

Surnames of Early Paradise Township Families
Below is our list of some of the families that settled Paradise Township
List compiled by PHS Genealogy Chair Sandy Dietz
This list of names is sourced from Township Assessment
and Early Settler Biographies in the book
History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania
by author Alfred Mathews (1852-1904), published 1886,
R.T. Peck & Co. (Philadelphia), 1438 pages
and the
1830 Census (Price, Pike)*
1840 Census (Price, Monroe)*
1850 Census (Paradise, Monroe)
This list is not exhaustive of all Paradise Township founding family surnames. PHS welcomes contributions of any additional information concerning
the township's founding families.
*Best estimates based on family names and residence locations for info from the 1830 and 1840 censuses. These families lived in Price Township, Pike & Monroe Counties, which would later become Paradise Township.