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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.

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