Dorcas Forster

1764 - 1826  (62 years)

• Name	Dorcas Forster  [1, 2]
  Birth	1764	Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Lower Paxton
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Apr 1826	Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I4771	MontyHistNotes_III
  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  [3]
  Family ID	F3090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Bell,   b. 1743, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Dec 1813, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1783	Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	> 1. Juliet Montgomery Bell,   b. 12 Oct 1802, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA d. 4 Feb 1866, Houghton, Michigan, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1764 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 1783 - Pennsylvania, USA Death - 10 Apr 1826 - Erie, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S755] SAR Application 18950, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), John Forster. [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.