Describe Betsy Ross

Answer 1

her second husband was john claypoole

Answer 2

Betsy Ross was born Elizabeth Griscom to parents Samuel Griscom and Rebecca James in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 1, 1752, the eighth of 17 children. She "grew up in a household where the plain dress and strict discipline of the Society of Friends dominated her life." She learned to sew from her great-aunt Sarah Griscom. Her great-grandfather Andrew Griscom, a Quaker carpenter immigrated in 1680 from England to New Jersey, United States.

After she finished her schooling at a Quaker public school, her father apprenticed her to an upholsterer named John Webster. At this job, she fell in love with fellow apprentice John Ross, son of an assistant rector Aeneas Ross (Sarah Leach) at (Episcopal) Christ Church. The couple eloped in 1773 when she was 21 at Hugg's Tavern in Gloucester, New Jersey. The marriage caused a split from her family and meant her expulsion from the Quaker congregation. The young couple soon started their own upholstery business and joined Christ Church.They sat next to George Washington and his family in church. Betsy and John had no children. (Wikipedia)

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Answer 3

She was an seamstress who is famous for the fable of the first flag. She didn't make the flag. This is a story her grandson made up in 1870. Congress gives credit to Francis Hopkinson who designed the flag. The first flag was made for the navy in 1776 and it was a basic British flag with stripes. The second flag had stars where the British flag had a cross.

Answer 4

She didn't make the flag. This is a story her grandson made up in 1870. Congress gives credit to Francis Hopkinson who designed the flag. The first flag was made for the navy in 1776 and it was a basic British flag with stripes. The second flag had stars where the British flag had a cross.

Answer 5

Betsy Ross was the woman who sewed the flag of America.

Answer 6

She had 3 husbands! Her first husband was Johnny Ross. Her 2nd was Joseph Ashburn. And someone tried to blackmail her into marring him. But she didn't. She ended up marring John Claypoole!

Answer 7

seamstress, flag maker

Answer 8

upholsterers or sewing jobs

Answer 9

Nice.