Ann (Cooper) Whitall (1716 - 1797)

Born 23 Apr 1716 in Woodbury, Gloucester, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of James Whitall — married 23 Sep 1739 in Haddonfield MM, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1797 at age 81 in New Jersey, United States

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Biography

"Ann (Cooper) Whitall, daughter of John and Ann (Clark) Cooper was born April 23, 1716 and died September 22, 1797. She married James Whitall at Haddonfield Meeting September 23, 1739. She had nine children, seven of whom were alive at the time this diary was written, as follows:

1. James born December 22, 1741
2. Job born January 27, 1743
3. Benjamin born October 3, 1747^[1]
4. Joseph P. born January 9, 1750
5. Hannah born August 16, 1752
6. Sarah born December 6, 1754
7. John S. born May 31, 1757
   

   Ann (Cooper) Whitall is Notable.

James and Ann Whitall lived in a house still standing at Red Bank, N.J. on the banks of the Delaware River nearly opposite the mouth of the Schuylkill River. The Battle of Red Bank took place on their premises (October 22, 1777) while they occupied the house."

When the yellow fever raged across the river in Philadelphia, Ann, along with two sons and two grandchildren, became ill with the fever and died.

Ann is buried at Friends Meeting, Woodbury.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SZ-BHSB : 8 April 2016), Benjamin Whitall, 1747; citing , Woodbury, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.; FHL microfilm 1,543,465.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60284740/ann-whitall: accessed 23 April 2023), memorial page for Ann Cooper Whitall (23 Apr 1716–23 Sep 1797), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60284740, citing Friends Burial Ground, Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Dan Silva (contributor 46781334).

• "Diary of Ann Whitall." Copied from a Library of Congress transcript owned by Miss Anne L. Nicholson of St. Davids, Pa., March 25, 1973. Transcribed by Jo Ann Wright 6/16/2011 from the above noted book in the collection of the Gloucester County Historical Society Library, 17 Hunter St. Woodbury, NJ. Completed 10/27/11. Retrieved from http://sites.rootsweb.com/~njgchs/PDF/Whitall.pdf
• "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SZ-P3ZQ : 8 April 2016), Ann Cooper, 1716; citing , Woodbury, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.; FHL microfilm 1,001,871.
• "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZJ8-GWL : 31 March 2016), James Whitall and Ann Cooper, 23 Sep 1739; citing , , New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton.; FHL microfilm 1,001,866.

• Ann Cooper Whitall Wikipedia.