Benjamin Franklin
George Washington is perhaps one of the most prominent Freemasons.
Life & Masonic Timeline
Jan 17, 1706
Age 0
Born
Jan 17, 1706
Age 0
Born in Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 1, 1718
Age 11
Apprenticed as a printer to his brother James Franklin
Sep 25, 1723
Age 17
Ran away to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 2, 1729
Age 23
Purchased and began publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette
Sep 1, 1730
Age 24
Entered common-law marriage with Deborah Read
Feb 1, 1731
Age 25
Initiated an Entered Apprentice
Feb 1, 1731
Age 25
Initiated as Entered Apprentice Freemason (St. John's Lodge, Philadelphia)
Dec 19, 1732
Age 26
Began publishing Poor Richard's Almanack
Jun 24, 1734
Age 28
Elected Grand Master of Pennsylvania Freemasons
Dec 7, 1736
Age 30
Founded the Union Fire Company (first volunteer fire department in America)
Jan 1, 1752
Age 45
Invented the lightning rod
Jun 1, 1752
Age 46
Conducted famous kite experiment proving lightning is electricity
Aug 10, 1753
Age 47
Appointed Deputy Postmaster General for the Colonies
Jun 19, 1754
Age 48
Served as delegate to the Albany Congress
Jan 1, 1757
Age 50
Represented Pennsylvania in London as colonial agent
May 10, 1775
Age 69
Appointed to the Second Continental Congress
Jul 4, 1776
Age 70
Signed the Declaration of Independence
Dec 21, 1776
Age 70
Arrived in France as American commissioner/diplomat
Feb 6, 1778
Age 72
Negotiated and signed Treaty of Alliance with France
Sep 3, 1783
Age 77
Signed the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War
May 25, 1787
Age 81
Served as delegate to the Constitutional Convention
Sep 17, 1787
Age 81
Signed the U.S. Constitution
Apr 17, 1790
Age 84
Died
Apr 17, 1790
Age 84
Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft
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Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason