Author: Gregory Safko

Gregory Safko is a lecturer, researcher, and educator in New Jersey. His research examines the American Revolution with particular focus on New Jersey’s role in the Revolution. Many of his lectures and social media posts are filled with the humor and absurdities of the Revolutionary War from both the Patriot and British perspectives.

Historic Sites Posted on October 1, 2019September 30, 2019

The Whitall Family and the Battle of Red Bank

James W. Whitall (1717-1808) was a prominent Quaker businessman and farmer in the southern region of New Jersey. In 1739 he married Ann Cooper (1716-1797), a devout, no-nonsense Quaker, and together they built a house situated on a farm consisting of over four hundred acres of land along the Delaware River in Red Bank, New […]

by Gregory Safko