The three original officers named in the Charter included Sir William Johnson, as Master; Guy Johnson as Senior Warden; Daniel Claus as Junior Warden and John Butler as Secretary. The first recorded meeting of the Lodge was held on August 23rd, 1766. Except for a period of time during the Revolutionary War --May 5, 1774 to February 2, 1786-- the Lodge has met continuously ever since. There was a l
ull in its activities during the anti-Masonic period following the Morgan episode when, for several years, the Lodge met but once a year to elect officers, and no new candidates were initiated from 1831 to 1843. Patrick's Lodge enjoys a unique distinction among the older lodges on several counts: The current officers still wear the original jewels of 1766; the Lodge is in possession of it's original Charter; and also is in possession of the complete set of minutes for every meeting held from its inception in 1766 to the present time.
