1752 - 1836
Betsy Ross American Designer
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Betsy Ross dating history
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Betsy Ross was previously married to John Claypoole, Joseph Ashburn and John Leach Ross (1773 - 1776).
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American Designer Betsy Ross was born Elizabeth Phoebe Griscom on 1st January, 1752 in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania and passed away on 30th Jan 1836 Philadelphia, PA aged 84. She is most remembered for sewed the American flag. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Betsy Ross is a member of the following lists: American folklore, People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Quakers.
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Relationship Statistics
Type | Total | Longest | Average | Shortest |
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Married | 3 |
34 years
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13 years, 4 months
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3 years
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Total | 3 |
34 years
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13 years, 4 months
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3 years
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Details
First Name |
Betsy
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Middle Name |
Phoebe
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Last Name |
Ross
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Maiden Name |
Griscom
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Full Name at Birth |
Elizabeth Phoebe Griscom
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Alternative Name |
Elizabeth Ashburn, Elizabeth Claypoole
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Birthday |
1st January, 1752
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Birthplace |
Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania
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Died |
30th January, 1836
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Place of Death |
Philadelphia, PA
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Buried |
Betsy Ross House Grounds, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Religion |
Christian
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
American
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Occupation Text |
Seamstress
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Occupation |
Designer
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Claim to Fame |
sewed the American flag
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Year(s) Active |
1768–1833
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Elizabeth Griscom Ross (January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), née Griscom, also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with making the first American flag, accordingly known as the Betsy Ross flag. Though most historians dismiss the story, Ross family tradition holds that General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and two members of a congressional committee—Robert Morris and George Ross—visited Mrs. Ross in 1776. Mrs. Ross convinced George Washington to change the shape of the stars in a sketch of a flag he showed her from six-pointed to five-pointed by demonstrating that it was easier and speedier to cut the latter. However, there is no archival evidence or other recorded verbal tradition to substantiate this story of the first American flag. It appears that the story first surfaced in the writings of her grandson in the 1870s (a century after the fact), with no mention or documentation in earlier decades.