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Dr. Andrew Forrest
b.Abt 1754 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
d.26 Jan 1818 Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, USA
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  1. James Biddle Forrest, Sr.1784 - 1841
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Name Dr. Andrew Forrest
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1754 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Marriage to Jane Rachel Graydon
Military? 1776 DAR Patriot: ANDREW FORREST (A041132)
Death? 26 Jan 1818 Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, USA
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Dr. Andrew Forrest (1754-1818)

DAR Patriot: ANDREW FORREST (A041132)

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The following sections are copied from Family Search ID K2S7-KB8

[Note: list copied from Rootsweb, 2021]

"Commissioned 8 Jan 1776 as 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Pennsylvania Battalion, Continental Army. Captured 16 Nov 1776 at Ft. Washington (Manhattan). Exchanged 25 Oct. 1780. He retired from service, not being able to get his rank. He was entitled to captaincy from 10 Apr 1778, according to Col. Cadwalader. He resided at Harrisburg for many years after the war, removed to Milton, PA where he was practicing medicine in 1814. Died at Danville, PA shortly thereafter."
--Source: ["Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army 1775-1783," by Heitman, 1914, page 233.] ["Pennsylvania Archives," 5th Series, Vol. II, page 51; page 127.]

Lt. Andrew Forrest, 3rd Regiment (1776) Pennsylvania, on "list of Capt. Graydon's company taken from payroll to 1 Sept 1776. List dated Phila. 24 Feb 1781.....Stoppages per the order of Col. Bowdnot..."
--Source: [Revolutionary War service records, National Archives.]

"Surgeon from Berks County, PA, in Col. Hiester's Company."
--Source: ["Pennsylvania Archives," 5th Series, Vol. 5, page 234.]

Dr. Andrew Forrest listed as "surgeon" in 6th Battalion, 3rd Regiment, Berks County (PA) Militia, commanded by Lt. Col. Joseph Hiester. "Hiester's Battalion" on active duty 10 Aug 1780 - 9 Sept 1780.
--Source: ["History of Berks County, Penn., in the Revolution, 1774-1783," by M. Montgomery, 1894, p. 130.]

Worked at (owned?) an apothecary shop in Berks County, PA in 1780.
--Source: ["Pennsylvania Archives," 3rd Series, Vol. 18, page 396.]

First medical doctor residing in Danville, PA (no date).
Patron of the Mahoning School in Danville.
--Source: ["History of Danville," by Brower, pages 28 & 37.]

A "Capt. Andrew Forrest" applied for and received bounty land as pension on 16 Mar 1790
--Source: [National Archives]

Andrew Forrest listed as "taxable" in 1818.
--Source: ["History of Northumberland County, Penn." by Bell, 1891, p. 552.]

"Forest" (sic) listed among family names conspicuous in early records of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Milton, PA.
--Source: ["History of Northumberland County, Penn." by Bell, 1891, p. 571.]

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