Jacob Smith Ritchie (1833 or 1834-Feb 23, 1917)
Worshipful Master: 1878, 1879, 1880
Masonic Career: Raised as Master Mason, 1864. Royal Arch Mason, Pentalpha Chapter No. 206, Flushing, NY (1899).
Occupation: Boatman (1870). Gardener (1880)
Residence: Hall Yaak Ave, Huntington, 1910.
Bio: Wife- Adlelia Ritchie (1835-1910). Children- Jacob & Sarah.
Interred in Huntington Rural Cemetery.
Masonic light first came to Huntington in 1793 as Huntington Lodge No. 26 A.Y.M. The warrant was dated on March 22, 1793 thus making it the second lodge to be formed on Long Island. On April 7, 1796 Huntington Lodge #26 A.Y.M Master David Richard Floyd Jones read a petition from Port Jefferson requesting their assistance in forming a Lodge there, with W:. Brother Moses Blachly, a Past Master of Huntington Lodge #26, to be the first Master. The request and...
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