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John Claypoole, married to Betsy Ross died of old age.
Betsy Ross was married First to John Ross then to Joseph Ash burn and last but not least another John, old John Claypoole. So as you can tell Betsy was not satisfy ed With just one or two but THREE. But two of her husbands died,husband number 1, and husband number 2.
Betsy Ross got married to John Ross in Hugg's Tavern in Gloucaster, New Jersey in 1773 when she was 21. They had no children together. John Ross died in 1776. Betsy then married to Joeseph Ashburn in 1777 at Old Swedes Church in Philadelphia they had two children. He died later on. Betsy then married John Claypoole, where is not known. They had 5 children. John died in 1817.
Betsy Ross got married to John Ross in Hugg's Tavern in Gloucaster, New Jersey in 1773 when she was 21. They had no children together. John Ross died in 1776. Betsy then married to Joeseph Ashburn in 1777 at Old Swedes Church in Philadelphia they had two children. He died later on. Betsy then married John Claypoole, where is not known. They had 5 children. John died in 1817.
Her husband died because of old age. It was his time to go to heaven.
Aucilla (aka Zilla or Zillah) Ashburn was born in 1779 and died in 1780 in Philadelphia, PA. Elizabeth (Betsy) Griscom had three husbands: John Ross, Joseph Ashburn, and John Claypoole. Zilla was the daughter of Betsy and Joseph Ashburn.
Joseph was 27 when he married Betsy Ross
Betsy Byars was 22 when she married Ed Byars, how convenient how they have the same last name.
Famous patriot Betsy Ross was married 3 times and bore at least 7 daughters. By most accounts, her first husband, John Ross, was killed in the revolution before they could have any children. However, there is some rumor that the couple may have bore a daughter who died in infancy, although it is not too well-documented. After being widowed and, by most accounts, childless at 24, she married her second husband Joseph Ashburn in 1777. They had two daughters, Zilla and Eliza, but only Eliza survived infancy. Unfortunately, her Ashburn also died in a British prison without ever having met either one. Last, she married her third husband John Claypoole in 1783. Together, they had 5 more daughters. Clarissa, Susan, Rachel and Jane lived full lives, but Harriet died before she was a year old. Claypoole himself passed away in 1817 and Betsy in 1836.
The names of Betsy Ross' husbands were John Ross, who was a fellow apprentice to an upholsterer named William Webster was the son of an assistant rector Aeneas Ross at the Christ church. The two eloped in 1773 and had two children. John later joined the Pennsylvania militia and was killed in January 1776, due to an explosion of ammunition he was guarding. In June 1777 Betsy married a sea captain named Joesph Ashburn in Philadelphia whom she had met after joining the 'Fighting Quakers' who supported the war effort. Joesph died in a British jail were he and a friend had been confined This friend was Betsy next husband named John Claypoole. John was the man who brought the news of Joesph's death to Betsy. They married in 1783 and had 5 children together. John died in 1817 after 20 years of ill health.
Women were not not allowed to apprentice. She married him and learned the business.
He was 29 years old