First Settlement - PLAQUE

First Settlement - PLAQUE is a Pennsylvania historical marker in E end of Paradise, Lancaster County, dedicated 1918.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1918 · At Paradise Park off US 30 on London Vale Rd., E end of Paradise

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On September 10, 1710, a patent for 2000 acres of land surrounding this spot was granted by William Penn, proprietor of Pennsylvania, to Daniel Fiere and Isaac Lefever. The patentees were from France and were Huguenots. Here they, with their mother , Madam Mary Fiere, and her family settled. These were the first white settlers in this part of Lancaster County. On account of an error in measurement the original patent was surrendered and a new patent for 2300 acres was granted on October 29, 1734. Within sight of this marker, Daniel Lefever, the son of Isaac Lefever and Catharine Fiere, his wife, was born. He was the first white child in the settlement.

7.1 miles from where Hans Groff lived in the 1690s

what this marker records spans 1710 to 1734, overlapping Hans Groff's years here

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First Settlement - PLAQUE

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