Thomas Forster
1696 - 1772 (76 years)-
Name Thomas Forster [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 1696 England 
[1, 3] Gender Male Fact 1 Donated Land to Paxtang Church [1, 3, 4] Will 1772 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA [2] LW&T Burial 1772 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 3, 4] - Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard
Death 25 Jul 1772 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3] Person ID I4759 MontyHistNotes_III Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Father John Forster, b. 1668, England d. Bef 1749, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 80 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Chambers, b. 1675, England d. Between 1725 and 1728, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 50 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1700 Northern Ireland Family ID F3089 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marriage Never Married [1, 3] Family ID F3096 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
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Birth - 1696 - England 
Will - LW&T - 1772 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA 
Burial - 1772 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Death - 25 Jul 1772 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [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.
- [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.
- [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.