Note: This is a cenotaph; however, Anna is most likely buried in the East Greenwich Cemetery where her husband has an extant gravestone. Nevertheless, her memorial is being maintained here where her cenotaph is located. The death year comes from a deposition made by her two surviving daughters, Susan Miller and Polly Spencer, written in 1850.

Anna was the 13th of 16 children born to Joseph Arnold of North Kingstown and Exeter, Rhode Island, and the 11th of 14 children born to his second wife, Hannah Gifford. Anna was married in North Kingstown on 12 Jun 1774 to Micah Whitmarsh, the son of Daniel and Susannah Whitmarsh of Dighton, Mass.

Shortly after their marriage, Anna's husband became an officer in the American Revolutionary War, serving for the duration of the war with the ranks of Sergeant, Ensign, Lieutenant, and Captain. Her husband received a pension for his service for a short while before he died, and with a new law in 1836 Anna applied for a widow's pension. Her pension was granted on 16 January 1837 in the amount of $288.33 per annum, commencing 4 March 1831, and to be paid semi-annually. The pension file is huge, and contains many documents and depositions. Anna appears on the 1830 census in E. Greenwich, aged 70-80, living with a female in her 40s (her daughter Polly) and a male in his 40s (either her son, Job, or Polly's husband Thomas). Anna's last appearance in a public record appears to be the 1840 census, where she is listed as a Revolutionary War pensioner, aged 82, living in the household of her daughter, Mary Spencer.

Children of Anna and Micah Whitmarsh, b. E. Greenwich, RI:

* Joseph, b. 11 Aug 1775, d. E. Greenwich 3 Aug 1776

* Nancy, b. 17 Sep 1778, d. E. Greenwich 16 Feb 1781

* Job, b. 4 April 1780, m. Hannah Niles, b. c. 1785.

* Polly, b. 16 Feb 1782, living in 1860, m. c. 1809 Thomas Aldrich Spencer, b. c. 1785. They are enumerated on the 1810 census in E. Greenwich with one male child. In a 5 Jan 1837 letter written by her sister Susan, Polly was described as a widow "with two orphan children". In 1860, Polly was living in Newport, RI in the household of her son, Micah W. Spencer (b. 1810).

* Susan Cooke, b. 3 Sep 1789, living in 1850, married late in life _______ Miller. Susan signed her name as Susan C. Whitmarsh when she wrote a letter dated 5 January 1837, requesting a pension for her widowed mother. In an 1850 letter she signed as Susan Miller.