John Ramage was an Irish American artist, goldsmith, patroller, and second lieutenant. He was best known for painting portrait miniatures. Ramage had joined St. John’s Lodge No. 2 while living in New York. He is listed as having been admitted on the Returns to the Grand Lodge of New York in 1786, indicating he was already a Freemason and had received his degrees elsewhere.
Edward Antill was an active and ardent Freemason. He most likely joined St. John’s Lodge No. 2 at Fishkill while he was stationed there or in 1775. He is also referenced as a Past Master, although the year has never been identified. He was listed as a subscriber and a resident of the Province of New York who is a Right Worshipful and Deputy Grand Master of the Province of Quebec.
Ebenezer Foote was one of the original petitioners and first Master of Steuben Lodge No. 18, the first Masonic lodge in Orange County. He was a man of spotless integrity, unwearied diligence, and perseverance, and by his own intellectual powers and moral worth, he arose to an enviable distinction in society and has left many memorials of honorable fame as a legacy to his posterity.
Abraham Baldwin was appointed in 1785 to serve as the first president of the University of Georgia during its initial planning phase to 1801. During this period, he also worked with the legislature on the college charter. In 1787 Georgia called on Baldwin to serve in the Constitutional Convention, and he helped draw up the Great Compromise, whereby all states had an equal voice in the Senate.
