George Washington’s Generals & Freemasonry
The purpose of this webpage is to present information about which of the Generals in George Washington’s Continental Army were Freemasons.
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Generals of the Continental Army, under George Washington
|
Name |
State or Country |
Masonic Membership, if any |
| William Alexander | New Jersey | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Charles T. Armand | France | not a Mason |
| John Armstrong | Pennsylvania | not a Mason |
| Benedict Arnold | Connecticut | Major General, deserted to the enemy in 1780 and fought against the United States Affiliated with Hiram Lodge No. 1 in New Haven, Connecticut, 1765 – not clear where he became a Mason |
| George Clinton | New York | not a Mason |
| James Clinton | New York | Brigadier General, Brevet (honorary) Major General Member of Warren Lodge No. 17, New York |
| Thomas Conway | France | not a Mason |
| Elias Dayton | New Jersey | Brigadier General Member of Military Lodge No. 19, AYM, under Pennsylvania, 1780 |
| Prud’Homme DeBorre | France | not a Mason |
| Philip DeCoudray | France | not a Mason |
| Matthias A.R. DeFermoy | France | not a Mason |
| John P. DeHaas | Pennsylvania | not a Mason |
| John Baron DeKalb | Bavaria | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Frederick W. DeWoedtke | Prussia | not a Mason |
| Louis L. DuPortail | France | not a Mason |
| Joseph Frye | Massachusetts | Brigadier General Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but GL of Massachusetts lists him as being a Mason |
| Christopher Gadsden | South Carolina | not a Mason |
| Horatio Gates | Virginia | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Mordecai Gist | Maryland | Brigadier General Member of Lodge No. 16, Baltimore, 1775, later Grand Master of South Carolina 1791 |
| John Glover | Massachusetts | Brigadier General Charter Member of Philanthropic Lodge, 1760 |
| John Greaton | Massachusetts | Brigadier General Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but visited Masonic lodges, officer of Masters Lodge, Albany, 1779 |
| Nathanael Greene | Rhode Island | MSA (Masonic Service Association) says he was a mason, as do his descendants |
| Edward Hand | Pennsylvania | Brigadier General, later Major General Master of Military Lodge No. 19 |
| William Heath | Massachusetts | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| James Hogun | North Carolina | Brigadier General, taken prisoner in Charleston 1780 and died in captivity 1781 Member of Royal Arch Lodge No. 3 in Philadelphia, 1779 |
| Robert Howe | North Carolina | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Isaac Huger | South Carolina | not a Mason |
| Jedediah Huntington | Connecticut | not a Mason |
| William Irvine | Pennsylvania | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Henry Knox | Massachusetts | Major General, later Commander in Chief of the Army and later Secretary of War Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but he visited Masonic Lodges and Grand Lodges |
| Marquis de LaFayette | France | Major General (last surviving General of the Revolutionary War when he died in 1834) No documentary evidence shows where or when he became a Mason, but he said he was, presented himself, and was universally accepted as a Mason, visited numerous Masonic lodges |
| Ebenezer Learned | Massachusetts | not a Mason |
| Charles Lee | Virginia | not a Mason |
| Andrew Lewis | Virginia | not a Mason |
| Benjamin Lincoln | Massachusetts | Major General, later Secretary of War Became a Mason in Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston, 1781, and attended Grand Lodge meetings |
| Alexander McDougall | New York | not a Mason |
| Lachlan McIntosh | Georgia | not a Mason |
| William Maxwell | New Jersey | Brigadier General Member of Military Lodge No. 19, AYM, under Pennsylvania warrant |
| Hugh Mercer | Virginia | Brigadier General, died of wounds at Princeton, 1777 Became a Mason in Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4, 1767, later Master of that Lodge |
| Thomas Mifflin | Pennsylvania | not a Mason |
| Richard Montgomery | New York | Promoted to Major General just before he was killed in Quebec in 1775 Presumed to have been a member of Lodge of Unity, No. 18, under Irish Registry in the 17th Regiment of Foot – he was accepted by his contemporaries as being a Freemason |
| James Moore | North Carolina | not a Mason |
| Daniel Morgan | Virginia | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| William Moultrie | South Carolina | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Peter Muhlenberg | Virginia | Brigadier General, Brevet (honorary) Major General Member of Royal Arch Lodge No. 3, Philadelphia, 1779 |
| Francis Nash | North Carolina | not a Mason |
| John Nixon | Massachusetts | Brigadier General Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but he visited Masonic lodges and was considered a Mason by his contemporaries |
| Samuel H. Parsons | Connecticut | Major General Became a Mason in American Union Lodge, 1776 – Master of that lodge 1779 and of St. john’s Lodge No. 2, Middletown, Conn., in 1783 |
| John Paterson | Massachusetts | Brigadier General, Brevet (honorary) Major General Charter member of Berkshire No. 5 Lodge in Stockbridge, 1777 |
| Enoch Poor | New Hampshire | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Casimir Pulaski | Poland | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Israel Putnam | Connecticut | One of the 1st 4 Major Generals appointed, and the only one to serve throughout the Revolutionary War Became a Mason at Crown Point in a military lodge in 1758, visited some Lodges, buried with Masonic honors in 1790 |
| Rufus Putnam | Massachusetts | Brigadier General Made a Mason in American Union Lodge, 1779, Master in 1794 |
| James Reed | New Hampshire | not a Mason |
| Arthur St. Clair | Pennsylvania | Major General, later President of the Continental Congress, 1787, and 1st Governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802 Petitioner for charter of Nova Caesarea Lodge No. 10 in Cincinnati, 1791, and Masonic monument erected over his grave |
| Philip Schuyler | New York | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Charles Scott | Virginia | not a Mason |
| William Smallwood | Maryland | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Joseph Spencer | Connecticut | not a Mason |
| John Stark | New Hampshire | Brigadier General, Brevet (honorary) Major General Made a Mason in Masters Lodge, Albany, 1778 |
| Adam Stephen | Virginia | not a Mason |
| Frederick W.A. von Steuben | Prussia | Major General Made a Mason in Germany, became a member of Trinity Lodge No. 10 (now 12) in N.Y., later affiliated with Holland Lodge No. 8 |
| Lord (Alexander) Stirling | New Jersey | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| John Sullivan | New Hampshire | Major General, later Governor of N.H. Member of old St. John’s Lodge, Portsmouth, N.H., 1767, 1st Grand Master of New Hampshire, 1789-1790, resigned because of ill health in 1790 |
| Jethro Sumner | North Carolina | Brigadier General Held offices in Blandford Bute Lodge in N.C., 1766 |
| John Thomas | Massachusetts | not a Mason |
| William Thompson | Pennsylvania | Brigadier General Member of Royal Arch Lodge No. 3, Philadelphia, 1778 |
| James M. Varnum | Rhode Island | Brigadier General Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but he visited Masonic lodges and was accepted as a Mason, and buried with Masonic honors |
| Artemas Ward | Massachusetts | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| George Washington | Virginia | Mason in the Lodge at Fredericksburgh (now Fredericksburg Lodge #4), Virginia, later appointed but did not actually serve as 1st Master of Alexandria Lodge #22 under its Virginia Charter, 1788-1789 |
| Anthony Wayne | Pennsylvania | no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| George Weedon | Virginia | Brigadier General Made a Mason in Port Royal Kilwinning Cross Lodge No. 2, 1757, affiliated with Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4, 1767 |
| Otho H. Williams | Maryland | Brigadier General Made a Mason in American Union Lodge, at Roxbury Massachusetts, 1776, later an officer in Maryland Lodge No. 27, 1780 |
| William Woodford | Virginia | Brigadier General Member of Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 |
| David Wooster | Connecticut | Brigadier General, died of wounds 1777 Presumed to have been made a Mason in a military lodge in Louisbourg, Charter Master of Hiram Lodge No. 1 in New Haven, the 1st Lodge in Connecticut, 1750 |
| SUMMARY | 74 men were commissioned as Generals in the U.S. Continental Army from 1775 through 1783 33 (46%) were Freemasons |
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