Grand Lodge of Connecticut

Grand Lodge of Connecticut A.F. & A.M.
Seal of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut A.F. & A.M.
Constituted	May, 1789
Jurisdiction	Connecticut
Location	Wallingford, Connecticut USA
Website	ctfreemasons.net

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The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of the State of Connecticut is the main governing body of Freemasonry in the U.S. state of Connecticut as recognized by the United Grand Lodge of England.^[1] The Grand Lodge of Connecticut is headquartered at Wallingford, Connecticut.

History

Freemasonry was established in Connecticut in 1750. David Wooster was the charter Master of "The Lodge at New Haven", which later became Hiram Lodge No. 1. This lodge was formed under warrant from St. John's Provincial Grand Lodge at Boston.^[2]

The Grand Lodge of Connecticut was founded on July 8, 1789 with Pierpont Edwards as its first Grand Master. At the founding of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, it had 14 lodges with five more being chartered in the following two years. The first lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut was Moriah Lodge No. 15 in Brooklyn Connecticut constituted on October 15, 1790.

In 1887, Hiram Lodge challenged the authority of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut to dictate the style of ritual it would use.^[3]

Membership

As in most Masonic jurisdictions, membership in a Masonic Lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut is open to any male over 18 years of age who believes in a Supreme Being and is of sound moral character. One member of a Local Lodge being petitioned must be willing to sign his petition as Recommender, and any other Master Mason must sign as Avoucher. His election is by unanimous consent. In addition, Connecticut Lodges require a candidate to be a Connecticut resident for at least one year.

Prince Hall Freemasonry in Connecticut

On October 14, 1989, the Grand Lodge of Connecticut became the first Mainstream Grand Lodge in the United States to formally recognize and maintain the recognition of Prince Hall Freemasonry. Both Grand Lodges allow dual-membership rights for its members.

Notable Connecticut Freemasons

Benedict Arnold - American Revolutionary War General and Notable Defector - Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven
Samuel Colt - American inventor and industrialist - St. John's Lodge, Hartford
Pierpont Edwards - Delegate to the American Continental Congress and United States Federal judge - Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven
Israel Putnam - American Revolutionary War general, who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill - Military lodge in Crown Point
Rob Simmons - Retired U.S. Army Colonel and former U.S. Congressman from Connecticut - Coastal Lodge No. 57, Stonington
David Wooster - American Revolutionary War general - Hiram Lodge No. 1, New Haven
Lyman Law - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Sixth Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut - Wooster Lodge No. 10, Colchester

References

↑ "Grand Lodges in North America". United Grand Lodge of England.
↑ Henry Whittmore, Free Masonry in North America from the Colonial Period to the Beginning of the Present Century, Artotype Printing and Publishing, 1889, p. 42
↑ "A bitter Masonic war; Hiram Lodge's revolt against the Connecticut Grand Lodge". New York Times. April 14, 1887.

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