Flag making

Betsy Ross

By johanna_johnson_21

  • Birth

    Birth
    Betsy was born the 8th of 17 children, as a fourth generation American

  • First Marrige

    First Marrige
    Betsy eloped to John Ross and was read out of her Quaker community since he was not from the community.

  • Business with John

    Business with John
    Betsy and John started their own upholstery business despite competition.

  • John's Death

    John's Death
    Near the beginning of the war John joined the New Jersey militia and was mortally wounded in an explosion and died.

  • First Flag Ideas

    First Flag Ideas
    Betsy receives a visit from George Washington with a design of the flag. Betsy requested a change from 6 to 5 point stars.

  • Second Marrige

    Second Marrige
    Betsy marries a sailor, Joseph Ashburn. They have two daughters (Zillah Ashburn and Elizabeth Ashburn).

  • Propaganda

    Propaganda
    Charles Wilson Peale’s painting of George Washington features a flag with six pointed stars.

  • Second Husband Dies

    Second Husband Dies
    Joseph dies as a POW in Plymouth England.

  • Third Marrige

    Third Marrige
    Betsy married John Claypool, a man who lived in her old Quaker community and had been a POW with Ashburn for a short period of time, they have 5 daughters.

  • Death

    Death
    Betsy dies at the age of 84 amidst a peaceful retirement.