Samuel Knox Hutchinson Above: Wor. Samuel K. Hutchinson, First Master - 1850-51 The Brother most prominent in the formation of our Lodge was Samuel Knox Hutchinson who served as its first Worshipful Master. He was a mason and contractor from Lowell and engaged in the construction of the first mills in Holyoke. He was born in Pembroke, N. H., October 23, 1804 later going to Lowell where he learned his trade. He also received his Master Mason Degree in that city in 1826. After leaving Holyoke in 1852 he returned to Lowell and entered upon a long and brilliant Masonic career. He was a charter member and the first Worshipful Master of Ancient York Lodge and later presided as Commander of Massachusetts Consistory of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. He was Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1855. In 1863 he was created a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the 33d Degree and Honorary Member of the Supreme Council. B. W. Brother Hutchinson died August 1, 1877. His son, Charles Carrol Hutchinson, a youth of eighteen when he left Holyoke and a student of Ireland Academy at the time, after a career as brilliant as his distinguished father's, was elected Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts for 1897, 1898 and 1899. During his term of office the present Temple was built. | Previous Page | Contents | Next Page | | Mt. Tom 100th Anniversary | | Mount Tom Lodge Home | | HolyokeMass.com Blog | HolyokeMass History | Hampden County | | Western Mass History & Genealogy | © Laurel O'Donnell 1997 - 2012, all rights reserved This is an adaptation of the original publication This document may be downloaded for personal non-commercial use only and cannot be reproduced or distributed without permission.