Robert Forster

Male 1758 - 1834  (76 years)


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  • Name Robert Forster  [1, 2
    Birth 1758  [1
    Gender Male 
    Will 24 Oct 1784  Union, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mentioned in Father's Will 
    Death 30 Jan 1834  [1
    Person ID I253  MontyHistNotes_III
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father Colonel John Forster,   b. 1722, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1783, Union City, Union, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Bencent,   b. 1730   d. 8 Jan 1792, Union, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 17 Mar 1768  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F53  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Esther Renick 
    Marriage 14 Dec 1784  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    • Performed by Reverend Elder
    Family ID F113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Father's Will - 24 Oct 1784 - Union, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Dec 1784 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S55] Maring, Don, Email from Don Maring 2010 Apr 28, (Name: Location: Maple Glen, PA; Date: 28 Apr 2010;;), Don Maring discusses Forsters and Dickeys. He also discusses familyof Robert Montgomery and Sarah of Ballymore, Armagh.

    2. [S56] Linn, John Blair, Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, 1755-1855, (Name: Name: Lane S Hart; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 1877;;), Annals_of_Buffalo_Valley_Pennsylvania_17.pdf Page 179.

    3. [S221] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Margaret Bencent
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2383&h=159261&indiv=try

    4. [S98] Keiker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania_Elder, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Pages 667-673, Marriages performed by John Elder.