William North

William North (July 13, 1794 – January 3, 1872) was a well known civic leader in Lowell, Massachusetts, for whom the William North Lodge, A.F. & A.M. was named.

He was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut to Salmon North and Jerusha Leeds. His paternal grandfather, Isaac North was a lieutenant in the Revolution.

William joined the Methodist Church in Goshen, Connecticut in 1815.

He came to Lowell in 1834. In Lowell, he was a member of the Chapel Hill Methodist Church. He was a founder of St. Paul's Methodist Church, where he was a trustee, and remained active for many years. The church building is now the United Teen Equity Center. In Lowell, William North was overseer of the Dyeing at the Middlesex Manufacturing Company. He was a member of the Board of Aldermen, the School Committee, and the vice president and director of the City Institution for Savings. He was also a member of the Lowell City Council, and the Massachusetts State Legislature.

He was a master of three lodges; Seneca Lodge in Torrington, Connecticut, Libanus Lodge in New Hampshire, and Pentucket Lodge in Lowell. He was also Deputy Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and Senior Grand Warden of the same lodge.

He married Laura Hyde and had a son, Frederick and a daughter, Catherine Laura North, born in 1823. She married the Reverend William Rice, and they named a son William North Rice.

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