Written by Mike Dodge
Past Masters of Putnam Lodge #46
For much of Putnam Lodge’s history, the term of office of a Worshipful Master was two years (as opposed to the present single year term of office), and this tradition was in use up through the 1940’s. While it was not unusual that a Master served only one year, and some served for three consecutive years, more often than not a Master served for a two year term (or perhaps even multiple, consecutive two year terms).
Those Past Masters whose name is preceded by an asterisk (*) are deceased.
| 1801 | *Lemuel Grovesnor | Pomfret |
| 1802 | *Lemuel Grovesnor | Pomfret |
| 1803 | *Lemuel Grovesnor | Pomfret |
| 1804 | *Lemuel Grovesnor | Pomfret |
| 1805 | *Evan Malbone | Pomfret |
| 1806 | *MW Thomas Hubbard | Pomfret |
| 1807 | *MW Thomas Hubbard | Pomfret |
| 1808 | *MW Thomas Hubbard | Pomfret |
| 1809 | *MW Thomas Hubbard | Pomfret |
| 1810 | *MW Thomas Hubbard | Pomfret |
| 1811 | *John W. Judson | Ashford |
| 1812 | *Renssalear Child | Woodstock |
| 1813 | *Renssalear Child | Woodstock |
| 1814 | *Renssalear Child | Woodstock |
| 1815 | *Charles L. Webb | Pomfret |
| 1816 | *Ingoldsby W. Crawford | Union |
| 1817 | *Ingoldsby W. Crawford | Union |
| 1818 | *Walter Jaynes | Ashford |
| 1819 | *Ingoldsby W. Crawford | Union |
| 1820 | *Luther Rawson | Woodstock |
| 1821 | *Luther Rawson | Woodstock |
| 1822 | *Luther Rawson | Woodstock |
| 1823 | *Joseph Palmer | Ashford |
| 1824 | *Asa May | Woodstock |
| 1825 | *Asa May | Woodstock |
| 1826 | *Andrew A. Williams | Woodstock |
| 1827 | *Andrew A. Williams | Woodstock |
| 1828 | *Ezra Child | Woodstock |
| 1829 | *Ezra Child | Woodstock |
| 1830 | *John Fowler | Woodstock |
| 1831 | *John Fowler | Woodstock |
| 1832 | *Rufus Mathewson | Brooklyn |
| 1833 | *Rufus Mathewson | Brooklyn |
| 1834 | *Samuel Underwood | Pomfret |
| 1835 | *Samuel Underwood | Pomfret |
| 1836 | *Luther Rawson | Woodstock |
| 1837 | *Luther Rawson | Woodstock |
| 1838 | *Luther Rawson | Woodstock |
| 1839 | *Luther Rawson | Woodstock |
| 1840 | *Mowry Amsbury | Killingly |
| 1841 | *Mowry Amsbury | Killingly |
| 1842 | *Samuel Underwood | Pomfret |
| 1843 | *Samuel Underwood | Pomfret |
| 1844 | *Luther Rawson | Woodstock |
| 1845 | *Luther Rawson | Woodstock |
| 1846 | *Mowry Amsbury | Killingly |
| 1847 | *Mowry Amsbury | Killingly |
| 1848 | *Jabez Amsbury | Killingly |
| 1849 | *Jabez Amsbury | Killingly |
| 1850 | *Samuel Underwood | Pomfret |
| 1851 | *Samuel Underwood | Pomfret |
| 1852 | *Benjamin Allard | Thompson |
| 1853 | *Isaac H. Coe | Killingly |
| 1854 | *Darius Day | Pomfret |
| 1855 | *Darius Day | Pomfret |
| 1856 | *William Clapp | Pomfret |
| 1857 | *William Clapp | Pomfret |
| 1858 | *Albert Underwood | Pomfret |
| 1859 | *Albert Underwood | Pomfret |
| 1860 | *William H. Copp | Killingly |
| 1861 | *William H. Copp | Killingly |
| 1862 | *William H. Copp | Killingly |
| 1863 | *William H. Copp | Killingly |
| 1864 | *William H. Copp | Killingly |
| 1865 | *William H. Copp | Killingly |
| 1866 | *Samuel M. Fenner | Woodstock |
| 1867 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1868 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1869 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1870 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1871 | *Ralph J. Sabin | Pomfret |
| 1872 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1873 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1874 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1875 | *Paris H. Aldrich | Thompson |
| 1876 | *Findley M. Fox | Woodstock |
| 1877 | *RW Sidney D. Watters | Pomfret |
| 1878 | *RW Sidney D. Watters | Pomfret |
| 1879 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1880 | *Erastus Blackmar | Woodstock |
| 1881 | *Erastus Blackmar | Woodstock |
| 1882 | *Erastus Blackmar | Woodstock |
| 1883 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1884 | *RW Erastus H. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1885 | *Ralph J. Sabin | Pomfret |
| 1886 | *Ralph J. Sabin | Pomfret |
| 1887 | *O. Hoyt Curtis | Thompson |
| 1888 | *Ralph J. Sabin | Pomfret |
| 1889 | *George M. Sampson | Woodstock |
| 1890 | *George M. Sampson | Woodstock |
| 1891 | *Ralph J. Sabin | Pomfret |
| 1892 | *David Aldrich | Woodstock |
| 1893 | *William A. Weaver | Woodstock |
| 1894 | *William A. Weaver | Woodstock |
| 1895 | *Joseph Spalding | Woodstock |
| 1896 | *Joseph Spalding | Woodstock |
| 1897 | *Henry T. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1898 | *Henry T. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1899 | *Arthur E. Frissell | Woodstock |
| 1900 | *Arthur E. Frissell | Woodstock |
| 1901 | *William H. Chandler | Woodstock |
| 1902 | *William H. Chandler | Woodstock |
| 1903 | *Charles S. Sheldon | Woodstock |
| 1904 | *Charles S. Sheldon | Woodstock |
| 1905 | *Charles S. Sheldon | Woodstock |
| 1906 | *Wayland W. Sheldon | Woodstock |
| 1907 | *Wayland W. Sheldon | Woodstock |
| 1908 | *Willis Covell | Pomfret |
| 1909 | *Robert E. Harris | Woodstock |
| 1910 | *Robert E. Harris | Woodstock |
| 1911 | *George W. Butts | Woodstock |
| 1912 | *George W. Butts | Woodstock |
| 1913 | *Harry E. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1914 | *Harry E. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1915 | *Harry E. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1916 | *Henry T. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1917 | *Henry T. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1918 | *Henry T. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1919 | *Henry T. Wells | Woodstock |
| 1920 | *Frank Johnston | Woodstock |
| 1921 | *Frank Johnston | Woodstock |
| 1922 | *George W. Davis | Woodstock |
| 1923 | *Martin A. Nelson | Woodstock |
| 1924 | *Martin A. Nelson | Woodstock |
| 1925 | *George D. Young | Woodstock |
| 1926 | *George D. Young | Woodstock |
| 1927 | *Henry F. Joy | Woodstock |
| 1928 | *RW J. Frederick Ash | Pomfret |
| 1929 | *Fitz Henry Paine | Pomfret |
| 1930 | *Fitz Henry Paine | Pomfret |
| 1931 | *John Wetherbee | Pomfret |
| 1932 | *Roland E. Baker | Pomfret |
| 1933 | *Roland E. Baker | Pomfret |
| 1934 | *Charles H. Buell | Eastford |
| 1935 | *Charles H. Buell | Eastford |
| 1936 | *Vernon T. Wetherell | Woodstock |
| 1937 | *Harry W. Rutishauser | Woodstock |
| 1938 | *C. Leonard Anderson | Woodstock |
| 1939 | *RW Fordyce G. Hilton, Sr. | Pomfret |
| 1940 | *MW John H. Smith | Eastford |
| 1941 | *MW John H. Smith | Eastford |
| 1942 | *Ralph G. Bunnell | Eastford |
| 1943 | *Ralph G. Bunnell | Eastford |
| 1944 | *John F. Ash, Jr. | Putnam |
| 1945 | *John F. Ash, Jr. | Putnam |
| 1946 | *George C. Farquhar | Central Village |
| 1947 | *George C. Farquhar | Central Village |
| 1948 | *Harold D. Carpenter | Eastford |
| 1949 | *Howard R. Baker | Pomfret |
| 1950 | *Stanley S. Sheldon, Sr. | Pomfret |
| 1951 | *Raymond E. Anderson | Woodstock |
| 1952 | *Howard V. Neff | Woodstock |
| 1953 | *Joseph W. Petersen | Woodstock |
| 1954 | *Frank C. Slye | Pomfret |
| 1955 | *Walter W. Green | Pomfret |
| 1956 | *RW Marvin A. Barrett | Woodstock |
| 1957 | *RW Henry B. Cole | Woodstock |
| 1958 | *RW Raymond C. Voght | Pomfret |
| 1959 | Llewellyn N. Winslow | Pomfret |
| 1960 | *H. John Wells | Woodstock |
| 1961 | RW Kenneth W. Marvin | Woodstock |
| 1962 | *David P. Peterson | Pomfret |
| 1963 | *Kermit B. Howe | Pomfret |
| 1964 | Stanley H. Dingwell | Pomfret |
| 1965 | *Ellery T. Baker | Pomfret |
| 1966 | *George C. Holt | Woodstock |
| 1967 | *Howard R. Baker | Pomfret |
| 1968 | *Charles E. Naylor | Pomfret |
| 1969 | Edwin F. Sheldon | Putnam |
| 1970 | *Fordyce G. Hilton, Jr. | Pomfret |
| 1971 | *Donald C. Walberg | Woodstock |
| 1972 | *James R. Hilton | Eastford |
| 1973 | Ellis H. Paine | Woodstock |
| 1974 | *Fred C. Harraden | Putnam |
| 1975 | *Lawrence R. Hilton | Pomfret |
| 1976 | G. Tod Stevenson | Woodstock |
| 1977 | Dana F. Basto | Eastford |
| 1978 | *David P. Peterson | Pomfret |
| 1979 | *David P. Peterson | Pomfret |
| 1980 | *Fred C. Harraden | Putnam |
| 1981 | *James H. Fish | Woodstock |
| 1982 | David T. Higgins | Killingly |
| 1983 | *MW Stanley S. Sheldon, Jr. | Pomfret |
| 1984 | John O. Brandt, Jr. | Pomfret |
| 1985 | *MW Stanley S. Sheldon, Jr. | Pomfret |
| 1986 | John O. Brandt, Jr. | Pomfret |
| 1987 | Keith L. Knowlton | Brooklyn |
| 1988 | *RW Thurman P. Sharples, Jr. | Thompson |
| 1989 | Eugene A. Roure, Jr. | Pomfret |
| 1990 | David C. Philippi | Woodstock |
| 1991 | Garry B. Carabeau | Eastford |
| 1992 | Barry N. Shead | Pomfret |
| 1993 | William J. Wright | Woodstock |
| 1994 | Paul G. McCoy, III | Pomfret |
| 1995 | *Dean E. Bunnell | Eastford |
| 1996 | Evan L. Morgan | Killingly |
| 1997 | James N. Platt, Jr. | Pomfret |
| 1998 | Barry L. Kromer | Woodstock |
| 1999 | *Elais G. Farquhar, Jr. | Woodstock |
| 2000 | Steven D. Bell | Woodstock |
| 2001 | *Frederick H. Noll | Woodstock |
| 2002 | RW Michael B. Dodge | Woodstock |
| 2003 | RW John S. Rhoads | Brooklyn |
| 2004 | Theodore C. Rupar | Brooklyn |
| 2005 | Gregory H. Paine | Woodstock |
| 2006 | *Richard A. Booth | Pomfret |
| 2007 | Barry L. Kromer | Woodstock |
| 2008 | RW John S. Rhoads | Brooklyn |
| 2009 | Theodore C. Rupar | Brooklyn |
| 2010 | Kenneth A. Salo | Woodstock |
| 2011 | Christopher D. Mayhew, Sr. | Woodstock |
| 2012 | *Dean E. Bunnell | Eastford |
| 2013 | Cary W. Bentley | Woodstock |
| 2014 | Robert S. Eubanks | Eastford |
| 2015 | RW Peter A. Rinaudo | E. Greenwich, RI |
| 2016 | Kenneth A. Richards | Eastford |
| 2017 |
Christopher D. Mayhew, Sr. | Woodstock |
| 2018 | Michael E. Gibeault | Brooklyn |
| 2019 | William F. Pierce III | Sterling |
| 2020 | Matthew R. Cunningham | Mansfield |
| 2021 | RW Carl J. Mossberg | Groton |