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can be made of malleable iron" that anybody wants. The industries of Worcester furnish much of the business of the concern. The loom works and wrench works use much malleable iron. The foundry also turns out steel castings. After the death of Mr. Buckingham the company was incorporated under the name of Arcade Malleable Iron Company and the Worcester Malleable Iron Works. Mrs. Buckingham is president and treasurer, the son is clerk of the corporation and the two sisters are directors.
The Arcade Malleable Iron Works in Washing- ton Square have formed a landmark for over sixty years. The original buildings are gone, the oldest structure being Foundry No. 2, as it is called, which was built in 1865. The building in the Square next the railroad with which the public is most familiar was built after that, but was altered radically when the Union station was built about thirty years ago. The Arcade Malleable Iron Co. was established in the early fifties by Wood & McFarland. They had for a silent partner J. H. Huntington, a capitalist of Norwich, Connecticut. Mr. McFarland conducted the business alone after a time, and became one of the most prosperous and substantial business men of his time in Worces- ter. He served the city in the board of aldermen. He died in November, 1884. He came to Worces- ter from Sturbridge, Massachusetts. He was blacksmith by trade.
Mr. Buckingham was one of the best known foundrymen in the country. He was president of the New England Foundrymen's Association in 1900-01. He had previously served the associa- tion as a member of the executive committee for several years and vice-president for one year. In 1902 he was first vice-president of the American Foundrymen's Association. He was also the vice- president of the Foundrymen's Association of Worcester County, serving his second term.
Mr. Buckingham was one of the most prominent Masons in the state. As has been said of him be- fore : "he was the leading Mason of Central Massa- chusetts and one of the best known Masons in Masondom." A simple enumeration of the various orders of Free Masonry to which he belonged and in which he had been honored with positions of trust and leadership shows the high esteem in which he was held by his brethren. He joined Athelstan Lodge, of Worcester, January 29, 1872: Eureka Chapter, April 9. 1872: Worcester County Com- mandery. K. T., September 26, 1872; Hiram Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters, January 30, 1873: Worcester Lodge of Perfection, February 16, 1874: Goddard Council, Princes of Jerusalem, April 9, 1885: Lawrence Chapter of Rose Croix, April 9, 1885: Massachusetts Consistory. Thirty-second de- gree. April 24, 1885: Supreme Council, Thirty-third degree. September 17, 1889; Royal Order of Scot- land. He was high priest of Eureka Chapter. 1876 and 1877: eminent commander of Worcester County Commandery. 1887-88-89 and most wise and perfect master of Lawrence Chapter of Rose Croix in 1888- 89. In every office he held he manifested sound judgment, thoughtful consideration for others, care- ful attention to detail and ability to win the hearts and confidence of men. He was an admirable pre- siding officer and a gifted executive.
He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston for twenty-seven years. He was declared a veteran on the comple- tion of his twenty-fifth year. He was a charter member of the Worcester Continentals. He was an honorary member of the Worcester Light Infantry. He was president of the Worcester Sportmen's Club.
He has been a member of the Worcester Club, of the Wapiti Boat Club, of the Tatassit Canoe Club and of the Frohsinns. IIe was a member of the Worcester Board of Trade. He was a director of the Citizens' National Bank until it was absorbed by the Worcester Trust Company. He was a Re- publican.
He married. July 4, 1871, Abbie McFarland, daughter of Warren McFarland. Their children are : 1. Alice Perkins, born September 29, 1872, mar- ried Dr. George M. Albee, of Worcester. 2. Flor- ence E., born August 28, 1874, married Dr. Irving W. Hollingshead, of Philadelphia. 3. Harold Paul, born April 10, 1886, a graduate of the Worcester high school, and Worcester Academy, class of 1902.
SUMNER CHAMBERLAIN. William Cham- berlain (I), the immigrant ancestor of Sumner Chamberlain, of Holden, Massachusetts, was born in England of an ancient and distinguished family. Something of the English pedigree of the family is given in the sketch of General Robert H. Chamber- lain, of Worcester. William, Edmund and Thomas Chamberlain, brothers, all settled in Massachusetts. Thomas was one of the three original purchasers of the Dudley farm at Billerica, but he settled at Chelmsford; Edmund was first at Woburn, but he too settled at Chelmsford before 1656, later remov- ing to Woodstock.
William was born about 1620, was admitted an inhabitant of Woburn, Massachusetts, January 6, 1648, and removed to Billerica in 1654, just about the time that his brothers removed to Chelmsford. He lived there until his death, May 31, 1706, aged eighty-six years. His house in Billerica (then Shawshin) was on the farm near the Woburn road in the southeast part of the town. His name first appears on the records, October, 1654, on a petition to enlarge the boundaries of the town and to change the name to Billerica (Billerikay in the petition).
He married Rebecca -, who died Septem- ber 26, 1692, in the prison at Cambridge, where she was held on the preposterous charge of witchcraft. Their children: 1. Timothy, born at Concord, Au- gust 13, 1649-50. 2. Isaac, born at Concord, Octo- ber 1, 1650, died July 20, 1681. 3. John, died March 3, 1652. 4. Sarah, born at Billerica, May 20, 1655- 56, married John Shedd. 5. Jacob, see forward. And these also at Billerica: 6. Thomas, born Feb- ruary 20, 1659. 7. Edmund, born July 15. 1661, married Mary Abbott. 8. Rebecca, born February 25, 1662, married Thomas Stearns. 9. Abraham, born January 6, 1664. 10. Ann, born March 3. 1665- 66. 11. Clement, born May 30, 1669. 12. Daniel, born September 27, 1671. 13. Isaac, born January 20, 1681.
(II) Jacob Chamberlain, son of William Cham- berlain (1), was born at Billerica, Massachusetts, January 18, 1657-58. He resided at Roxbury and Brookline (Muddy River, part of Boston). It is difficult to distinguish him in the records from Jacob Chamberlain, who married Experience and lived in Newton and vicinity, but Jacob and Ex- perience belonged to an earlier generation. Edmund Chamberlain also had a son Jacob, who lived in Boston and Newton. Jacob Chamberlain, first men- tioned, was admitted a freeman in 1690, removed to Newton in 1700 or shortly before that. but died at Brookline. His will mentions the names of his four children. viz .: I. Jacob, see forward. 2. John, born at Roxbury, August 1, 1687. 3. Mary, mar- ried Samuel Davis. 4. Elizabeth, married Joseph Weld.
(III) Jacob Chamberlain, son of Jacob Cham- berlain (2), was born March 7, 1686, died at New-
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ton, Massachusetts, July 28, 1771. He came to New- ton from Brookline with his father, about 1700, and his name is on a protest dated May 30, 1720, against having but one school house in town. He was selectman in 1746. He married, about 1718. Susannah Stone, born in Groton, Massachusetts, October 23, 1694, daughter of Deacon Simon and Sarah Stone. Their children, born at Newton, were: I. Jacob, Jr., see forward. 2. Josiah, born Novem- ber 13, 1721, died a soldier in the French war, about 1755. 3. Susanna, born September 27, 1724, died February 22, 1748-49. 4. Isaac, born April 6, 1728. 5. William, born September 22, 1730, died December 9, 1760, married June 20, 1754, Ann Hyde. 6. Sarah, born September 19, 1733, died September 5, 1796. 7. Margaret born September 20, 1736. 8. Simon, born August 10, 1739, married, 1763, Rebecca Cleveland.
(IV) Jacob Chamberlain, son of Jacob Cham- berlain (3), was born at Oak Hill, Newton, Massa- chusetts, November 28, 1719. Early in 1742 he re- moved to Worcester, where he bought a tract of land of Richard Flagg, on Salisbury street, Febru- ary 28. 1742. His farm is still in the possession of descendants, General Chamberlain and Thomas Chamberlain, of Worcester. He was selectman of Worcester in 1761. In 1774 he was a loyalist and was numbered in 1775 among the "internal" enemies of the country by the committee of correspondence and disarmed. But though he did not believe in re- bellion against the king, he never lost the confidence of his townsmen. He was deacon of the old first church (Old South) from 1775 to 1790, though he left the church for a time, August 8, 1779, on account of the innovation in singing. He died March 17. 1790, and was buried on the Common. The grave- stone which, with others, was buried a few years ago bears this inscription: "Sacred to the memory of. Deacon Chamberlain who departed this life March 17, 1790, in the 71st year of his age. Who ful- filled the office of deacon in the church of Christ in Worcester for about 28 years with satisfaction to the church and honor to himself. He was possessed of good natual abilities useful in society of which he was a member. Instructive and enter- taining in conversation, compassionate to the af- flicted. Given to hospitality, sound in faith. And now, we trust, has entered into his eternal rest."
After settling in Worcester he married, at New- ton, June 7, 1744, Lydia Stone, born May 4, 1724. daughter of John and Abigail (Stratton) Stone, of Newton. He married (second), June 3 or July 4. 1769, Mrs. Anna (Goddard) Heywood, widow of Abel Heywood, Sr., son of Major Daniel Heywood, of Worcester, of Indian war fame. Children of Jacob and Lydia Chamberlain: 1. John, born July 22, 1745. 2. Sarah, born January 26. 1746-47. died December 5. 1833; married Joseph Howard, of Hol- den, September 13, 1770. 3. Thaddeus, born No- vember 17, 1748. married Judith Barnard, January 27. 1774. 4. Susannah, born June 10, 1751, died young. 5. Jacob, Jr., see forward. 6. Lydia, born October 8, 1755, died October 5, 1841 ; married Ty- ler Curtis, September 5. 1776. 7. Susannah, born November 22, 1757, dicd December 16, 1845 ; married, October 22, 1786. Benjamin Butman. S. Abigail, born September 16, 1760, died February 2, 1829; married Abel Heywood. Jr., April 27, 1780. 9. Mary, born July 13, 1763, died November 21, 1802; mar- ried, July 1. 1793, Nathan Heywood, of Shrews- bury. 10. William, born July 25, 1767. died May 6, 1853; married (first), January 10, 1791, Betsey Cur- tis; (second), October 11, 1810, Dolly Chadwick. The child of Jacob and Anna, his second wife. was: II. Anna, born July 21, 1770, died February I. 1838.
(V) Jacob Chamberlain, son of Jacob Cham- berlain (4), was born at Worcester. Massachusetts, September 19, 1753. He settled in that part of Sut- ton, now Millbury, Massachusetts, and all his chil- dren were born there. He married (first), March 18, 1784, Lydia Buck, at Worcester. She died at Millbury, January 29, 1823. He married (second) Mrs. Esther Kingsbury, of Worcester. The chil- dren of Jacob and Lydia : 1. Nahum Willard, born January 12, 1785, died May 31, 1869; married, May 12, 1814, Lois Leland ; children-Lucy Ann, born March 21, 1815; Julia Azubah, born May 25, 1817; Horace Willard, born August 15, 1820; Austin Le- land, born April 17, 1823; Susan Adelia, born April 23, 1825, died December 30, 1838; Charles W., born September 24, 1828. 2. Nancy, born October 15, 1786, married, July 9, 1812, John Park, of Millbury ; children-Tyler Augustus, born May 1, 1812; George, born September 9, 1815; Calista, born Oc- tober 5, 1818; Emily, born June 11, 1821; Adeline, born July 17, 1823; Nancy, born July 1, 1825: Alan- son, born September 6, 1827. 3. Tyler, born May 31, 1788, married, March 19, 1817, Martha W. Hall ; chil- dren-Martha Eliza, born February 28, 1818; Har- riet Newell, born May 29, 1820; Susan Maria, born August 20, 1821. 4. Betsey, born September 14, 1790, died October 28, 1791. 5. Jacob, Jr., see for- ward. 6. Sally, born April 13, 1795, married, April II, 1816, William Stowell. of Worcester; children- Sarah Ann, born June 3, 1817: William Augustus, born January 15, 1821; Maria Lydia, born July 15, 1823: George Henry, born January 2, 1830; Harriet Curtis, born May 25, 1835.
(VI) Jacob Chamberlain, son of Jacob Cham- berlain (5), was born in what is now Millbury, Massachusetts, September 18, 1792, and settled there. He was a farmer. He was a Democrat in politics and a man of some distinction. About 1825 he re- moved to Holden, where he bought a large farm in the southern part of the town, afterwards known as the Skiff place, where he spent in farming the re- mainder of his life. He died suddenly November 16, 1840, at Holden.
He married (first), March 5. 1817, Deborah Healey, of Dudley, Massachusetts. She was born 1796, died July 16, 1832. Their children: I. Abi- gail, born January 5, 1818, died March 29. 1859. 2. Sumner, see forward. 3. Henry, born March 19, 1824. married (first), August 18. 1859. Melvina Amelia Litch, born at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, March 18, 1833; children-Samuel Litch, born at Jaffrey, August 8, 1860; Martha Stevens, born at Jaffrey, March 4, 1862, married, November 4, 1885; George O. Turner, and lives at East Jaffrey, New Hampshire. 4. Jacob, born January 1. 1826. 5. Jonathan, born June 2, 1828, died April 20, 1848. 6. Deborah Jane. born July 7, 1832, died May 20, 1854. The children of Jacoh and Laura ( Howard) Cham- berlain, married September 26, 1832. at Worcester. were : 7. Eliza, born October, 1833, died February 6. 1834, at Holden. S. Serenia, died September 1, 1841, aged three years.
(VII) Sumner Chamberlain, son of Jacob Cham- berlain (6), was born at Millbury, Massachusetts, August 5, 1819. He removed to Holden, Massachu- setts, with his parents when quite young and was educated there in the common schools. When not in school he worked on his father's farm and re- mained at home until he married. Then he removed to East Jaffrey, New Hampshire, near the Peter- borough line. He lived there from 1845 to 1851 on a large farm that he bought. He sold out and returned to Holden, where he purchased part of the farm of his father-in-law, called the Clapp farm. It included the old school building of District No. 4,
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and he used timber and material from the old school house in constructing his house there. He also bought a part of the old Bezaleel Turner farm, and hecame a most successful farmer and a prominent citizen of Holden. He continued on this farm until 1891, when he sold it to the city of Worcester, but remained there three years afterward with his son, who leased it back from the city for that period. Then he went to live with his daughter, Mrs. Albert Metcalf. for a few years, and later with another daughter, Mrs. Scott Peirce, of Worcester, where he died, February 22, 1900. At one time Mr. Cham- berlain was in charge of a force of men in the street department of Worcester.
He attended the Congregational Church at Hol- den. In politics he was a Republican and often served his party as delegate to nominating conven- tions. He was road commissioner for several years and selectman of Holden from 1857 to 1861; from 1863 to 1866, inclusive. Ile and his wife were char- ter members of Holden Grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry, No. 78, of which he was master in 1879. He was a member of the Worcester Agricultural So- ciety and of the Tatnuck Farmers' Club.
He married, April 3, 1844, at Holden, Cynthia Clapp, born at Holden, May 9, 1824, daughter of David and Nancy Clapp, of Holden, and a descend- ant of Lieutenant Simon Davis, of Rutland. Their children : I. Charles Sumner, born at East Jaffrey, New Hampshire, June 28, 1847, married, April 20, 1872, Sophia Metcalf; children-Clarence William, born June 26, 1873; Grace Adele, born March 1, 1875; Roy Albert, born June 16, 1879. 2. Emmagene, born at East Jaffrey, October 4, 1849, married, No- vember 20, 1872, Albert A. Metcalf, of Holden. 3. Albert Berthier, born at Holden, September 24, 1853, married, May 5, 1881, Dora L. Howe, of Holden, and they have nine children. 4. Abbie Medora, born July 25, 1856, at Holden, married May 11, 1881, Hartley Wadsworth, of Holden. 5. Benn Milton, see forward. 6. Fred Leicester, born at Holden, December 28, 1863, married, December 14, 1889, Mary E. Rice, of Holden. 7. Nancy Davis, born at Holden, October 12, 1866, married, October 15, 1890, Scott T. Pierce, of Worcester, and they have one son, Ralph Chamberlain Pierce, born August 20, 1891.
(VIII) Benn Milton Chamberlain, son of Sum- ner Chamberlain (7), was born at Holden, Massa- chusetts, January 28, 1860. He worked on the farm, attended the district school during his youth and re- mained with his father on the homestead until twenty years old, when he followed the business of market gardening on his own account, selling his vegetables and produce in the city of Worcester. When he came of age his father turned the manage- ment of the farm over to him. In addition to gen- eral farming he had a first-class dairy, cut wood and timber and did considerable teaming.
In 1891, when the city of Worcester bought the homestead for reservoir purposes, he bought the stock and tools of his father and leased the farm of the city for three years. Then he bought the Put- nam farm of two hundred acres of the best land in that section and moved there January 1, 1893. He has lived there since and prospered in farming, mak- ing a specialty of fruit, vegetables and dairying.
Mr. Chamberlain is a Congregationalist in re- ligion. In politics he is an active Republican and has been elected delegate to various conventions. He is road commissioner of Holden and has been for the past five years on the board of selectmen. He is a member of Anchoria Lodge, No. 142 Odd Fellows, of Worcester; of Holden Grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry, No. 78, in which he has held various offices ;
of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Club; of the Worcester Agricultural Society, the Worcester llor- ticultural Society and of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association.
He married, January 28, 1891, Clara Sophronia Fiske, born in Connecticut, December 7, 1864. daughter of James Hayden and Sophronia ( Hiscox) Fiske, of Holden. Her father was a miller and fore- man. Their children: 1. Rena Glee, born August 9, 1892. 2. Sumner Fiske, born March 12, 1895. 3. Cynthia Belle, born August 9, 1896, died December 27, 1896. 4. Earle Hayden, born April 22, 1902, died May 10, 1903.
ALBERT A. METCALF. John Cobb (1), the progenitor of Albert A. Metcalf, of Holden, Massa- chusetts, was born probably in England, 1679. He was in Dedham, Massachusetts, before 1700, and may have been connected with other immigrants of the name. The first settler, Henry Cobb, of Plym- outh, came as early as 1632 and left many descend- ants; removed to Scituate and with his wife, Pa- tience, joined in the organization of the Scituate Church, January 20, 1834-35; removed to Barnstable, of which he was proprietor, January 2, 1638-39, and became ruling elder and deacon. His wife died May 4, 1648. He married (second) Sarah Hinckley, daughter of Samuel Hinckley, December 12, 1049; he died in 1679, leaving seven sons and three daughters.
John Cobb, of Dedham, married, December 20, 1700-01, at Dedham, Mary Farrington. He was a resident of Dedham all the remainder of his life apparently, and died there April 11, 1746, aged sixty- seven years. Their children, all born at Dedham, were: 1. Martha, born April 17, 1709. 2. John, see forward. 3. Daughter, born April 16, 1716.
(II) John Cobb, son of John Cobb (I) was born at Dedhain, Massachusetts, May 28, 1714. He lived in Dedham all his life, except perhaps his last years as his death was not recorded there. He married Sarah - - and their eight children were recorded in Dedham, viz: I. John, born June 12, 1734. 2. Samuel, born February 23, 1736-37. 3. Sarah, born November 2, 1739. 4. Jeremiah, see forward. 5. Joseph, born January 14, 1744-45. 6. Moses (twin). born July 16, 1747. 7. Aaron (twin), born July 16, 1747. 8. Ebenezer, born October 20, 1749.
(III) Jeremiah Cobb, son of John Cobb (2), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, May 30, 1742. He settled in Wrentham, an adjoining town, formerly part of Dedham. He was a soldier in the Revolu- tion, a private in Captain Benjamin Hawes's com- pany, Colonel John Smith's regiment, on the Lex- ington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was also in Cap- tain Samuel Fisher's company, Colonel Ephraim Wheelock's regiment, on the Rhode Island alarm in 1776, and in Captain Samuel Cowell's company, Colonel Hawes's regiment, in Rhode Island in 1778. He was in 1780 in Captain Samuel Fisher's company, Colonel Seth Bullard's regiment (Fourth Suffolk), 1780. on the Rhode Island alarm. His son Jerc- miah is mentioned below.
(IV) Jeremiah Cobb, Jr., son of Jeremiah Cobb (3), was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, about 1770, and settled there. He married Nancy
and among their children was William, see forward.
(V) William Cobb Metcalf, son of Jeremiah and Nancy Cobb, adopted son of William Metcalf, of Holden, Massachusetts, was born at Wrentham, Massachusetts, May 20, 1814, died January 6, 1894. His name was changed when he was a year old, at the time of his adoption. In his boyhood he attended the public schools and then had several terms of the select schools; he taught in Holden every fall.
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He then entered Worcester Academy, of which Rev. Silas Bailey was at that time principal, and fitted himself to teach school. He taught first at North Worcester for four months in a large and difficult ungraded school, when he was but eighteen years old, and made a good record which he maintained afterwards in other schools. He continued in the profession of school teaching until 1854, making a total of thirty terms, averaging twelve weeks each. He maintained his interest in the public schools throughout his life. He was a member of the school committee of the town of Holden for about twenty years, during thirteen of which he was chairman of the board, clerk or superintendent. He never ceased to work for the improvement of the schools. The farm of his foster parents came to him when declin- ing years caused them to retire from active labor, and he continued to manage this farm until after 1876, when he sold to his son and removed to the center of the town.
He was religiously educated and January 1, 1830, he joined the Holden Baptist Church, of which he remained a member nearly seventy years. He was clerk of the church thirty-five years and also for several years clerk of the society. He served in other positions of honor and trust in the Church and society, and could always be depended upon to give to any task or duty the most patient considera- tion and mature wisdom. He entered the Sunday school when six years of age and was an active member more than seventy years. He was a teacher in the Sunday school more than forty years, and was superintendent thirteen years. He compiled a history of the Church from its organization down to 1864, and of the Sunday school from 1820 to 1874. He showed a lively interest in Church music and was a member of the choir from early youth until failing health obliged him to retire late in life.
He was an active and influential citizen and was elected to many positions of trust and responsibility. He was for five years selectman of the town and two years chairman of the board, assessor six years and chairman of that board two years, and in 1856 was representative to the general court from his dis- trict. In politics he was in later years a Republican. He was an anti-slavery man and always active in- temperance movements. He was a helpful force in the community. His character was an example to young and old. He was pious and righteous, but cheerful, loving wit and humor, enjoying a joke and jest. He was a fine type of the Christian gentle- man. active, aggressive, forceful, righteous.
He married (first), May 20, 1839, Hannah F. Savage, of Hubbardston, Massachusetts. After thirty-seven years of married life, she died October 24. 1876, leaving two sons and two daughters. In 1880 Mr. Metcalf marricd (second) Mrs. Laura S. Weston, of Peterborough, New Hampshire. She died August 7, 1905. The children : I. Eunice Maria, born February 27, 1842. 2. William J., born October 18, 1843. 3. Hannah Sophia, born February 21, 1846. 4. Albert Augustus, see forward.
(VI) Albert Augustus Metcalf, son of William Cobb Metcalf (5), was born at Holden, on the homestead in the south part of the town, October 4, 1848. All his early years until he came of age were spent on his father's farm, where he had an excellent training in the business of farming. Dur- ing its sessions he attended the district school, completing his early education with two terms at the old Worcester Academy. When twenty years of age, thinking himself tired of farm life, Mr. Metcalf left the homestead and engaged in mechanical labor ind followed it for seven years. In 1877 he bought
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