Forster family genealogy

Of County Galway

Captain Francis Forster, Chief of Clooneene, who died 22nd September, 1698, married daughter of Sir James O’Donnellan, Lord Chief Justice of Connaught, in 1637 (son of the Chief of Clan Bresal), and had:

2. Major James Forster, High Sheriff of the county Galway in 1689-90, who mar. Eleanor, dau. of Colonel Gerald Burke of Tyaquin Castle, county Galway, and had:

1. John Forster, of Crushnabawn, who d.s.p. in Dublin in 1702. This John m. Mary, dau. of Charles Lambert, Esq., an adherent of King James II., and killed at Derry in 1689.
2. Capt. Francis, of whom presently.

3. Captain Francis Forster, of Rathorpe; went to France after the Treaty of Limerick; returned in 1693 a Colonel. Succeeded to Clooneene on death of his elder brother, s.p.; he d. in 1720, leaving ten children, from the eldest of whom the late Captain Blake Forster, of Forster-street, Galway, was descended.

4. James Forster, deceased, that eldest son.