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Betsy Ross's Life
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Betsy Married John Ross
Betsy leaves her Quaker family in Philadelphia, to marry John Ross. Quakers were not allowed to marry outside of their religion. -
John Ross Dies
John Ross joined the Pennsylvania militia and later dies from an explosion. Betsy carries on with the business making flags for Pennsylvania and others. -
Betsy meets with Washington
Betsy meets with General George Washington, George Ross (her late husband's uncle), and Robert Morris, in the summer of 1776, about Betsy making the first flag for the US. She made a suggestion to Washington to change the six-pointed stars to five-pointed star. -
Betsy's Flag Gets Voted on by Continental Congress
Betsy's Suggestion for the five-pointed stars gets approved by Congress. It becomes the first official flag of the United States, but becomes more popular later on. -
Betsy starts new family
Betsy remarried to a sailor, John Ashburn. They have two daughters, one ends up dying as an infant. On top of that, she is trying to keep up with her upholstery business and she is sharing her home with British soldiers. -
John Ashburn Dies
Captin John Ashburn was in the West Indies when his ship got cought by the British and taken to Old Mill Prison, where he later passed away. This is the second time Betsy becomes a widow, she recived the news from one of her and Johns friend, John Claypoole. -
Betsy Married John Claypoole
Betsy gets remarried, for the third and final time, to John Claypoole. John was a friend of Ashburns and was in the Old Mill Prison with him. They have five daughters together Clarissa Sidney, Susannah, Rachel, Jane, and Harriet who died at nine months. -
John Claypoole Died
Betsy Ross became a widow for the third and final time. John Claypoole passes away from his ongoing struggle with paralysis. Betsy never remarries again. -
Betsy Retiers
At the age of 75, Betsy retires and leaves her upholstery business to a lot of her family members living in Philidelphia. Betsy goes to live with one of her daughters, Susannah Satterthwaite, in Abington, a suburb of north Philadelphia. -
Betsy's Leagsy Lives On
At one of the meetings of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, one of Betsy Ross’s grandsons, William Canby, finally tells the story about Betsy meeting with George Washington and with two member’s of Continental Congress to make a new flag for our nation. This was the first of hearing who made the flag. There is still no conclusive evidence to prove that Betsy Ross made the flag.
