Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Forster and Elizabeth Chambers




Husband John Forster 1

           Born:  - County Antrim, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1749
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Sarah [Unk] (      -      ) 1



Wife Elizabeth Chambers 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Pennsylvania
         Buried: 


         Father: Arthur Chambers (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Thomas Forster 1 2

           Born: 1696 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jul 1772 - Paxtang, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 M Arthur Forster 1

           Born: 1705 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 F Agnes Forster 3

           Born: 1708 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Moore (      -      ) 4


4 M William Forster 1

           Born: 1710 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rachel Kelly (1735-      ) 1 5


5 F Elizabeth Forster 1

           Born: 1713 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jacob Ellis (      -      ) 1


6 F Margaret Forster 1

           Born: 1720 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Graham (      -1764) 1


7 M John Forster 1

            AKA: John Foster 6
           Born: 1725 - Paxton Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1789 - Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Catharine Dickey (1738-1804) 1



General Notes: Husband - John Forster


He was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, of Scotch parentage, emigrated to America prior to 1722, and located in Paxtang township, Lancaster (later Dauphin) County, Pennsylvania. He was twice married, dying prior to 1749.

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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 246.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 493.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 149, 246.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 149.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 124.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1226.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 247.


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