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             The old East Parish, and later known as East Bridgewater, was the birthplace of organized Masonry in the Bridgewater's.  Satucket Lodge’s actual Mother Lodge was Fellowship Lodge, which later then established itself permanently in the South Parish, which is now the town of Bridgewater.  On April 6, 1881, MW Samuel Crocker Lawrence granted a dispensation for the organization of a Lodge to be located in East Bridgewater to know as Satucket Lodge, with Wor. Frederick S. Stone as its first Master.  Satucket Lodge held its first meeting on April 12, 1881. Satucket Lodge was constituted on May 1, 1882 in an apartment, which is now the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, by with MW Samuel Crocker Lawrence presiding.

            In the spring of 1927, the Grand Lodge honored Satucket Lodge by appointing two of its members as District Deputies. RW Charles F. Mann who served in 1900 and 1901, and RW Warren S. Shaw in 1919 and 1920.

            When the Steamship Titanic sank, one of its passengers, Br. Francis Davis Millet, who was a well-known artist, was one of those missing. Later, his ashes were returned and interred in the family lot.  Services for Bro. Millet were held in the Unitarian Church on May 3, 1912.  It should be noted that the nation was in mourning as many of its citizens died in that tragedy.

            The late Brother George A. Ridder made a donation of approximately 3 acres of land in East Bridgewater for the newly formed Tri-Town Temple Association for the purpose of building a Masonic Building to house Puritan Lodge of Whitman, Satucket Lodge of East Bridgewater and Wampatuck Lodge of Hanson.

            In addition to housing the three Lodges, it is also home for the Wampatuck and Pilgrim Chapters of the O.E.S., as well as the Whitman Assembly of the order of Rainbow Girls.

            The official dedication ceremonies took place on Sunday, May 16, 1982 with MW J. Phillip Berquist officiating. A reception was later held at the Ridder Country Club.

             Satucket meets the first Tuesday of the Month.

             As of this writing, Wor. George Noon serves as its Master..

                                                            Bro. Peter A. Del Sette

                                                                 District Historian

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