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Jesse Green, Sussex County. First Deputy Grand Master, and Second Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Delaware.
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At a Grand Communication of a majority of the Lodges of Ancient
York Masons established in the State of Delaware, held by appointment, at
the Town Hall in the Borough of Wilmington, on Friday, the 6th day of June
Anno Lucis 5806, Anno Domini 1806: Present.
Lodge No. 31, Laurel
Town, Sussex County, by its Representative, Worshipful Brother Jesse
Green, Past Master.
Lodge No. 33, New Castle, New Castle County,
by its Representatives, Worshipful Brother John Crow, Master; Worshipful
Brother Evan Thomas, Past Master; Worshipful Brother Maxwell Bines, Past
Master.
Lodge No. 96, Newark, New Castle County, by its
Representative, Worshipful Brother James Snow, Master.
Lodge No.
14, Wilmington, New Castle County, by its Representatives, Worshipful
Brother Thomas Stockton, Master; Worshipful Brother John Sellars, Past
Master; Worshipful Brother John Patterson, Past Master; Brother James
Tilton, Junior Warden.
The Grand Lodge proceeded agreeably to
regulation, to vote by ballot for Grand Officers for the ensuing year, to serve until the next annual elections, and the votes being taken by Lodges
and counted the following were elected as the first officers of the new
Grand Lodge of Delaware:
 Gunning Bedford, New Castle County, First Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Delaware
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Brother Gunning Bedford, Most Worshipful Grand Master
Brother Jesse Green, Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master
Brother Joseph Israel, Right Worshipful Senior Grand Warden
Brother John McBeth, Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden
Brother Thomas Stockton, Right Worshipful Grand Treasurer
Brother Edward Roche, Right Worshipful Grand Secretary
Brother
John Sellars, Worshipful Grand Marshal
Brother David Robinet,
Worshipful Grand Tyler.
Thus was the Grand Lodge of Delaware
duly constituted on June 6th and 7th, 1806 by 13 brethren representing
Lodges No. 14, No. 33. and No. 96 of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and No. 31 of the Grand Lodge of Maryland.
Thomas Stockton was named
Charter Worshipful Master of Washington Lodge No. 1 (formerly No. 14)
John Crow, Charter Master of St. John's Lodge No. 2 (formerly No.
33)
George Read, Charter Master of Hiram Lodge No. 3 (formerly No. 96),
and
Thomas Skinner, Charter Master of Hope Lodge No. 4 (formerly No.
31).
Charters were granted to the above Lodges under the
jurisdiction of the newly formed Grand Lodge of Delaware and the Lodge
numbers changed accordingly to those listed above.
1 History of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge AF
& AM of Delaware, Green, Charles E. (1956)
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