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dated 30 th April , 1733 , appointing II . Price , G . M . of New England . In tho year 1738 , the R . W . the G . M . went to England by way of Antigua , where finding a number of Masons from Boston , he formed them into a Lodge , giving them a charter of incorporation , and initiated the governor and several gentlemen of distinction into the Society . This was the origin of Freemasonry in the West Indies . It did nothoweverfind its way into Trinidad until the year 1795 as
, , , may be seen by the following history of the first Lodge that was established here , "Lodge les Freres Unis ; " this Lodge was founded in 1795 by several regular ancient Masons conjointly with Bro . "Benoit Dert , " the bearer of a charter from the Grand Lodge of France . In consequence of the Revolution , the Grand Lodge of France was suspended , when the members of Lodge United Brothers petitioned the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for a charter , which was granted them
in 1797 , under the same title of " Lodge les Freres Unis , " and recorded on the roll of the said Grand Lodge as member 77 . This Lodge was installed in 1798 , by Bro . De Lannay , who was deputed for that purpose : —Benoit Dert was appointed W . M . ; Chevalier De Gannes , S . W . ; I . B . Fiquires , J . W . ; Vincent Patrice , Sec . ; Dominique Dert , Tr . In the year 1803 the Temple was erected on Mount Moriah , and in 1804 it was dedicated to the holy St . John with great solemnity . The said Lodge remained under the protection of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania until the year 1814—the war existing then between
Great Britain and the United States prevented regular communication . The Brethren then petitioned the Grand Lodge of Scotland ( under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent ) to take them under their protection , and grant them a charter—thenpetition was complied with , and they were registered by the said Grand Lodge under the name of "Lodge United Brothers , " No . 327 . Union Lodge 690 . — This was formerly a travelling charter belonging to a British regimentand was brought to Trinidad from
, Martinique by Bro . Leonard in the year 1802 , and on the 12 th of November of the same year , a number of Brethren assembled and re-opened the Lodge with the usual formalities . On a communication with the Grand Lodge of Ireland , desiring the said charter to be confirmed to them , their request was granted—the following Brethren were the three principal officers in 1802 : Bro . Leonard , W . M . ; Bro . E . Platts , S . W . ; Bro . J . C . Barker , J . W . This Lodge
continued to work for upwards of thirty years , at the expiration of which time its working was suspended for a short time , when it was again opened at St . Joseph ' s by Baron Bohmler as W . M ., Dr . Lizard as S . W ., and B . Prieto , J . W . On the death of Bro . Bohmler the Lodge ceased to work until the year 1835 , when the charter was removed to the Port of Spain by Bro . E . C . Wharf , and again reopened by Bro . William Murphy as W . M ., when many respectable gentlemen were initiated , amongst whom was the late Attorney-General , Bro . Stephen Rothery ; in 1843 this Lodge was finally closed , and the charter sent home to the Grand Lodge of Ireland by Bro . Wharf .
Philanthropic Lodge , 585 . —Five most respectable coloured inhabitants of the island , together with Bros . Pilkington and Crabbe , applied to the Grand Lodge of England for a charter , which was granted to them on the 29 th of March , 1831 , under the title of " The
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Colonial.
dated 30 th April , 1733 , appointing II . Price , G . M . of New England . In tho year 1738 , the R . W . the G . M . went to England by way of Antigua , where finding a number of Masons from Boston , he formed them into a Lodge , giving them a charter of incorporation , and initiated the governor and several gentlemen of distinction into the Society . This was the origin of Freemasonry in the West Indies . It did nothoweverfind its way into Trinidad until the year 1795 as
, , , may be seen by the following history of the first Lodge that was established here , "Lodge les Freres Unis ; " this Lodge was founded in 1795 by several regular ancient Masons conjointly with Bro . "Benoit Dert , " the bearer of a charter from the Grand Lodge of France . In consequence of the Revolution , the Grand Lodge of France was suspended , when the members of Lodge United Brothers petitioned the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for a charter , which was granted them
in 1797 , under the same title of " Lodge les Freres Unis , " and recorded on the roll of the said Grand Lodge as member 77 . This Lodge was installed in 1798 , by Bro . De Lannay , who was deputed for that purpose : —Benoit Dert was appointed W . M . ; Chevalier De Gannes , S . W . ; I . B . Fiquires , J . W . ; Vincent Patrice , Sec . ; Dominique Dert , Tr . In the year 1803 the Temple was erected on Mount Moriah , and in 1804 it was dedicated to the holy St . John with great solemnity . The said Lodge remained under the protection of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania until the year 1814—the war existing then between
Great Britain and the United States prevented regular communication . The Brethren then petitioned the Grand Lodge of Scotland ( under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent ) to take them under their protection , and grant them a charter—thenpetition was complied with , and they were registered by the said Grand Lodge under the name of "Lodge United Brothers , " No . 327 . Union Lodge 690 . — This was formerly a travelling charter belonging to a British regimentand was brought to Trinidad from
, Martinique by Bro . Leonard in the year 1802 , and on the 12 th of November of the same year , a number of Brethren assembled and re-opened the Lodge with the usual formalities . On a communication with the Grand Lodge of Ireland , desiring the said charter to be confirmed to them , their request was granted—the following Brethren were the three principal officers in 1802 : Bro . Leonard , W . M . ; Bro . E . Platts , S . W . ; Bro . J . C . Barker , J . W . This Lodge
continued to work for upwards of thirty years , at the expiration of which time its working was suspended for a short time , when it was again opened at St . Joseph ' s by Baron Bohmler as W . M ., Dr . Lizard as S . W ., and B . Prieto , J . W . On the death of Bro . Bohmler the Lodge ceased to work until the year 1835 , when the charter was removed to the Port of Spain by Bro . E . C . Wharf , and again reopened by Bro . William Murphy as W . M ., when many respectable gentlemen were initiated , amongst whom was the late Attorney-General , Bro . Stephen Rothery ; in 1843 this Lodge was finally closed , and the charter sent home to the Grand Lodge of Ireland by Bro . Wharf .
Philanthropic Lodge , 585 . —Five most respectable coloured inhabitants of the island , together with Bros . Pilkington and Crabbe , applied to the Grand Lodge of England for a charter , which was granted to them on the 29 th of March , 1831 , under the title of " The