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Colonel Thomas Forster, Sr

Male 1762 - 1836  (74 years)


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  • Name Thomas Forster  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Title Colonel 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 16 May 1762  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Education Trained as a surveyor  [5] 
    Will 19 Feb 1776  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Inventory of Robert Montgomery Estate includes Bonds on Thomas Forster 
    Occupation Between 26 Oct 1793 and 1798  Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Associate Judge 
    Military 1794  [5, 7, 11] 
    Whiskey Insurrection 
    Occupation 1798  Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    State Representative Legislature 
    Occupation Between 1801 and 1836  Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Agent for Harrisburg and Presqu' Isle Company; Customs agent appt by John Adams 
    Occupation 1823  Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    Collector Port of Erie, Appointed by President Adams 
    Death 29 Jun 1836  Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Notes 
    • Kelker says death date 1839
    Person ID I4489  MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery and Martha Finley
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father John Forster,   b. 1725, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1789, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherine Dickey,   b. 1738, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1804, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 May 1762  [12] 
    Family ID F3090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Pettit Montgomery,   b. Jul 1766, Georgetown, Kent, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1808, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 5 Oct 1786  [5, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Rachel Forster,   b. 25 Jul 1787, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1852 (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. John Montgomery Forster, Sr,   b. 21 Jun 1789, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1858, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Catherine Ann Forster,   b. 10 Jun 1791, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1838 (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Mary Theodosia Forster,   b. 16 Aug 1793, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1820 (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Joseph Montgomery Forster,   b. 21 Mar 1795, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     6. Thomas Forster, Jr,   b. 13 Sep 1796, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1864, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Sarah Forster,   b. 24 Nov 1797, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1879 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
     8. Eleanor Reed Forster,   b. 20 Aug 1799, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1801, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]
     9. Samuel Laird Forster,   b. 8 Aug 1801, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
     10. Hannah Wickersham Forster,   b. 31 Jan 1804, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1880, Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
     11. Margaret Wallace Forster,   b. 10 Sep 1806, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1865, Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F2917  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 May 1762 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Inventory of Robert Montgomery Estate includes Bonds on Thomas Forster - 19 Feb 1776 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Associate Judge - Between 26 Oct 1793 and 1798 - Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - State Representative Legislature - 1798 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agent for Harrisburg and Presqu' Isle Company; Customs agent appt by John Adams - Between 1801 and 1836 - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Collector Port of Erie, Appointed by President Adams - 1823 - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Jun 1836 - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S604] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online.
      Record for Sarah Pettit Montgomery

    2. [S604] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online.
      Record for Thomas Forster

    3. [S692] Maring, Don, Don Maring Notes To Andrea Adams, (Name: Date: 18 Jun 2008;;), Email from Don Maring to Andrea Adams discusses Montgomerys ofPennsylvania.

    4. [S693] Egle, William Henryt, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_Forster, (Name: Date: 1896;;), Pages 402 and 403.

    5. [S694] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_ForsterThomas, (Name: Date: 1896;;), First and Second Series Vol I, Notes and Queries XLVI, Pages 326-327.

    6. [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.

    7. [S41] Kelker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania_MontBio, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Volume III, Pages 538-541 Volume I, Chapter X, The Newspapers Volume III, Pages 549-551 and 673-675 Forster Family.

    8. [S691] DAR Ancestor A079043, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Joseph Montgomery.

    9. [S695] SAR Application 67487, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), Rev Joseph Montgomery.

    10. [S40] Maring, Don, Genforum Discussion posted by Don Maring, (Name: Location: Rootsweb; Date: 17 Aug 2008;;), Notes about the inventory for estate of Robert Montgomery, died 1776,included by Don Maring in a website posting on other topics.

    11. [S433] American Revolutionary War, (Date: 1775-1783;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.

    12. [S39] Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA;), cemtery.interment.pdf Suburb also called Paxtang Also known as Old Paxtang Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery.


  

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