Lieutenant Thomas Forster

1746 - 1804  (58 years)

• Name	Thomas Forster  [1]
  Title	Lieutenant
  Birth	1746
  Gender	Male
  Will	24 Oct 1784	Union, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Mentioned in Father's Will
  Burial	1804  [1]
  	Lewis Graveyard
  Death	1 Jun 1804	Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I257	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   [2]
  Family ID	F53	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Young
  Marriage	4 Nov 1777	Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  	Performed by Reverend Elder
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 4 Nov 1777 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Will - Mentioned in Father's Will - 24 Oct 1784 - Union, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 1 Jun 1804 - Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [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.