade. Founder and developer of the Town of Tuckerton. Received the first commission, of state appointment, October 14, 1784. Appointed Collector of the Port of Tuckerton, September 17, 1787, with a commission signed by George Washing­ ton, and Thomas Jefferson. Lodge: Tuckerton 48 (now 4). Residence: Tuckerton. WILLIAM TUCKEY (1708-1781) Musician and composer of sacred music. First Master of St. John's Lodge No. 1, the first organized Masonic lodge in the Colony of New Jersey. Lodge: (old) St. John's 1, Newark, Warrant Master in 1761-1762. Residence: Newark, later Philadelphia, Pa. JAMES McLENNAN TURNER (1928-1981) New Jersey Assemblyman 1970-72. New Jersey Senator 1972-7 4. Lodge: Mantua 95. Residence: Wenonah. GEORGE VAIL (1809-1875) Business Executive and Manufacturer of Telegraph instrument parts, steam engines, saw mills and milling machines. New Jersey Assemblyman 1843-44. United States Con­ gressman 1853-57. U.S. Consul to Glasgow, Scotland 1858-61. Lodge: Cincinnati 3. Residence: "Speedwell", Morristown. CALEB HAZEN VALENTINE (1787-1861) The elder of three, noted, Caleb H. Valentine's. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas whose minority opinion favoring State ownership of riparian lands was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States. New Jersey Assemblyman 1830-32 & 1835-36. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1840. Lodge: (old) Independence 29, Worshipful Master in 1822, later Independence 42, first Treasurer in 1859. Residence: Hack­ ettstown. ELIAS VANARSDALE, JR. (1801-1854) The youngest installed Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, installed at the age of 33 in 1834. Grand Secretary in 1830. Lodge: St. John's 2 (now 1). Residence: Newark. AMBROSE ELY VANDERPOEL (1875-1940) Philanthropist. His outstanding contribution to the Masonic Home by bequest, of $2,000,000.00, in 1941, insured the continuing, successful, operation of that famous charity. (The Vanderpoel Pavilion was dedicated August 26, 1967 in his memory). Lodge: Madison 93. Residence: Summit. ALBERT WIENCKE VAN DUZER (1917- ). Religious leader. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey 1974-82. Lodge: Merchantville 119. Residence: Medford Lakes. FOSTER McGOWAN VOORHEES (1856-1927). New Jersey As­ semblyman 1888-90. New Jersey Senator 1894-98, President 1898.

94 Governor of the State of New Jersey 1899-1902. Lodge: Washington 33. Residence: Elizabeth. HAROLD VAN BUREN VOORHIS (1894-1983). Scholar and Anti­ quarian. Author of specialized studies on numerous Masonic sub­ jects. Vice President of Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, New York, N.Y. 1946-1962. Lodge: Mystic Brotherhood 21. Residence: Red Bank, later Summit. ALBERT LINCOLN VREELAND (1901-1975). United States Con­ gressman 1939-43. Lodge: Kane 55, later East Orange 203, later Hope 124. Residence: East Orange. GEORGE ALBERT WAITE (1863-1951). New Jersey Assemblyman 1901-02. Lodge: Eastern Star 186 (Penna.). Residence: Haddonfield. GARRET D. WALL (1783-1850). Clerk ofthe New Jersey Supreme Court 1812-16. New Jersey Assemblyman 1822-27. Quartermasters-Gen­ eral of New Jersey 1824-37. Elected Governor of the State of New Jersey in 1829, but declined to serve. United States District Attorney 1828-37. United States Senator 1835-41. Lodge: Trenton 5. Resi­ dence: Burlington. ELMER H. WENE (1892-1957). Communications Executive. Owner and President of radio stations WSNJ, Bridgeton, and WTTM, Trenton. United States Congressman 1939-44. Lodge: Vineland 69. Resi­ dence: Vineland. GEORGE THEODORE WERTS (1846-1910). New Jersey Senator 1887-92. President 1889. Governor of the State of New Jersey 1893-96. Lodge: Cincinnati 3. Residence: Morristown, later Jersey City. ANTHONY WALTON WHITE (1750-1803). Revolutionary Patriot. Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington October 1775. Lieut. Colonel, 3d Bn. New Jersey Continental Line 1776. Colonel, 4th Regt. Light Dragoons, Continental Line, 1780, and Commander of all Cavalry, Southern Army, February 16, 1780. Brigadier General, United States Army, September 14, 1794, and Commander of all Cavalry, Western Pennsylvania Insurrection, "Whiskey Rebellion", 1794. Recognized as a brilliant Cavalry Leader. Lodge: (old) Wash­ ington 12, New Brunswick, Worshipful Master 1794-96. Residence: New Brunswick. WILLIAM SILAS WHITEHEAD (1829-1905). The author in 1870 of the "Historical Sketch of Masonic activities in New Jersey prior to 1786", which is the first Masonic history written about the Craft in New Jersey. Lodge: St. John's 1. Residence: Newark. JOHN LINDSEY WHITE (1930- ). New Jersey Assemblyman 1964-68. New Jersey Senator 1968-72. Lodge: Florence 87. Resi­ dence: Woodbury.

95 CHARLES A. WOLVERTON (1880-1969). New Jersey Assemblyman 1915-18, Speaker 1918. United States Congressman 1927-58. Lodge: Ionic 94. Residence: Merchantville. ALBERT S. WOODRUFF (1886-1948). New Jersey Senator 1924-26 & 1933-35. Vice Chancellor in the Court of Chancery of New Jersey 1940-48. Lodge: Camden 15. Residence: Merchantville. JOHN WOOLVERTON (1825-1888). President of the State Medical Society 1862. New Jersey Senator 1869-71. Lodge: Trenton 5. Resi­ dence: Trenton. AARON DICKINSON WOODRUFF (1762-1817). Attorney General of the State of New Jersey for 24 years from 1792-1817. The first Right Worshipful Grand Master entitled Most Worshipful Grand Master, serving 12 terms from 1805-1817. Lodge: Trenton 5, Warrant Master 1787, serving for 30 years to 1817. Residence: Trenton. REYNIER JACOB WORTENDYKE, JR. (1899-1975). United States District Court Judge 1955-71. Lodge: Bergen 47 (now Bayonne­ Bergen-Temple 99), later Continental 190. Residence: Short Hills. THEOPHILUS J. ZURBRUGG (1861-1912). Industrialist. Philanthropist. Founder of Zurbrugg Hospital, Riverside. President of The Keystone Watch Case Company in 1899. Lodge: Beverly 107. Residence: Delanco.

Compiled by R.W. Edward Y. Smith, Jr., Grand Historian, to commemorate the 200th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey io 1986.

96 APPENDIX ELECTIVE OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE SINCE ORGANIZATION APPENDIX ELECTIVE OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE SINCE ORGANIZATION

Date of DEPUTY GRAND SENIOR GRAND JUNIOR GRAND GRAND GRAND DEPUTY GRAND Election GRAND MASTER MASTER WARDEN WARDEN TREASURER SECRETARY SECRETARY

1786 *David Brearley 'Robert L. Hooper 'William Leddle *Daniel Marsh 'Joshua Corshon *John N. Cumming 'Maskell Ewing 1787 " 1788 • John Taylor • Archibald Mercer 1789 "'JohnN. Cumming 'John Beatty *Joshua Corshon *Maskell Ewing 1790 " • Aaron Dunham " 1791 *John Beatty 'Samuel W. Stockton *Jonathan Rhea *Thomas Bullman 'William Tindall 1792 *Elisha Lawrence 1793 'Joseph Read 1794 *Samuel W. Stockton 'John N. Cumming *Aaron Dunham 'Joseph Read 'Pontius D. Stelle *Gershom Craft 1795 " (X) "' 1796 • John N. Cumming 'Joseph Bloomfield •Joseph Read *Israel Hedden •Jacob Benjamin 'William Tindall 1797 1798 " 'Maskell Ewing 'Elisha Clark 1799 • Joseph Bloomfield 'Joseph Read *William McKissack *Thomas Anderson 1800 " " 'Samuel J. Read 1801 *John Beatty 1802 1803 'Aaron D. Woodruff 1804 1805 • Aaron D. Woodruff *William McKissack *Thomas Bullman "'FranklinDavenport *Jonathan Rhea *George McDonald 1806 . 'Samuel J. Read 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 *Andrew S. Hunter 1813 1814 " *Isaac Barnes, Jr. 'Richard L. Beatty 1815 " *Franklin Davenport •James Giles 1816

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Date of DEPUTY GRAND SENIOR GRAND JUNIOR GRAND GRAND GRAND DEPUTY GRAND Election GRA~DMASTER MASTER WARDEN WARDEN TREASURER SECRETARY SECRETARY

1817 • James Giles 'Jepthah B. Munn *Franklin Davenport 'Thomas L. Woodruff 1818 'Hedge Thompson 1819 'Samuel J. Read 'John S. Darcy 1820 'Jepthah B. Munn •Samuel J. Read *Hedge Thompson *Isaac Andruss 1821 1822 • John S. Darcy *Zachariah Rossell 1823 *John Scott 1824 •Samuel J. Read • John S. Darcy *John Scott • Andrew Parsons 1825 *ZachariahRossell 'John E. Jeffers 1826 *John S. Darcy *Hedge Thompson *Isaac H. Hampton *Andrew Parsons 1827 • John C. Chambers 1828 "'Isaac H. Hampton *Andrew Parsons 'Thomas L. Woodruff *George Green 'Charles M. Wells • John C. Chambers 'George P. G!entworth 1829 • Joseph W. Scott *William Scott 1830 •Joseph W. Scott 'Thomas L. Woodruff *William Scott *William Gray *Charles Burroughs *Elias VanArsdale, Jr. *Philemon Dickinson 1831 *William Gray 'Elias VanArsdale, Jr. *John Mershon 1832 'Elias VanArsdale, Jr. 'John Allen 'William Kerwood 1833 *Imla Drake *Daniel Hutchinson 1834 •Elias VanArsdale, Jr. *Charles Burroughs *William Kerwood • Jazer Sickler *Xenophon J. Maynard 1835 *Jesse Price ~ ~ 1836 *Charles Burroughs *William S. Bowen • Abner Parke *George Vail 1837 *Daniel B. Bruen 1838 • Joseph H. Hough 1839 *William S. Bowen *Daniel B. Bruen 'Henry A. Ford *Abner Parke 1840 *Abner Parke 'William H. Earl 1841 *Daniel B. Bruen *Abner Parke 'William H. Earl *Jeremiah B. Davis 1842 1843 'William H. Earl 'John P. Lewis *Bartholomew West -!Elias Phillips •Joseph H. Hough 'John J. Frisbee 1844 'William H. Earl *Ira Merchant • Allen Osborne *Staats S. Morris 1845 *Ira Merchant *John P. Lewis 'James Clark 1846 • John R. Crockett 'John Garside *Daniel B. Bruen 1847 1848 *John P. Lewis *Edward Stewart 'John Garside *Thomas A. Sterritt *George Vail 1849 *Thomas A. Sterritt 'Jacob Ireland *Milton Baldwin 1850 *Edward Stewart *John Garside *Isaac P. Brown *Milton Baldwin 'Samuel Lilly 1851 'Thomas W. Mulford *Ichabod Harrison *Hiram Scarborough *Milton Baldwin 1852 *Jacob W. Morris •John Dill 1853 *Samuel Read 1854 tTheodore R. Varick tJohn R. Chapin

*Deceased tDimitted tSuspended GRAND GRAND DEPUTY GRAND Date of DEPUTY GRAND SENIOR GRAND JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN TREASURER SECRETARY SECRETARY Election GRAND MASTER MASTER WARDEN *John H. Janeway 1855 *Samuel Read 'John Dill 'Daniel Babbitt tTheodore R. Va rick *John H. Janeway *George Finch 1856 'Crowell Marsh 1857 • Joseph Trimble *Isaac Van Wagoner 'Wm. S. Whitehead *George W. Curtis 'Ingham Coryell 1858 • John R. Chapin 'David S. Plume 'Robert C. Buzby 1859 *Isaac Van Wagoner 'Samuel S. Clark "'ThomasJ. Corson 1860 *Isaac Van Wagoner 'Haley Fish 'Robert C. Buzby 'Robert C. Buzby *Thomas J. Corson 'Holmes W. Murphy 1861 'Edward Bootes 1862 " 'Chancellor W. Chase 'Jonathan S. Fish 'James S. Gamble 1863 'Holmes W. Murphy *G. Musgrave Giger 'William R. Clapp *Miles R. Martin 1864 'Wm. S. Whitehead 'Holmes W. Murphy *Henry R. Cannon " *Orrin Van Derhoven 1865 *~amesH. Stevens 1866 'John Hopper 'Robert Rus!ing C. 'Henry E. Phelps 1867 'Robert Rusling *James H. Stevens 'Warren Abbe *William E. Pine 1868 *Henry R. Cannon *A.R. Throckmorton 1869 *William E. Pine *James H. Patterson *William D. Rutan 1870 *Robert Rusling *William E. Pine *Wm. W. Goodwin *James V. Bentley 1871 *William E. Pine *Wm. W. Goodwin *Nathan Haines 'Charles Bechtel 1872 *Nathan Haines 'Wm. A. Pembrook *John W. Newlin 1873 'Wm. A Pembrook *James V. Bentley f-' 'Joseph L. DeLaCour 1874 *Wm. A. Pembrook *James V. Bentley 'Marshall B. Smith 0 'Julius C. FitzGerald 0 1875 'Marshall B. Smith 'Joseph L. DeLaCour 'T. H. R. Redway 1876 'Marshall B. Smith 'Joseph L. DeLaCour 'Julius C. FitzGerald 'Hamilton Wallis W. 1877 *Nathan Haines *Hamilton Wallis 'Joseph Martin *William. Hardacre 1878 *Hamilton Wallis 'Joseph W. Martin *Henry Vehslage 1879 *Hamilton Wallis *Joseph W. Martin *William Hardacre 1880 *Joseph W. Congdon 1881 *Joseph W. Martin *William Hardacre *Henry Vehslage 'Thomas W. Tilden 1882 *William Hardacre *Henry Vehslage • Joseph W. Congdon *Henry S. Haines 1883 *Henry Vehslage 'Joseph W. Congdon *James A. Norton 'Robert M. Moore 1884 'Thomas W. Tilden 'Charles H. Mann 1885 'Joseph W. Congdon 'Thomas W. Tilden *Robert M. Moore 1886 *Geo. W. Fortmeyer 1887 *Robert M. Moore 'Charles H. Mann *Jonathan M. Harris 1888 1889 *Charles H. Mann *Geo. W. Fortmeyer *James H. Durand 'Charles Belcher 1890 F. 'T. H. R. Radway *William D. Rutan 1891 *Thomas W. Tilden *James H. Durand 'Charles Belcher 'Albert Randolph 1892 " 'Joseph E. Moore 1893 *James H. Durand 'Charles Belcher *Josiah W. Ewan 1894 1895 *Charles Belcher *Geo. W. Fortmeyer

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1896 *Geo. W. Fortmeyer *Josiah W. Ewan *Joseph E. Moore •w_Holt Apgar 1897 1898 *Josiah W. Ewan *Joseph E. Moore •w. Holt Apgar • John H. Wilkins 1899 1900 • Joseph E. Moore •w. Holt Apgar 'John H. Wilkins 'Benj. F. Wakefield 1901 1902 •w. Holt Apgar • John H. Wilkins 'Benj. F. Wakefield 'Walter Chandler 1903 1904 'John H. Wilkins 'Benj. F. Wakefield 'Walter Chandler *Austen H. McGregor 1905 'Benj. F. Wakefield •Walter Chandler *Austen H. McGregor 'Joseph H. Hough 1906 *Walter Chandler *Austen H. McGregor 'Joseph H. Hough 'Wm. WolfsKeil 1907 *Austen H. McGregor 'Wm. WolfsKeil •J. Clarence Canover • Allton H. Sherman 1908 'Wm. Wo!fsKeil *J. Clarence Conover 'Allton H. Sherman *Leslie A. Burritt 'William F. Burk •Benj. F. Wakefield 1909 *J. Clarence Conover 'Allton H. Sherman *Leslie A. Burritt 'Rich. C. Woodward 1910 • Allton H. Sherman *Leslie A. Burritt 'Rich C. Woodward 'Fred E. Tilden 1911 *Leslie A. Burritt 'Rich. C. Woodward 'Fred E. Tilden *Charles P. Russ I-' 1912 0 'Rich. C. Woodward 'Fred E. Tilden *Charles P. Russ *Edward M. Searing I-' 1913 'Fred E. Tilden *Charles P. Russ 'Edward M. Searing 'William R. Meakle 'Theo. B. Townley 1914 *Charles P. Russ • Edward M. Searing 'William R. Meak!e *Wm. M. Thompson 1915 'Edward M. Searing 'William R. Meakle *Wm. M. Thompson 'Herbert C. Rorick 'Theo. B. Townley 'Philip F. Botzong 1916 'William R. Meakle *Wm. M. Thompson 'Herbert C. Rorick *William L. Daniels *Isaac Cherry 1917 'Wm. M. Thompson 'Herbert C. Rorick *William L. Daniels *Cooper H. Prickitt *Isaac Cherry 'Robert H. McAdams 1918 'Herbert C. Rorick *William L. Daniels *Cooper H. Prickitt •Ernest A. Reed 1919 *William L. Daniels *Cooper H. Prickitt *Ernest A. Reed • Arthur Potterton 'Robert A. Shirrefs 1920 *Cooper H. Prickitt 'Ernest A. Reed • Arthur Potterton •Frank C. Sayrs 'Rich. C. Woodward 1921 •Ernest A. Reed • Arthur Potterton 'Frank C. Sayrs *Andrew Foulds, Jr. 1922 • Arthur Potterton 'Frank C. Sayrs *Andrew Foulds, Jr. 'Ralph E. Lum 1923 •Frank C. Sayrs • Andrew Foulds, Jr. 'Ralph E. Lum *William B. Mackey • Arthur Potterton 1924 *Andrew Foulds, Jr. 'Ralph E. Lum 'William B. Mackey • Howard R. Cruse 1925 'Ralph E. Lum 'William B. Mackey *Howard R. Cruse •Wm. T. Vanderlipp 1926 *William B. Mackey *Howard R. Cruse 'Wm. T. Vanderlipp *Benjamin F. Havens 1927 *Howard R. Cruse 'Wm. T. Vanderlipp *Benjamin F. Havens *Donald J. Sargent 'Walter Cole 1928 'Wm. T. Vanderlipp *Benjamin F. Havens 'Donald J. Sargent •w. Stan Naughright 1929 *Benjamin F. Havens 'Donald J. Sargent •w. Stan. Naughright 'Floyd J. Kilpatrick 1930 'Donald J. Sargent •w. Stan. Naughright 'Floyd J. Kilpatrick *Arthur P. Johnson 1931 'W. Stan. Naughright 'Floyd J. Kilpatrick *Arthur P. Johnson *Francis P. Morton 1932 'Floyd J. Kilpatrick *Arthur P. Johnson *Francis P. Morton *Martin J. Dietz ------

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1933 • Arthur P. Johnson "'FrancisP. Morton *Martin J. Dietz 'Charles B. Folley 1934 *Francis P. Morton *Martin J. Dietz 'Charles B. Folley *Harry E. Hutchinson 1935 *Martin J. Dietz 'Charles B. Folley *HarryE. Hutchinson • Arthur M. Dietrich 1936 'Charles B. Folley 'Hany E. Hutchinson • Arthur M. Dietrich 'Joseph C. Imhoff 1937 *Harry E. Hutchinson • Arthur M. Dietrich 'Joseph C. Imhoff C. Lyle Hagaman 1938 • Arthur M. Dietrich 'Joseph C. Imhoff C. Lyle Hagaman *Robert H. Davidson 1939 'Joseph C. Imhoff C. Lyle Hagaman *Robert H. Davidson *Walter S. Gray 1940 C. Lyle Hagaman *Robert H. Davidson 'Walter S. Gray 'Leo H. Carpenter 1941 *Robert H. Davidson 'Walter S. Gray *Leo H. Carpenter *John S. Caie 1942 'Walter S. Gray *Leo H. Carpenter *John S. Caie *John H. Schneider 1943 'Leo H. Carpenter • John S. Caie *John H. Schneider *Frank Kovach

1944 *John S. Caie 'John H. Schneider *Frank Kovach ·~·Walter Parsons, Jr. 1945 . 1946 *John H. Schneider *Frank Kovach "'E. Walter Parsons, Jr. *William F. House 'Harvey C. Whildey 1947 *Frank Kovach *E. Walter Parsons, Jr. *William F. House Franklin E. Pellegrin 1948 *E. Walter Parsons, Jr. *William F. House Franklin E. Pellegrin *Lewis M. Parker 1949 *William F. House Franklin E. Pellegrin *Lewis M. Parker Adrien B. Hommel! 1950 Franklin E. Pellegrin *Lewis M. Parker Adrien B. Hommel! *John C. Barbour ...... 1951 *Lewis M. Parker Adrien B. Hommel! *John C. Barbour • Alfred Rowe 0 1952 Adrien B. Hommel! *John C. Barbour •Alfred Rowe 'Joseph H. Gick ~ 1953 *John C. Barbour • Alfred Rowe 'Joseph H. Gick *J. Herman Buehrer *E. Walter Parsons, Jr. 1954 • Alfred Rowe 'Joseph H. Gick • J. Herman Buehrer •Raymond N. Jensen 1955 • Joseph H. Gick *J. Herman Buehrer •Raymond N. Jensen • August C. Ullrich 1956 *J. Herman Buehrer •Raymond N. Jensen • August C. Ullrich William Davies 'Harvey C. Whildey 'John J. Andes 1957 *Raymotid N. Jensen • August C. Ullrich William Davies *Samuel B. Brosius 1958 • August C. Ullrich William Davies *Samuel B. Brosius 'Hal W. Earl 1959 William Davies *Samuel B. Brosius 'Hal W. Earl *Claude D. Van Stone John R. Garey 1960 *Samuel B. Brosius 'Hal W. Earl 'Claude D. Van Stone *Horace D. Carl 1961 'Hal W. Earl 'Claude D. Van Stone *Horace D. Carl Roland J. Behrens 1962 'Claude D. Van Stone *Horace D. Carl Roland J. Behrens *Walter W. Smith 1963 *Horace D. Carl Roland J. Behrens 'Walter W. Smith Arnold C. Nielsen 1964 Roland J. Behrens 'Walter W. Smith Arnold C. Nielsen Morgan T. Morris, Jr. 1965 'Walter W. Smith Arnold C. Nielsen Morgan T. Morris, Jr. Lora! W. Pancake 1966 Arnold C. Nielsen Morgan T. Morris, Jr. Lora! W. Pancake *Chas A. Eisenfelder 1967 Morgan T. Morris, Jr. Lora! W. Pancake 'Chas A. Eisenfelder Edward Reiney 1968 Lora! W. Pancake 'Chas A. Eisenfe!der Edward Reiney Thomas R. Dougherty John R. Garey Arnold C. Nielsen 1969 'Chas A. Eisenfelder Edward Reiney Thomas R. Dougherty Otto Gehrig, Jr. 1970 Edward Reiney Thomas R. Doughery Otto Gehrig, Jr. Vernon Carnine

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1971 Thomas R. Dougherty Otto Gehrig, Jr. Vernon Cornine *Kenneth E. Hendrickson Edward Rainey 1972 Otto Gehrig, Jr. Vernon Cornine *Kenneth E. Hendrickson John R. Rutledge, Jr. 1973 Vernon Comine Malcolm B. Wernik John R. Rutledge, Jr. Richard S. Gulian 1974 Malcolm B. Wernik John R. Rutledge, Jr. Richard S. Gulian Harry E. Besley 1975 John R. Rutledge, Jr. Richard S. Gulian Harry E. Besley Kenneth L. Larsen 1976 Richard S. Gulian Harry E. Besley Kenneth L. Larsen Edgar N. Peppler 1977 Harry E. Besley Kenneth L. Larsen Edgar N. Peppler Carl 0. Brodin Russell P. Tyndall 1978 Kenneth L. Larsen Edgar N. Peppler Carl 0. Brodin Herbert N. Boyd 1979 Edgar N. Peppler Carl 0. Brodin Herbert N. Boyd Harold D. Elliott, 2nd 1980 Carl 0. Brodin Herbert N. Boyd Harold D. Elliott, 2nd Edward R. Woods 1981 Herbert N. Boyd Harold D. Elliott, 2nd Edward R. Woods Robert E. Feilbach 1982 Harold D. Elliott, 2nd Edward R. Woods Robert E. Feilbach James E. Duke Morgan T. Morris, Jr. 1983 Edward R. Woods Robert E. Feilbach James E. Duke William H. Sackett 1984 Robert E. Feilbach James E. Duke William H. Sackett Kenneth H. Stemkopf 1985 James E. Duke William H. Sackett Kenneth H. Stemkopf Raymond P. Bellini !986 William H. Sackett Kenneth H. Stemkopf Raymond P. Bellini William Schoene, Jr.

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