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]
  Person ID	I77371	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  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]
  Family ID	F27723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  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

  
  

• Notes

  Kelker says death date 1839

  
  

• Sources

  [S3548] 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 [S3548] 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 [S4946] Maring, Don, Don Maring Notes To Andrea Adams, (Name: Date: 18 Jun 2008;;), Email from Don Maring to Andrea Adams discusses Montgomerys ofPennsylvania. [S4963] Egle, William Henryt, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_Forster, (Name: Date: 1896;;), Pages 402 and 403. [S4964] 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. [S4873] 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. [S4891] 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. [S4956] DAR Ancestor A079043, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Joseph Montgomery. [S4957] SAR Application 67487, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), Rev Joseph Montgomery. [S4881] 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. [S3116] American Revolutionary War, (Date: 1775-1783;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.