Shibboleth: A Templar Monitor: History of the Order in the United States

Shibboleth: A Templar Monitor, by George Cooper Connor, [1894], at sacred-texts.com

HISTORY OF THE ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES.

"It would be a matter of pride and gratification," said Past Grand Master Hopkins, in his report to Grand Encampment, in 1889, "if we could trace the genealogy of our Templar organizations, by clear and unquestionable steps, back to a legitimate and respected parentage. But as that can not be done—as the very baptismal record of our Grand Encampment has been found to be erroneous—and so many subordinate bodies were formed without formality and without legality, we can only admit the established facts, and trust that the power, the purity, and the renown of our maturer years may soften the disappointment occasioned by the knowledge of an unfortunate origin."

The Grand Encampment was formed on the 10th of June, 1816, by delegates from the Grand Commanderies (then called Encampments) of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York.

CONCLAVES AND GRAND MASTERS OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT

No.	CONCLAVES.		GRAND MASTERS.	REMARKS.
No.	Place.	Year.	Name and Residence.	REMARKS.
1	New York	1816	DeWitt Clinton, New York
2	New York	1819	DeWitt Clinton, New York
3	New York	1826	DeWitt Clinton, New York	Died February 11, 1828.
4	New York	1829	Rev. Jonathan Nye, Claremont	Died April 1, 1843.
5	Baltimore	1832	Rev. Jonathan Nye, Claremont
6	Washington	1835	James M. Allen, Cayuga, N. Y	Died
7	Boston	1838	James M. Allen, Cayuga, N. Y
8	New York	1841	James M Allen Cayuga, N. Y
9	New Haven	1844	Archibald Bull, Troy, N. Y	Died December 22, 1865.
10	Columbus	1847	William B. Hubbard, Columbus	Died January 5, 1866.
11	Boston	1850	William B. Hubbard, Columbus
12	Lexington	1853	William B. Hubbard, Columbus
13	Hartford	1856	William B. Hubbard, Columbus
14	Chicago	1859	Benjamin B. French, Washington	Died August 12, 1870.
15	New York	1862	Benjamin B. French, Washington
16	Columbus	1865	Henry L. Palmer, Milwaukee
17	St. Louis	1868	William S. Gardner, Newton, Mass	Died April 14, 1888.
18	Baltimore	1871	John Q. A. Fellows, New Orleans
19	New Orleans	1874	James. H. Hopkins, Pittsburg
20	Cleveland	1877	Vincent L. Hurlbut, Chicago
21	Chicago	1880	Benjamin Dean, Boston
22	San Francisco	1883	Robert E. Withers, Wytheville, Va.
23	St. Louis	1886	Charles Roome, New York	Died June 28, 1890.
24	Washington	1889	John P. S. Gobin, Lebanon, Pa.
25	Denver	1892	Hugh McCurdy, Corunna, Mich.
26	Boston	1895
27		1898
28		1901