Gurney Genealogy Library Updated 6 June 2026 by Allen Gurney

Gurney, Ase House (MACRIS CUM.115)

Place research page generated from the structured place spine and the companion place markdown.

Federal two-story house built in 1816, original owner Asa Gurney (b. 1758), son of direct-line ancestor Benjamin Gurney (G9). It stands in Cummington Center on the Gurney village land - the 100 acres of the southerly Minot Grant that Benjamin Gurney (G9) moved to after the 1787 farm exchange with Philip Shaw; the family gave away free Main Street acre-lots to encourage building (reportedly houses Nos. 223, 226, 227, 228). Later the home of Prof. William Ward Mitchell - fifty-year teacher, selectman, state representative, and President of the Day for the Cummington Centennial (1879) - hence the MACRIS common name 'Mitchell, William Ward House.' Twentieth-century owners Franklin and Florence Strutton ran a trucking company and a Hereford cattle farm.

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Asa Gurney’s village house (MACRIS CUM.115), a Federal two-story house built in 1816, original owner Asa Gurney (son of the direct-line ancestor [[g09-benjamin-gurney-fact-sheet]]). It stands in Cummington Center on the Gurney Main Street land - the 100 acres of the southerly Minot Grant that Benjamin Gurney (G9) settled after the 1787 farm exchange with Philip Shaw. The Gurneys gave away free Main Street acre-lots to encourage building (reportedly houses Nos. 223, 226, 227, 228). The house was later the home of Prof. William Ward Mitchell - fifty-year teacher, selectman, state representative, and President of the Day for the Cummington Centennial (1879) - which is why MACRIS carries the common name “Mitchell, William Ward House.” Twentieth-century owners Franklin and Florence Strutton ran a trucking company and a Hereford cattle farm. See [[cummington-ma]] for the town-level context and [[75-mount-rd-cummington-ma]] for the Asa Gurney homestead on Mount Road.

Source: MACRIS CUM.115 (macris-cum-115-gurney-ase-house); transcription in sources/corpus_supplement/macris-cummington-gurney-houses-extract.md.