Abbreviations used
Date September 28 1888
County Kings
Place Sussex
Newspaper Kings County Record
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
The first Lodge of Freemasons which existed in Kings Co. some 40 or 50 years ago, had among its members some of the leading men of the county, but it is believed that all are long since dead. The records of that lodge were lost many years ago by fire. The first records we have are of the present Zion Lodge which was instituted in 1863 with the following brethern as charter members: Joseph H. LITTLEHALE, George RYAN, William D. AITKEN, Charles P. BLISS, S.S. LITTLEHALE, S.P. WETMORE and Clarence WARD. The first meeting of Zion Lodge No. 995 was held April 10th, 1863. (see original)