Astrea No. 85

Title

Astrea No. 85

Status

Chartered

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Number

85

District

Division

Chartered

12/14/1808

Revived

Inactive

12/11/1889

Meetings

Address

City

Stony Creek

County

Sussex

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Website

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Notes

Confirmed chartered 12/14/1808 as "Astræa Lodge, No. 85". 1808 Proceedings: Whereas a dispensation was issued, signed by the Grand Master, bearing date March 25, 1808, to authorize the opening of a Lodge in the county of Sussex, by the name of the Astræa Lodge, appointing John M. Walker, Master; Nathaniel Cargill, Senior Warden; and James Williamson, Junior Warden; and the said dispensation being returned with a copy of the proceedings had thereunder, and a petition for a charter, Resolved, That a charter do issue for the permanent establishment of said Lodge, by the name of the Astræa Lodge, No. 85, appointing Nathaniel Cargill, Master; James Williamson, Senior Warden; and Pleasant Hunnicut, Junior Warden. Astræa (or Astraea) is the Greek goddess of justice, innocence, and purity, known as the "Star-Maiden" (meaning "starry") who lived on Earth during humanity's Golden Age and fled to the heavens, becoming the constellation Virgo, symbolizing hope for justice's return as mankind declined into wickedness.