Craft Masonry in Ontario, Seneca and Yates Counties, New York


History, Royal Arch Masonry, Geneva, N.Y.: 1809-1964 : Geneva Mark Lodge no ...‎, John H. Stelter, 1964. 48 pages



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History, Royal Arch Masonry, Geneva, N.Y.: 1809-1964 : Geneva Mark Lodge no ...‎, John H. Stelter, 1964. 48 pages

History of Ark Lodge no. 33 F.& A.M. 1807-1957‎, John H. Stelter, 103 pages


Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 112, Palmyra, Ontario, New York.

Warrant: 9 Jul 1804

Forfeit: 4 Jun 1835

Revived as Palmyra Lodge No. 248, 8 Mar 1852, Palmyra, Wayne County. [On 11 Apr 1823, Wayne County was formed by combining portions of Seneca and Ontario Counties.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_County,_New_York

In 1789, Montgomery County was reduced in size by the splitting off of Ontario County. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Steuben, Wyoming, Yates, and part of Schuyler and Wayne Counties.



Herkimer County was one of three counties split off from Montgomery County (others being Otsego and Tioga Counties) in 1791.

Onondaga County was formed in 1794 by the splitting of Herkimer County.

Cayuga County was formed in 1799 by the splitting of Onondaga County. This county was, however, much larger than the present Cayuga County. It then included the present Seneca and Tompkins Counties and part of Wayne County.

In 1804, Seneca County was formed by the splitting of Cayuga County.

In 1817, Seneca County was reduced in size by combining portions of Seneca and the remainder of Cayuga County to form Tompkins County. Part of this territory, the current towns of Covert and Lodi, were returned to Seneca County in 1819.

In 1823, Seneca County was reduced in size by combining portions of Seneca and Ontario Counties to form Wayne County.]


Of the charter members of Palmyra Lodge, Charles Hudson, Samuel D. Huntington, Samuel Sawyer and Frederick U. Sheffield were members of Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 112, and Truman Hemingway and Pomeroy Tucker, also members of this Lodge, affiliated with Palmyra Lodge shortly after it was organized, thus constituting a connecting link between these Lodges.

At a session of the Grand Lodge, held 1 Jun 1803, a petition was presented asking for a warrant for Mount Moriah Lodge. This petition was signed by the following:

Pearley Phillips. Azel Ensworth.

Asa Lilly. Timothy Smith.

John Swift. Gain Robinson.

Joel Pressed. Seth Deane.

Philetus Swift. William Burnet.
Dr. Azel Ensworth, who was a brother-in-law of William Rodgers, and had come into Ontario country in 1792, and first settled in his immediate neighborhood. After keeping a public house in early years, in Palmyra, in the early start of Rochester, he was the founder of the Eagle Tavern, and for a long period he and his son were its landlords. He was later a resident of Buffalo, with his son-in-law, Benjamin Campbell.

In 1818 Dr. Azel Ensworth purchased the old Scrantom cabin at the Four Corners [in Rochester] and moved it back to serve as a stable for a more commodious two-story tavern at that central location. Dr. Ensworth added a high attic to his tavern two years later to provide a public hall and concert room, and this facility prompted the formation of a band of musicians who led a parade through the village on the Fourth of July in 1820 to a community banquet in the Ensworth tavern.



http://books.google.com/books?id=Zi4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=%22Azel+Ensworth%22+%22buffalo%22&source=bl&ots=yI9pKTJJJ9&sig=IZNgRniQcWQWOyzLR4b29QJa9RU&hl=en&ei=y0l7S6HnLs74lQe1wIijDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CB4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Azel%20Ensworth%22%20%22buffalo%22&f=false page 88.

Dr. Ensworth resides with his daughter, Mrs. Campbell, at Buffalo. He is the oldest member of the Pioneer Society, being now in his ninety-fourth year [in 1854]. He was born in Canterbury, CT [ca 1760], and settled in Rochester in the year 1816. The medal which appears in his likeness, is worn by the Doctor as the oldest surviving member of the Pioneer Association.

The first courts of the county of Monroe were held at the house of Dr. Ensworth. He resided at that time in a very comfortable framed dwelling, which he disposed of, and in connection with his son Russell, since dead, built up the Eagle Block, which proved a ruinous speculation. Hamlet Scrantom had previously owned the lot on which that block now stands, and had built upon it a small log house. It was transferred by him to Henry Skinner, who built about the year 1815, in addition, a two story framed building, the frame standing unfinished. In this condition the property was purchased by Dr. Ensworth for a sum not exceeding $2500. Skinner was bound to finish off the frame and to put it in good inhabitable condition as a public inn. The present Eagle Hotel succeeded to these improvements, and involving the Doctor beyond his means to pay, he has since remained comparatively poor.

His character has ever been that of a candid, upright man, and an exemplary member of society and of the church. His other daughters, besides Mrs. Campbell, were Mrs. (Sarah) John Shethar and Mrs. Rufus Meech. It is believed also, that he has one son still living, and who resides in New York.

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Dr. Gain Robinson, b. Jan 1771, Clark’s Island, MA, as early as 1800 was from Cummington, MA, having removed to Palmyra, NY. He married Chloe Bredish, daughter of Col. John Bradish, the father of (Lt.) Gov. (Luther) Bradish, who was one of the early settlers of Palmyra. He continued in practice until his death, in 1830, enjoying a large share of professional eminence, and highly esteemed in the wide circle of his practice. There have gone out from under his instruction a large number who hare conferred credit upon their early mentor. His son, Rollin, assisted in the printing of the first edition of the Book of Mormon, being a neighbor of Joseph Smith.

The petitioners set forth that " they were inhabitants of the towns of Palmyra and of Phelps, residing at a distance of fifteen to twenty miles from any Masonic Lodge, and humbly pray your worships to grant us a charter by the name and style of Mount Moriah Lodge, with all the powers and privileges which other Lodges in this State have and enjoy, with this particular privilege, to wit, the right of convening the Lodge alternately at the Town of Palmyra and the Town of Phelps, or if the same be by your worships deemed improper then your petitioners pray a charter appointing their Lodge to be held at the Town of Palmyra only."

The petition nominated as officers:

Pearley Phillips. Master.

Azel Ensworth, Senior Warden.

Timothy Smith, Junior Warden.
The petition was recommended by Ontario Lodge, No. 23, of Canandaigua at a meeting held 25 Dec 1802.

The petition met with favor, and on June 9. 1804, a warrant was issued with the special privilege asked for, and it continued to meet alternately at Palmyra and Phelps until 1807. On March 6, a petition was prepared asking permission to meet at Palmyra only and endorsed upon it is the following:


"The prayer of the above petitioners appears to be reasonable, and I recommend the granting of it. Dewitt Clinton, 2 June, 1807."
The petition was granted by the Grand Lodge 2 Sep 1807, and the Lodge met thereafter at Palmyra only.

Among the old papers relating to this Lodge on file is the following bill:

R.'. W.'. Grand Lodge, State Of N. York.

To Asa Stanley, Dr.

For attendance at the Annual Communication as proxy for Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 112.

6 days at $1.50 $9.00

358/716 miles travel

17 days 26.25

$35.25

New York 11 June 1821.


Rec'd Pay't.

Asa Stanley.

A mutilated copy of the minutes of this Lodge was rescued from a second-hand book store by R.'. W.'. George McGown and presented to the Lodge. These old records contain the proceedings of the Lodge from 9 Jul 1804, to 6 Dec 1824.

On 4 Mar 1811, the Lodge adopted the following:


"resolved, That in the future every candidate for Freemasonry be presented with the sacred writings at his initiation into the first degree of Freemasonry."

This custom prompted the adoption of a similar custom by Palmyra Lodge, the only difference being that in the old Lodge the presentation was made at initiation, while in Palmyra Lodge it is done when the candidate receives his third degree.

The last recorded meeting of Mount Moriah Lodge was held 6 Dec 1824, but subsequent meetings must have been held as among the returns of the Lodge on file in the office of the Grand Secretary is one dated June 1, 1831. It may be assumed that, owing to the intense and bitter persecutions occasioned by the Morgan Episode, the Lodge met occasionally, but made no record of its proceedings. The warrant was declared forfeited by the Grand Lodge, 4 Jun 1835.

The Mormon leader, Joseph Smith, Jr., was raised to the degree of Master Mason on 7 May 1818 in Ontario Lodge No. 23 of Canandaigua, New York. His brother, Hyrum Smith, was a member of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 112, Palmyra New York



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrum_Smith

Hyrum Smith (9 Feb 1800 – 27 Jun 1844) was the older brother of Joseph Smith, Jr. and a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. Hyrum was born in Tunbridge, VT, the second son of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. Hyrum received a limited education, and established himself as a farmer. Hyrum attended Dartmouth College in his teens.

During the translation of the Book of Mormon and the establishment of the Church, Hyrum was Joseph Smith, Jr.’s close advisor and confidant. In June, 1829, Hyrum was baptized in Seneca Lake, NY. He was one of the Eight Witnesses examining and testifying of the reality of the Golden Plates, the original source of the Book of Mormon. When the Church was organized on 16 Apr 1830, six men signed their names as charter members; at the age of thirty, Hyrum was the oldest of the six. Hyrum served as presiding officer of a church branch in Colesville, NY, and was one of the first Latter Day Saint preachers in the surrounding area.

As the church headquarters and membership moved west, Hyrum and his family relocated. In 1831, he established a home in Kirtland, OH. During his residence there, he served as foreman of the quarry providing stone for the Kirtland Temple. Between 1831 and 1833, he served proselying missions to Missouri and Ohio. In 1834, under the direction of Joseph Smith, he recruited members for a militia, Zion’s Camp, and traveled with the group to the aid of the Latter Day Saints in Missouri. He was appointed Second Counselor in the church's First Presidency in November 1837. In 1838 and 1839, Hyrum, Joseph and three other church leaders shared a jail cell in Liberty, Missouri while awaiting trial.

After relocating to Nauvoo, IL, Hyrum was ordained as Presiding Patriarch of the Church, a position formerly held by his deceased father, Joseph Smith, Sr. He also was ordained by Joseph to the priesthood office of Apostle and replaced Oliver Cowdery as Assistant President of the Church; in this capacity, Hyrum acted as President of the Church in Joseph's absence and was designated to be Joseph's successor if he were killed or incapacitated.

When warned of possible danger, Joseph urged Hyrum and his family to flee to Cincinnati, OH. Hyrum refused and, in 1844, traveled with Joseph to Carthage, IL, where both were charged with riot and treason. Joseph, Hyrum, John Taylor and Willard Richards were held awaiting trial in a jail in Carthage. On 27 Jun 1844, the building was attacked by a mob of between sixty to two hundred men. While attempting to barricade the door to prevent the mob from entering, Hyrum was shot in the face and killed instantly. Taylor was struck by several bullets but survived with the help of Richards. Joseph was killed by at least two shots, and fell through a second story window to the ground where he was shot again.


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