Ann Cooper Whitall

[2] Whitall kept a diary starting in about 1760 that contains important historical insight into the lives of people in the Red Bank area and Quaker family life in colonial times.

Both devout Quakers, Ann and her husband were pacifists and remained neutral throughout the American Revolutionary War[3] despite the immediate threat that the conflict posed to their home and livelihood.

According to Dr. Janofsky, though, director of the Red Bank Battlefield historical site, there is little evidence that the house was hit by cannon fire at all.

The James and Ann Whitall House stands today, preserved, as part of the Red Bank Battlefield county park.

Her grandson John Mickle Whitall was a sea captain and Quaker businessman who manufactured glass bottles in Millville, New Jersey.