Craft Masonry in Oneida County, New York - Onondaga and ...

SAUQUOIT LODGE NO. 150, SAUQUOIT, N. Y.
Sauquoit Lodge was not the first one located at Sauquoit.
On June 7, 1822, a petition was read in the Grand Lodge asking for authority "to hold a Lodge in the village of Sauquoit, Town of
Paris, County of Oneida, by the name of Paris Lodge [No. 348]."
The petition named as officers:
AMASA MILLARD, Master.
ASAHEL CURTIS, Senior Warden.
SPALDING PIERCE, Junior Warden.
The petition is dated December 18, 1821. The following are the signers:
Amasa Millard. Asahel Curtis.
Spalding Pierce. Charles Millard.
Hobart Graves. Henry Manholland
Joseph B. Ball. Samuel H. Addington.
Eleazer Tompkins. Eliphlet Sweeting.
U. S. Pond. Abraham Sage.
Pan Beach. David Coats.
Philo C. Curtis. Daniel Held.
Seth Smith. Andrew Clarke.
Lyman Howard. Uri Doolittle.
Isaac Saxton.
It was recommended by Federal Lodge, No. 80, Amicable Lodge, No. 22, and Utica Lodge, No. 270. The warrant was issued
June 10, 1822, and it received the number 348. But little is known concerning the affairs of this Lodge; the few papers relating to it
on file in the office of the Grand Secretary indicate that at first it prospered; at the close of the year 1822 it had initiated, passed and
raised fifteen candidates. The last returns made to the Grand Lodge are dated June 1, 1830; it then had twenty members. The
officers were:
WILLIAM KNIGHT. Master.
HENRY W. ADAMS. Senior Warden.
JOSEPH W. BUTLER, Junior Warden.
DAVID LORING, Treasurer.
JOHN C. DAVIDSON, Secretary.
It undoubtedly shared the fate of other Lodges during that troublesome period, and ceased to work in 1833.
Sauquoit Lodge has always had its meeting place in the building in which it was organized. This property is now owned by the
Lodge; it was deeded to the Lodge by the Trustees of the Union Hall Association December 27, 1873.
It was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Home at Utica May 21, 1801, and at the dedication of same 5 Oct 1892.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS.
William Knight, Grand Steward.
MASTERS.
1849. N. W. Moore.
1850. N. W. Moore.
1851. William Knight.
1852. William Knight.
1853. C. E. Macomber.
1854. Ansel Tyler.
1855. Ansel Tyler.
1856. Eli C. Green.
1857. William Knight.
1858. William Knight.
1859. Eli C. Green.
1860. Isaac T. Doolittle.
1861. William Knight.
1862. William Knight.
1863. William Knight.
1864. William Knight.
1865. William Knight.
1866. William Knight.