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History

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Jerusalem Lodge #99, Established 1850

Past Masters of Jerusalem #99

Sylvester Redfield	1850
John N. Perkins	1851
William S. Price	1852
B. F. Morey	1853
B. F. Morey	1854
B. F. Morey	1855
B. F. Morey	1856
A. J. Dowdy	1857
S. Temple	1858
S. E. Patton	1859
William Reeder	1860
G. Nebeker	1861
G. Nebeker	1862
G. Nebeker	1863
G. Nebeker	1864
G. Nebeker	1865
A. J. Dowdy	1866
A. J. Dowdy	1867
A. J. Dowdy	1868
G. Nebeker	1869
G. Nebeker	1870
G. Nebeker	1871
George B. Sparks	1872
G. Nebeker	1873
George B. Sparks	1874
George B. Sparks	1875
J. Roberts	1876
J. Roberts	1877
J. Roberts	1878
P. Z. Anderson	1879
B. F. Morey	1880
B. F. Morey	1881
B. F. Morey	1882
J. Roberts	1883
J. Roberts	1884
H.B. Dudley	1885
James Roberts	1886
J. Roberts	1887
R. B. Bailey	1888
R. B. Bailey	1889
J. Roberts	1890
J. N. Frist	1891
C. M. White	1892
H. Nebeker	1893
G. M. C. Bartmess	1894
D. W. Larr	1895
F. N. Frist	1896
C. M. White	1897
C. M. White	1898
C. M. White	1899
C. M. White	1900
G. M. C. Bartmess	1901
C. M. White	1902
Ross Adams	1903
Ross Adams	1904
A. Roberts	1905
C. Cluder	1906
L. E. Marvel	1907
L. E. Marvel	1908
I. T. Peer	1909
W. T. Reid	1910
W. T. Reid	1911
J. N. Frist	1912
I. T. Peer	1913
W. E. Benner	1914
W. E. Benner	1915
J. F. Adams	1916
J. F. Adams	1917
W. E. Benner	1918
S. Amour	1919
E. A. Lewin	1920
E. A. Lewin	1921
George Kitto	1922
David Llewellyn	1923
Thomas W. Wilson	1924
W. Samuel Bell	1925
David T. Wilson	1926
Raymond B. Medlock	1927
John Dunsmore	1928
Charles Taylor	1929
George Harwood	1929
Clarence A. Harrison	1930
H. Raymond Gilfoy	1931
William F. Provence	1932
E. A. Lewin	1933
George Baird	1934
Roy Butts	1935
Fred E. Vanhorn	1936
Louis J. Lemstra	1937
Odell Archer	1938
William M. Vastbinder	1939
Toivo A. Lahti	1940
Ray R. Shew	1941
Otis F. Shell	1942
John T. Miller	1943
John Griffiths	1944
Thomas A. Connely	1945
John Griffiths	1946
Leonard Hill	1947
Ear B. Waters	1948
Albert J. Dunsmore	1949
Donald Reinerio	1950
Wakefield P. Kirkman	1951
Ray M. Biggs	1952
Harold E. Ruby	1953
James E. Moudy	1954
Morris G. Montgomery	1955
Joesph Marks	1956
Claude L. Vietti	1957
Eugene D. Barton	1958
Elmer E. Humphrey	1959
Herbert A. Donald	1960
Paul R. Miller	1961
Ben S. Sharp	1962
Carl F. Cloyd	1963
James W. Helms	1964
Arthur S. Nowling	1965
Jack L. McMullen, Sr.	1966
Wayne L. Blackburn	1967
David Llewellyn	1968
Donald R. Kemper	1969
Henry L. Maudlin	1970
Arthur E. Jones	1971
Edward M. Reiber	1972
Donald M. Wright	1973
Dtanley D. Owens	1974
John B. Monts	1975
Earl L. Guinn	1976
Paul I. Holbert	1977
Arnold T. Abner	1978
Michael L. Guinn	1979
Richard L. Baker	1980
George E. Williams	1981
Steven A. Giordano	1982
Frank J. Pitchkites	1983
Jack L. MuMullen, Jr.	1984
James S. Cloud	1985
John M. Summers	1986
James W. Toppas	1987
Michael Kelley	1988
Floyd E. Bennett	1989
Jeffery A. Bates	1990
Edward P. Magee	1991
Charles E. Cartwright	1992
Paul E. Cox	1993
Dirk Foltz	1994
Leo Measch	1995
Tim Foltz	1996
Neal Woodard	1997
R. Joe Cartwright	1998
Brian V. Price	1999
Robert D. Shepard	2000
James W. Toppas	2001
Ronald C. Lockwood	2002
Ared Allen	2003
Kevin S. Williams	2004
James W. Toppas II	2005
Bradley A. Shepherd	2006
Gary L. Blackburn *	2007
Barry E. Lilley	2008
Robert L. Blackburn	2009

* RECEIVED GRAND MASTER’S AWARD WITH HIGH DISTINCTION

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Here is a genealogy of Dr. Sylvestor Redfield, the Charter Master of Jerusalem Lodge #99.

1.      William Redfield emigrated from England to the colony of Massachusetts between the years of 1630 and 1639.  The exact date is unknown, but as early as 1639 he owned four acres on the south side of the Churles River about six miles from Boston.  In September of 1646 he sold his land to Edward Jackson.

     William removed to Pequot, later called New London, in the Connecticut colony where he bought 10 acres of arable land lying at Munhegan.  His family at this time consisted of his wife, Rebecca; his daughters, Lydia, Rebecca, and Judith; and his son, James.  William’s death occurred about May of 1662.  His widow, Rebecca, survived him for an unknown period of time.  The last record of her is in 1667.

2.      James Redfield, the only son of William, bound himself to Hugh Roberts of New London on April 1, 1662 for five years, “to learn the art and trade of tanning,” when he was around age sixteen.  In May of 1669, James Redfield married at New Haven, Connecticut to Elizabeth How.  A daughter was born in May of 1670 and he removed to Tisbury, Martha’s Vineyard in 1671.  In July of 1676 he was living at Saybrook with his wife, children, and a servant man.

     James Redfield moved from Saybrook to Fairfield, Connecticut as early as 1963, and his wife, Elizabeth died a short time before moving.  Living in Fairfield, he married for a second time, this time to Deborah Sturges.  They had a son, James.  James had three children by his first wife; their names were Sarah, Mrs. John Seeley, and Theophilus.  Sarah married Daniel Frost.  The deaths of James and Deborah probably occurred before 1723.

3.      William Redfield, seventh son of Theophilus, son of James, resided at Guilford, Connecticut, and was a sea captain.  He married Elizabeth Starr on January 8, 1755.  He later moved to Middletown where he spent the remainder of his life and it was also the place where all of his children were born.  He kept an inn and at one time was in charge of the jail.  On July 1, 1977 he was appointed Issuing Commissary to the Battalion Raised in Connecticut for Continental Service.  He died in July of 1813 at age 86, while his wife passed away near 1800.  All four of his sons became seamen.

4.      Pelig Redfield, fourth son of Captain William, son of Theophilus, left home at age 14, following the sea as his profession for most of his life.  In 1788 he married Elizabeth Pratt of Staddle Hill, Middletown, where he died September 10, 1802, at age 41.  In 1804 his widow married Nathan Sears.  On the first day of June, 1806, the family consisting of his nine children and four of her younger ones started with and ox team for that part of Ohio then called New Connecticut, arriving July 25, 1806, in Randolph, Portage County.  She died there on February 2, 1825.

5.      Pelig Redfield, third son of Pelig, son of Captain William removed with his brother to Randolph, Portage County, Ohio in 1806.  He married Silena Sherrill (born on July 17, 1797, daughter of Reverend Henry and Mercy Sherrill formerly of New Jersey and sister of his brother Samuel’s wife) on March 1, 1818.  He cultivated a farm at Randolph until about 1838 when he moved to Rockville, Parke County, Indiana.  In 1856 he moved to Nebraska City, Northwest Territory where he still lived when his wife died on September 15, 1858.  They had six children; Alvin, Nathan, Sylvestor (born May 28, 1824), Mary, Louisa, Lavina Sileon, and William Pelig.

6.      Dr. Sylvestor Redfield, physician and farmer, third son of Pelig, son of Pelig, son of Captain William, graduated from Electic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Born on May 28, 1853 in Randolph, Portage County, Ohio, moving to Parke County, Indiana in 1838 with his father, later moving to Clinton, Indiana before 1850.  He was married on June 19, 1853 to Harriet Fryatt, Born on February 4, 1835, daughter of William and Delilah Fryatt.  They had three children, Rowena Armed, Silena D. May, and Robert Morris.  The family moved to Nebraska City, Northwest Territory in the year 1856.

The above information is presented to Jerusalem Lodge #99, F. & A.M., Clinton, Indiana due to the efforts of Leon Guinn and John Shepard (originally presented on January 4, 1997).

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