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Text Box: Acknowledgements are gratefully extended to W/Bro P. Vidler of Strong Man Lodge 45, W/Bro J. Smoothy of True Friendship Lodge160, W/Bro J.G. Amos of Earl Amhurst Lodge 3230, and W/Bro C. Penny of Leigh Chase Lodge 6804 for their very significant assistance in the preparation of this tree. Also to W/Bro Derek Childs, previously Secretary of the Shoeburyness Lodge 6665, who in recent times was the first to appreciate and process data relating to the kinship of the Strong Man and True Friendship Lodges. History cannot always be shown definitely on a piece of paper. Strong Man’s relevant early Minutes were lost. So there are no defining documents extant confirming the Strong man Lodge was the Mother Lodge of True Friendship. However the first Worshipful (Master), Senior Warden, Junior Warden and Secretary of True Friendship were all senior brethren of the Strong Man Lodge. Text Box: FAMILY TREE the Lodge of True Friendship together with our own Chapter member W/Bro Derek Childs—it was concluded that the Lodge of True Friendship 160 was a direct descendant of the Strong Man Lodge 45. There was a special meeting and dinner held at Saxon Hall during the 31st March 2006 to celebrate the Essex Family Cluster which was attended by the PGM the RW Bro. J. Webb and various other retinue with of course members from the Strong Man & Lodge of True Friendship Lodges—the tree below is based on a copy of the chart presented on the night together with the acknowledgements at the bottom.

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                           FAMILY TREE

                  LODGES IN NUMBER ORDER                                        VENUE DESCRIPTION
Text Box: LODGE No. CONCECRATED MEETING PLACE
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STRONG MAN451733London
LODGE OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP1601766Rochford
ROYAL BURNHAM788 ERASED 1861
PRIORY10001864Southend
SAINT JOHN'S13431870Thurrock
SKEMERSDALE15991876Highgate
TRINITY17341877Rochford
ST ANDREWS'S18171879Southend
TILBURY20061883Chingford
ST CLEMENTS24421892Southend
ALBERT LUCKING27171898Southend
WESTCLIFF29031902Southend
CANUTE31041905Southend
CROWSTONE32981908Southend
INGREBOURNE33451908Upmister
NORE36101912Southend
BENFLEET37981917Southend
THAMES ESTUARY40431920Southend
ST. GEORGE'S41171920Thurrock
WICKFORD42201920Rochford
ST PHILLIP42211920Southend
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE42401921Southend
PARK MANOR44571922Southend
WENNINGTON45591923Orsett
LEIGH-ON-SEA47081925Southend
BELFAIRS47301925Southend
THURROCK47571925Thurrock
SWEYN47641925Southend
THORPE BAY48031925Southend
PITSEA48371926Southend
PRITTLEWELL48961926Southend
ST LEONARDS49821927Southend
ST MARGARET'S51681930Southend
STANFORD-LE-HOPE52171930Orsett
THUNDERSLEY52251930Southend
LAINDON52301930Orsett
ST KATHERINE'S53761932Rochford
OLD SOUTHENDIAN54031933Southend
ORSETT54241933Orsett
HADLEIGH CASTLE54471933Southend
OLD WESTCLIFFIAN54561934Southend
SAINT LAURENCE55111934Upminster
OLD PALMERIANS56321936Thurrock
AMITY57531938Southend
HORNCHURCH57901939Upminster
LODGE OF FRATERNITY59161943Southend
TILLINGBOURNE59891944Upminster
HAMLET COURT60261944Southend
TUSCAN60671945Upminster
SAINTS PETER & PAUL61591945Thurrock
VICTORY MARINE61601945Upminster
HOCKLEY62041945Rochford
ABBOTS HALL62051945Upminster
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA64841947Southend
HENRY DE GRAY66271948Thurrock
SHOEBURYNESS66651948Southend
CHALKWELL67381948Southend
LEIGH CHASE68041948Southend
ENGAYNE68311949Upminster
MINSTER69141949Upminster
TUDOR69471949Southend
THAMES MOUTH69941950Southend
HAVEN70461950Orsett
ESSEX QUADRANT71431951Hutton
HASSENBROOK74231955Orsett
TEMPLEWOOD74241955Rochford
DAWS HEATH74661956Southend
CROUCH74971956Chelmsford
COURTNEY75291957Upminster
UPMINSTER HALL75731957Upminster
RAYLEIGH MOUNT75791958Rochford
BASILDON77981961Southend
EASTWOODBURY79221963Rochford
CANON STAFFORD MORRIS79751964Upminster
LODGE OF BENIFICENCE79781964Orsett
SOUTHCHURCH HALL80051964Southend
COUNOS81331966Southend
THAMESTIDE81471966Southend
BULPHAN82301968Orsett
STIFFORD HEATH83271970Thurrock
HARMONY84761972Rochford
LANGDON HILLS84771972Orsett
DRAYTON STANDARD86261974Southend
ALEXANDRE MARITIME87801977Rochford
ROCHFORD HUNDRED89221979Rochford
ASHINGDON90261981Rochford
CASTLE POINT91221984Rochford
SANTO CLARO94861992Orsett
GUY JERMAN95061993Rochford
ENLIGHTENMENT95501994Upminster
SOUTHEND DAYLIGHT97232000Southend
UNIVERSAL FRIENDSHIP97592002Southend
WAKERING & BARLING97902004Rochford

CHELMSFORD

 

CHINGFORD

 

HIGHGATE

HUTTON

 

LONDON

ORSETT

 

ROCHFORD

 

SOUTHEND

 

THURROCK

 

UPMINSTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masonic Hall, County Hotel, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, Essex.

Masonic Hall, Station Road, Chingford, London.

Mansfield Bowls Club, Highgate, London.

Masonic Hall, Mount Avenue, Hutton, Brentwood, Essex.

FM Hall, Great Queen Street, London.

Masonic Hall, Rectory Road, Orsett, Essex.

Masonic Hall, The Old Court House, 24, South Street, Rochford, Essex.

Southend Masonic Centre, Saxon Hall, Aviation Way, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

Thurrock Masonic Hall, Lenthall Avenue, Grays, Essex.

Masonic Hall, Deyncourt Gardens, Upminster, Essex.

 

 

 
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CONSECRATED    29th OCTOBER 1898

Albert Lucking Lodge 2717

PROVINCE OF ESSEX