The Royal White Hart Lodge was formed Nov. Long ago it ceased to exist, but from the number of Masons living in the vicinity the place became known as Masonboro and a nearby body of water as Masonboro Sound, and they are so known to this day. A Masonic lodge called Hanover Lodge was formed. Upon Granger's return to North Carolina, he settled upon his father's estate below Wilmington. Probably a number of his soldiers also joined an Army Lodge chartered May 13, 1756, by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. One of the first buildings erected in Wilmington was a Masonic lodge.Ĭaleb Granger of New Hanover County, commanding officer of a North Carolina company of volunteers who fought in northern colonies during the French and Indian wars, became a Mason during the campaign. Later its number was changed several times. It is believed to have been an outgrowth of the Solomon Lodge, which disbanded about 1754 at Cape Fear. John's Lodge of Wilmington was chartered by the Grand Lodge of England in 1755, and now ranks as the oldest still in existence in North Carolina. But several lodges in this State did get charters directly from England. C., or from his successors in South Carolina. There is no record of any North Carolina charter from Provincial Grand Master Hammerton, of Charleston, S. From him a regular succession can be traced to Joseph Montfort, Esquire, who was appointed by the Duke of Beaufort.” 5736), when the Earl of Loudoun appointed John Hammerton, Esquire, to that dignity. “The Carolinas, whose settlement is of later date, had no Provincial Grand Master until 1736 (A. John's Day, June 24, 1789, Francis Xavier Martin declared: “Masons crossed the Atlantic with the first settlers of the British Colonies in America, and, soon after, the Grand Master of England appointed Provincial Grand Masters and constituted regular lodges in the new world. “This was Solomon Lodge, chartered by Thomas Thynne, second Viscount Weymouth, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England.” “The Craft was actively at work in North Carolina prior to 1735, for in that year enough Masons had assembled in the Cape Fear settlement, near the present city of Wilmington, to form a lodge,” according to the late historian, Marshall DeLancey Haywood, of Raleigh. (7 terms) 1858-59 1866-67 1874-75 1882Īlthough the early history of Freemasonry in North Carolina can not be accurately traced because of the fact that complete records are not extant, it is known that the fraternity dates back more than two centuries in this State. The West, Blue Lodge Room, Masonic Temple The East, Blue Lodge Room, Masonic Temple Tryon's Palace, Where Lodge Long Had Lodge Roomsįrancis Lowthrop, Worshipful Master for 14 Terms PENCIL SKETCH OF MASONIC TEMPLE, 1943, BY CPL.
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