| U.S. Grand
Lodges' Names, Modern/Ancient Origin, State Derivation |
| chart done by Paul M.
Bessel on February 25, 1995, revised 1998 and 1999 |
| based on information from
Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia and other sources |
Grand
Lodges that currently use "AF&AM" or "AFM" are in the
"Ancient" column
Grand Lodges that currently use "F&AM"
or "FAAM" are in the "Modern" column
information
in each box indicates origins of that State's Freemasonry
abbreviations: A=Ancients M=Moderns |
| |
"Ancient" |
"Modern" |
| A.F. & A.M. (Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons) in South Carolina, A.F.M. (Ancient Free
Masons) |
F. & A.M. (Free and Accepted
Masons) in D.C., F.A.A.M. (Free and Accept Masons) |
|
Northeast |
|
New England |
Maine |
Massachusetts (50-50 A&M) |
|
| New Hampshire |
|
50-50 Ancient & Modern |
| Vermont |
|
Massachusetts Ancients |
| Massachusetts |
50-50 Ancient & Modern |
|
| Rhode Island |
|
100% Modern |
| Connecticut |
65% Modern |
|
|
Middle Atlantic |
New York |
|
50-50 Ancient & Modern |
| New Jersey |
|
50-50 Ancient & Modern |
| Pennsylvania |
|
100% leader of Ancients |
|
Midwest |
|
East North Central |
Ohio |
|
Massachusetts (50-50 A&M), New
Jersey (50-50 A&M), Connecticut (65% Modern), Kentucky (from Virginia, 50-50 A&M)
- & Pennsylvania (Ancient) |
| Indiana |
|
Kentucky (mixed A&M) &
Ohio
(mixed A&M) |
| Illinois |
Missouri (mixed A&M) &
Kentucky (mixed A&M) |
|
| Michigan |
|
New York (50-50 A&M) & Canada
Ancient |
| Wisconsin |
|
Missouri (mixed A&M) &
Illinois (mixed A&M) |
|
West North Central |
Minnesota |
Ohio (mixed A&M), Wisconsin
(mixed A&M), Illinois (mixed A&M) |
|
| Iowa |
Missouri (mixed A&M) |
|
| Missouri |
Tennessee (mixed A&M),
Pennsylvania (Ancient) |
|
| North Dakota |
Dakota |
|
| South Dakota |
Iowa (mixed A&M) |
|
| Nebraska |
Illinois (mixed A&M), Missouri
(mixed A&M), Iowa (mixed A&M) |
|
| Kansas |
Missouri (mixed A&M) |
|
|
South |
|
South Atlantic |
Delaware |
100% Ancient, Pennsylvania &
Maryland (Ancient) |
|
| Maryland |
100% Ancient |
|
| D.C. |
|
Maryland (Ancient), Massachusetts
(50-50 A&M), Virginia (50-50 A&M) |
| Virginia |
50-50 Ancient & Modern |
|
| West Virginia |
Virginia (50-50 A&M) |
|
| North Carolina |
90% Modern |
|
| South Carolina |
75% Ancient |
|
| Georgia |
|
50-50 Ancient and Modern |
| Florida |
|
Alabama (mixed A&M), Georgia
(50-50 A&M),
South Carolina (75% Ancient) |
|
East South Central |
Kentucky |
|
Virginia (50-50 A&M) |
| Tennessee |
|
North Carolina Modern,
South Carolina
(75% Ancient) |
| Alabama |
|
Kentucky (mixed A&M), South
Carolina (75% Ancient), Georgia (50-50 A&M), North Carolina (90% Modern), Tennessee
(mixed A&M) |
| Mississippi |
|
Tennessee (mixed A&M) |
|
West South Central |
Arkansas |
|
Tennessee (mixed A&M), Louisiana
(mostly Ancient), Alabama (mixed A&M) |
| Louisiana |
|
Pennsylvania (Ancient),
South
Carolina (75% Ancient), New York (50-50 A&M), France |
| Oklahoma |
Arkansas (mixed A&M) |
|
| Texas |
Louisiana (mostly Ancient) |
|
|
West |
|
Mountain |
Montana |
Kansas (mixed A&M) & Colorado
(mixed A&M) |
|
| Idaho |
Oregon (mixed A&M) &
Washington (mixed A&M) |
|
| Wyoming |
Colorado (mixed A&M) &
Nebraska (mixed A&M) |
|
| Colorado |
Kansas (mixed A&M) & Nebraska
(mixed A&M) |
|
| New Mexico |
Missouri (mixed A&M) |
|
| Arizona |
|
California (mixed A&M) & New
Mexico (mixed A&M) |
| Utah |
|
Montana (mixed A&M), Kansas
(mixed A&M), Colorado (mixed A&M) |
| Nevada |
|
California (mixed A&M) |
|
Pacific |
Washington |
|
Oregon (mixed A&M) |
| Oregon |
Missouri (mixed A&M) &
California (mixed A&M) |
|
| California |
|
D.C. (mixed A&M),
Missouri (mixed
A&M), Connecticut (mostly Modern) |
| Alaska |
|
Washington (mixed A&M) |
| Hawaii |
|
California (mixed A&M) |
| Totals |
25 |
26 |
| current name of Grand
Lodge sounds Ancient & Masonry there is clearly of Ancient origins, or vice versa |
4 |
1 |
| current name of Grand
Lodge sounds Ancient but Masonry there is not clearly of Ancient origins, or vice versa |
all the rest |
all the rest |
