Name |
State
or Country |
Masonic Membership, if any |
| William Alexander |
New Jersey |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Charles T. Armand |
France |
not a Mason |
| John Armstrong |
Pennsylvania |
not a Mason |
| Benedict Arnold |
Connecticut |
Major General, deserted to the enemy in 1780 and fought
against the United States
Affiliated with Hiram Lodge No. 1 in New Haven, Connecticut, 1765 - not
clear where he became a Mason |
| George Clinton |
New York |
not a Mason |
| James Clinton |
New York |
Brigadier General, Brevet (honorary) Major General
Member of Warren Lodge No. 17, New York |
| Thomas Conway |
France |
not a Mason |
| Elias Dayton |
New Jersey |
Brigadier General
Member of Military Lodge No. 19, AYM, under Pennsylvania, 1780 |
| Prud'Homme DeBorre |
France |
not a Mason |
| Philip DeCoudray |
France |
not a Mason |
| Matthias A.R. DeFermoy |
France |
not a Mason |
| John P. DeHaas |
Pennsylvania |
not a Mason |
| John Baron DeKalb |
Bavaria |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Frederick W. DeWoedtke |
Prussia |
not a Mason |
| Louis L. DuPortail |
France |
not a Mason |
| Joseph Frye |
Massachusetts |
Brigadier General
Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but GL of Massachusetts
lists him as being a Mason |
| Christopher Gadsden |
South Carolina |
not a Mason |
| Horatio Gates |
Virginia |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Mordecai Gist |
Maryland |
Brigadier General
Member of Lodge No. 16, Baltimore, 1775, later Grand Master of South
Carolina 1791 |
| John Glover |
Massachusetts |
Brigadier General
Charter Member of Philanthropic Lodge, 1760 |
| John Greaton |
Massachusetts |
Brigadier General
Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but visited Masonic lodges,
officer of Masters Lodge, Albany, 1779 |
| Nathanael Greene |
Rhode Island |
MSA (Masonic Service Association)
says he was a mason, as do his descendants |
| Edward Hand |
Pennsylvania |
Brigadier General, later Major General
Master of Military Lodge No. 19 |
| William Heath |
Massachusetts |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| James Hogun |
North Carolina |
Brigadier General, taken prisoner in Charleston 1780 and
died in captivity 1781
Member of Royal Arch Lodge No. 3 in Philadelphia, 1779 |
| Robert Howe |
North Carolina |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Isaac Huger |
South Carolina |
not a Mason |
| Jedediah Huntington |
Connecticut |
not a Mason |
| William Irvine |
Pennsylvania |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Henry Knox |
Massachusetts |
Major General, later Commander in Chief of the Army and
later Secretary of War
Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but he visited Masonic
Lodges and Grand Lodges |
| Marquis de LaFayette |
France |
Major General (last surviving General of the Revolutionary
War when he died in 1834)
No documentary evidence shows where or when he became a Mason, but he
said he was, presented himself, and was universally accepted as a Mason,
visited numerous Masonic lodges |
| Ebenezer Learned |
Massachusetts |
not a Mason |
| Charles Lee |
Virginia |
not a Mason |
| Andrew Lewis |
Virginia |
not a Mason |
| Benjamin Lincoln |
Massachusetts |
Major General, later Secretary of War
Became a Mason in Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston, 1781, and attended Grand
Lodge meetings |
| Alexander McDougall |
New York |
not a Mason |
| Lachlan McIntosh |
Georgia |
not a Mason |
| William Maxwell |
New Jersey |
Brigadier General
Member of Military Lodge No. 19, AYM, under Pennsylvania warrant |
| Hugh Mercer |
Virginia |
Brigadier General, died of wounds at Princeton, 1777
Became a Mason in Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4, 1767, later Master of that Lodge |
| Thomas Mifflin |
Pennsylvania |
not a Mason |
| Richard Montgomery |
New York |
Promoted to Major General just before he was killed in
Quebec in 1775
Presumed to have been a member of Lodge of Unity, No. 18, under Irish
Registry in the 17th Regiment of Foot - he was accepted by his
contemporaries as being a Freemason |
| James Moore |
North Carolina |
not a Mason |
| Daniel Morgan |
Virginia |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| William Moultrie |
South Carolina |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Peter Muhlenberg |
Virginia |
Brigadier General, Brevet (honorary) Major General
Member of Royal Arch Lodge No. 3, Philadelphia, 1779 |
| Francis Nash |
North Carolina |
not a Mason |
| John Nixon |
Massachusetts |
Brigadier General
Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but he visited Masonic
lodges and was considered a Mason by his contemporaries |
| Samuel H. Parsons |
Connecticut |
Major General
Became a Mason in American Union Lodge, 1776 - Master of
that lodge 1779 and of St. john's Lodge No. 2, Middletown, Conn., in 1783 |
| John Paterson |
Massachusetts |
Brigadier General, Brevet (honorary) Major General
Charter member of Berkshire No. 5 Lodge in Stockbridge, 1777 |
| Enoch Poor |
New Hampshire |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Casimir Pulaski |
Poland |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Israel Putnam |
Connecticut |
One of the 1st 4 Major Generals appointed, and the only one
to serve throughout the Revolutionary War
Became a Mason at Crown Point in a military lodge in 1758, visited some
Lodges, buried with Masonic honors in 1790 |
| Rufus Putnam |
Massachusetts |
Brigadier General
Made a Mason in American Union Lodge, 1779, Master in 1794 |
| James Reed |
New Hampshire |
not a Mason |
| Arthur St. Clair |
Pennsylvania |
Major General, later President of the Continental Congress,
1787, and 1st Governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802
Petitioner for charter of Nova Caesarea Lodge No. 10 in Cincinnati,
1791, and Masonic monument erected over his grave |
| Philip Schuyler |
New York |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Charles Scott |
Virginia |
not a Mason |
| William Smallwood |
Maryland |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| Joseph Spencer |
Connecticut |
not a Mason |
| John Stark |
New Hampshire |
Brigadier General, Brevet (honorary) Major General
Made a Mason in Masters Lodge, Albany, 1778 |
| Adam Stephen |
Virginia |
not a Mason |
| Frederick W.A. von Steuben |
Prussia |
Major General
Made a Mason in Germany, became a member of Trinity Lodge No. 10 (now
12) in N.Y., later affiliated with Holland Lodge No. 8 |
| Lord (Alexander) Stirling |
New Jersey |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| John Sullivan |
New Hampshire |
Major General, later Governor of N.H.
Member of old St. John's Lodge, Portsmouth, N.H., 1767, 1st Grand
Master of New Hampshire, 1789-1790, resigned because of ill health in 1790 |
| Jethro Sumner |
North Carolina |
Brigadier General
Held offices in Blandford Bute Lodge in N.C., 1766 |
| John Thomas |
Massachusetts |
not a Mason |
| William Thompson |
Pennsylvania |
Brigadier General
Member of Royal Arch Lodge No. 3, Philadelphia, 1778 |
| James M. Varnum |
Rhode Island |
Brigadier General
Not clear where or when he became a Mason, but he visited Masonic
lodges and was accepted as a Mason, and buried with Masonic honors |
| Artemas Ward |
Massachusetts |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| George Washington |
Virginia |
Mason in the Lodge at Fredericksburgh (now Fredericksburg
Lodge #4), Virginia, later appointed but did not actually serve as 1st
Master of Alexandria Lodge #22 under its Virginia Charter, 1788-1789 |
| Anthony Wayne |
Pennsylvania |
no supporting evidence that he was a Mason |
| George Weedon |
Virginia |
Brigadier General
Made a Mason in Port Royal Kilwinning Cross Lodge No. 2, 1757,
affiliated with Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4, 1767 |
| Otho H. Williams |
Maryland |
Brigadier General
Made a Mason in American Union Lodge, at Roxbury Massachusetts, 1776,
later an officer in Maryland Lodge No. 27, 1780 |
| William Woodford |
Virginia |
Brigadier General
Member of Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 |
| David Wooster |
Connecticut |
Brigadier General, died of wounds 1777
Presumed to have been made a Mason in a military lodge in Louisbourg,
Charter Master of Hiram Lodge No. 1 in New Haven, the 1st Lodge in
Connecticut, 1750 |
| SUMMARY |
|
74 men were commissioned as Generals in the U.S. Continental
Army from 1775 through 1783
33 (46%) were Freemasons |
