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Please do not assume that a book's appearance in 'The Builder' library means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. The Webmaster •J«l«» Cornell University Library The original of tinis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924021433291 1912-1913. OLD MASONIC LODGES OF PENNSYLVANIA, "MODERNS" AND "ANCIENTS" 1730-1800, Which Have Surrendered Their Warrants or Affiliated with Other' Grand Lodges Compiled prom Original Records In the Archives of the R. W. Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. of Pennsylvania, Under the Direction of the Committee on Library BY JULIUS F. SACHSE, LiTT.D. ^ LIBRARIAN OF THE GRAND LODGE VOLUME I Covering Period 1730-1777 PHILADELPHIA 1912- Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1912, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C, by William L. Gorqas, R.W.G.M. Committee on Library JOHN WANAMAKER, Chairman I. LAYTON REGISTER SAMUEL W. LATTA CHARLES L. LOCKWOOD HARMAN YERKES NORRIS S. BARRATT JOHN L. KINSEY JULIUS F. SACHSE, Librarian An Edition of Fifteen Hundred Copies has been printed, of which this is No. 203 Press of THE New era Printing compah Lancaster, pa. — William L. Goboas, E. W. Grand Master. QPFICB OP THE R. W. GrKAND MaSTBE OF F. & A. Masons in Pennsylvania, Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. Haeeisbueg, Pa., September 18, 1912. The Hon. John Wanamakee, Chairman, Committee on Library. Deae Sie and Beothee : The first volume of "Old Masonic Lodges in Pennsylvania," which has been prepared, under the direction of the Committee on Library of the Grand Lodge, by Brother Julius F. Sachse, Litt.D., Librarian, has been examined, and its publication is hereby authorized. A great amount of valuable and interesting information re- garding these old Lodges and our Brethren of the Eighteenth Century has thus been made available to the Craft. Fraternally yours. FOREWORD. ^/^ERETOFOKE it was believed that at the burning of jla the Masonic Hall in Philadelphia, standing on the > north side of Chestnut Street, between Seventh and Eighth Streets, on the night of March 9, A. D. 1819, A. L. 5819, that all of the old records of the Provincial Grand Lodge, which had survived the Revolutionary period, and the records of the present Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, prior to the fire, were destroyed in that disastrous conflagration and it is so stated in various publications concerning the Masonic history of Pennsylvania, Upon that eventful night, however, many of the old records and papers were fortunately saved, and taken to the house of the Grand Secretary, R. W. Bro. George A. Baker, Jr., at the northeast corner of Fourth and Cherry Streets. These docu- ments in February, 1824, were listed by R. W. Bro. Bernard Dahlgren, Bro. Baker's successor in office as Grand Secretary, after which he placed them in six strong wooden boxes, which were securely locked and sealed. They were then successively stored in the rebuilt Chestnut Street Hall, the "Washington or Third Street Hall, the Masonic Hall of 1855 (also on Chestnut Street), and lastly, in one of the vaults in the new Masonic Temple, at Broad and Filbert Streets, in 1873. Here these boxes remained for years unknown and for- gotten, until after the death of R. W. Grand Secretary, Bro. Michael Nisbet, in 1896, when it occurred to Bro. John A. vii SDlti S$tifionit %ohst& in ^ttin^^lbania Perry, Deputy Grand Secretary, to open them and investigate their contents. Upon seeing what they contained, he at once recognized their great historic value, and brought his impor- tant discovery to the notice of the Grand Officers, who now after a lapse of some years have placed them at the disposal of the Committee on Library, under whose sanction the Libra- rian and Curator is arranging, collating and indexing these precious Masonic documents, which are not merely of value to the Masonic Fraternity, but to the community at large, on account of their historical import. This action of the Grand Officers and the Committee on Library, has made possible the compilation of an authentic history of such old Provincial and Subordinate Lodges of both the so-called "Moderns" and "Ancients," warranted in years gone by, by the Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania, both the "Moderns" of 1731, and the "Ancients" of 1761, which for some reasons have either ceased to exist, or now owe fealty to some Sister Grand Lodge, and whose numbers, consequently, are no longer found upon the roster of the "R. W. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and Masonic Jurisdiction Thereunto Belonging." The bringing of these documents to light, also opens up to us an insight into the Masonic life and activity during the Revolutionary times, showing how many of the prominent actors therein owed Masonic fealty to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Further than that, they also show that that governing Body was the chief Masonic organization in the Western "World, no other Grand Lodge in America granting so many warrants for the erection of Masonic Lodges in the adjoining Colonies, the Revolutionary army, or outlying counties, or having the same of local number Subordinate Lodges under its juris- diction. viii jacfinpinlttismtntst Ample credit must be given to the present R. W. Grand Secretary, Bro. John A. Perry, for courtesies extended to the compiler of this work, and help in the verification of hereto- fore vague traditions and in the completing of the lists of members, and to Bro. Daniel W. Nead, Past Master of Colonial Lodge, No. 631, for the very full and complete index. Special acknowledgments are also due to Bro. James M. Lamberton, Past Master of Perseverance Lodge No. 21, Senior Grand Deacon and Chairman of the Committee on Corre- spondence of the Grand Lodge, for the many valuable sugges- tions in the preparation of copy, and the revision of the proof. Julius F. Sachsb, Librarian and Curator. August, A. D. 1912, A. L. 5912, ARMS OF whjLiam ball, first geand master of the provincial grand LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA "ANCIENTS," 1761-1782. IZ CONTENTS. PAET I. Lodges Under the Grand Lodge op Pennsylvania, "Moderns" 1730-1760. FOREWORD v-vii "Moderns," 1731-1760. CHAPTER I. The Dawn op Freemasonry in the Western World 1-22 CHAPTER II. ' " " ' ' St. John 's or First ' Lodge, Philadelphia, and ITS Distinguished Membership 23-50 CHAPTER IIL Vicissitudes op the Early Brethren, 1737-1749 . 51-58 CHAPTER IV. The Second Lodge op the "Moderns," Phila- delphia Lodge, No. 2 59-79 CHAPTER V. The Third, or Tun Tavern Lodge op "Moderns" 80-106 CHAPTER VI. The Foxjbth Lodge of the "Moderns" .... 107-117 PAET II. Lodges Undee the PEOviNCLiL Geaio) Lodge of Pennsylvania, "Ancients," 1761-1786. CHAPTER VII. The PEOviNCUii Grand Lodge, "Ancients," 1761- 1786 119-130 CHAPTER VIII. Hi^.n Lodge No. 4, A. Y. M., at PhuiAdelphia . 131-166 CHAPTER IX, ijodge No. 5, A. Y. M., Held at Cantwell's Beidge (New Castle County), Delawabe .... 167-188 CHAPTER X. Lodge No. 6, A. Y. M., Held at Geoegetown (Kent County) on the Sassafeass Rivee on the Easteen Shoee of Maryland 189-198 CHAPTER XI. Lodge No. 7, A. Y. M., Held at Chesteetown (Kent County), Maryland 199-210 CHAPTER XII. Lodge No. 8, A. Y. M., Held in Chester and Mont- gomery Counties, and its Patriotic Mbmbees 211-249 xii Content;^ CHAPTEE XIII. Lodge No. 9, A. T. M., Held at Lancaster, Penn- sylvania 250-252 CHAPTER XIV, Lodge No. 10, A. T. M., Held at Baskingkidgb (SoMERSETT Countt), New Jerset ...