Colonel John Forster

Male 1722 - 1783  (61 years)


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  • Name John Forster  [1, 2, 3
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 1722  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Sep 1783  Union City, Union, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buffalo Valley
    Will 24 Oct 1784  Union, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buffalo; LW&T 
    Person ID I259  MontyHistNotes_III
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Family Margaret Bencent,   b. 1730   d. 8 Jan 1792, Union, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 17 Mar 1768  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Forster  [Father: natural]
     2. John Forster  [Father: natural]
     3. Elizabeth Forster,   b. 1734   d. 18 Apr 1816, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Christiana Forster,   b. 1741, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1821, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Lieutenant Thomas Forster,   b. 1746   d. 1 Jun 1804, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Jane Forster,   b. 1749   d. 1824 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Andrew Forster,   b. 1751, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1817, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]
     8. Robert Forster,   b. 1758   d. 30 Jan 1834 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F53  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1722 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Mar 1768 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Sep 1783 - Union City, Union, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Buffalo; LW&T - 24 Oct 1784 - Union, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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

    3. [S35] Lightfoot, Thomas Montgomery, The Montgomery Family of Paradise, (Name: Pennsylvania Historica Society; Location: Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1934;), Montgomery Family of Paradise.
      Book found at FamilySearch
      https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/548850-the-montgomery-family-of-paradise?offset=
      https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/548850-the-montgomery-family-of-paradise?offset=