Colonel Thomas Forster, Sr
1762 - 1836 (74 years)-
Name Thomas Forster [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Title Colonel Suffix Sr Birth 16 May 1762 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
[1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Gender Male Education Trained as a surveyor [5] Will 19 Feb 1776 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [10] Inventory of Robert Montgomery Estate includes Bonds on Thomas Forster Occupation Between 26 Oct 1793 and 1798 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA [5] Associate Judge Military 1794 [5, 7, 11] Whiskey Insurrection Occupation 1798 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [5] State Representative Legislature Occupation Between 1801 and 1836 Erie, Pennsylvania, USA [4, 5] Agent for Harrisburg and Presqu' Isle Company; Customs agent appt by John Adams Occupation 1823 Erie, Pennsylvania, USA [5, 7] Collector Port of Erie, Appointed by President Adams Death 29 Jun 1836 Erie, Pennsylvania, USA [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Notes - Kelker says death date 1839
Person ID I4489 MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery and Martha Finley Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Father John Forster, b. 1725, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. Sep 1789, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother Catherine Dickey, b. 1738, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Nov 1804, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (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 d. 27 Jul 1808, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 42 years) Marriage 5 Oct 1786 [5, 8] Children > 1. Elizabeth Rachel Forster, b. 25 Jul 1787, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1852 (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. John Montgomery Forster, Sr, b. 21 Jun 1789, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Sep 1858, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Catherine Ann Forster, b. 10 Jun 1791, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1838 (Age 46 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Mary Theodosia Forster, b. 16 Aug 1793, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Sep 1820 (Age 27 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 5. Joseph Montgomery Forster, b. 21 Mar 1795, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 6. Thomas Forster, Jr, b. 13 Sep 1796, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 17 Oct 1864, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 7. Sarah Forster, b. 24 Nov 1797, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1879 (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 8. Eleanor Reed Forster, b. 20 Aug 1799, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1801, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 9. Samuel Laird Forster, b. 8 Aug 1801, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1860, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 10. Hannah Wickersham Forster, b. 31 Jan 1804, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Dec 1880, Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 11. Margaret Wallace Forster, b. 10 Sep 1806, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Jul 1865, Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2917 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
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Birth - 16 May 1762 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Will - Inventory of Robert Montgomery Estate includes Bonds on Thomas Forster - 19 Feb 1776 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Occupation - Associate Judge - Between 26 Oct 1793 and 1798 - Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA 
Occupation - State Representative Legislature - 1798 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Occupation - Agent for Harrisburg and Presqu' Isle Company; Customs agent appt by John Adams - Between 1801 and 1836 - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Occupation - Collector Port of Erie, Appointed by President Adams - 1823 - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 29 Jun 1836 - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [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 - [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 - [S692] Maring, Don, Don Maring Notes To Andrea Adams, (Name: Date: 18 Jun 2008;;), Email from Don Maring to Andrea Adams discusses Montgomerys ofPennsylvania.
- [S693] Egle, William Henryt, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_Forster, (Name: Date: 1896;;), Pages 402 and 403.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [S691] DAR Ancestor A079043, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Joseph Montgomery.
- [S695] SAR Application 67487, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), Rev Joseph Montgomery.
- [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.
- [S433] American Revolutionary War, (Date: 1775-1783;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.
- [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.
- [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.