The earliest recorded ‘making’ of a Freemason in England is that of Elias Ashmole in 1646.

Organized Freemasonry began with the founding of the Grand Lodge of England on 24 June 1717, (St John’s Day)

The founding of the Grand Lodge of England, the first Grand Lodge in the world. Ireland followed in 1725 and Scotland in 1736.

Prince Hall and fourteen of his companions took the three degrees that raised them to the sublime degree of Master Mason. On March 6, 1775

That Event Occurred On Monday, March 6, 1775, at Castle William (present day Fort Independence) then situated in Boston Harbor.