Betsy Ross was the 8th child of 17. Born on January 1st 1752. Her religion was a Quaker. Quakers could not play cards they could not listen or dance to music. When they grew up they had to marry another Quaker. Also they had plain dresses. Betsy or Elisabeth Griscom (that's the name she was born with) learned how to sew from her great aunt
How many stars and stripes were on the flag that Betsy Ross?
There were 13 stars representing the 13 colonies .
How old was Betsy Ross when she made the flag?
No. This is a story her grandson made up. 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.
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What are facts about Betsy Ross?
Betsy Ross was born New Years Day 1752.
She died 30 January, 1836.
She had 7 children.
At age 21, she eloped across the Delaware River to New Jersey, and was married in a tavern.
She was the 8th child born in a family of 17 children.
She has been buried in three different locations.
A bridge in Philadelphia is named for her.
She might not have created the first American flag.
How did Betsy Ross help during the revolutinary war?
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.
Where did Betsy Ross go to high school and college?
She did not go to college, but studied to be a upholsterer.
What important things that Betsy Ross did?
She owned an upholstery buisness with her husband John Ross,made the first stars and stripes flag, and she even had seven kids....She also got married 3 times but all her husbands died!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Famous sayings that Betsy Ross said?
" Today the American knight holds the commercial supremacy of the world." - Betsy Ross Ashburn Claypoole
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.
Why did Betsy Ross make the first flag?
Ross did not make the flag. This is a story made up by her grandson and is not true. A man by the name of Francis Hopkins was commissioned by the navy in 1776 to make a flag. Congress has reconginized this as the first flag.
What did Betsy Ross do for fun?
Betsy ross did have some hobbies and two were sewing and un-sewing materials
Where is the first American flag located?
The answer is Congress.
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How old was betty ross when she died?
Betty Ross passed away in 2015 at the age of 91. She was born in 1924 making her 91 years old when she died.
How old was Betsy Ross when she sewed the flag?
She didn't make the flag. This is a story her grandson made up. 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.