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A Brief History of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

History of the Farm Fortune Inn, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

William Penn's sons sent Samuel Blunsten to settle land west of the Susquehanna River to protect Lancaster and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the French and the Indians. Land Grant #50 was given to Richard Ashton, who built a two-room home overlooking the Yellow Breeches Creek.

It was high on the hill overlooking the creek, a good spot to see the Indians with whom he traded fur pelts. We found the area in the home which had been used as cold storage for the fur pelts. 

The grant (from William Penn) was given in 1734.

Apparently a family of five lived in the first home. It housed my antique shop for 20 years, but I have now put in a bathroom and use it as a guest cottage.

The first part of the main house was built in the 1740s; the limestone section was added in 1784. It is believed to have been part of the Underground Railroad. The later section was built by Henry Hursh and appears to have remained in the family until we bought it in 1976. With the exception of a wall having been removed between two rooms in the earliest part of the house, and windows lowered and enlarged in the stone side in the 1890s, it has remained original.