Robert Forster

1758 - 1834  (76 years)

• Name	Robert Forster  [1, 2]
  Birth	1758  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will	24 Oct 1784	Union, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	Mentioned in Father's Will
  Death	30 Jan 1834  [1]
  Person ID	I253	MontyHistNotes_III
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Esther Renick
  Marriage	14 Dec 1784	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 4]
  	Performed by Reverend Elder
  Family ID	F113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Will - Mentioned in Father's Will - 24 Oct 1784 - Union, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 14 Dec 1784 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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