| Birth: | Jan. 1, 1752
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Jan. 30, 1836
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA | 
Revolutionary War Figure. Born Elizabeth Griscom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she has gained legendary status for her role as a seamstress in the creation of the Flag of the United States. In May 1776 she was commissioned by Continental Congressmen George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross (the uncle of her late husband) to sew the first standardized American flag with thirteen stripes and a blue field with thirteen stars in it. The flag she created would be adopted by the Continental legislature in June 1777, who resolved "that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Originally married to John Ross, she was widowed in January 1777 when he was killed in an ammunition storehouse explosion while serving in the Pennsylvania Militia. She later married John Claypoole, and had five children with him. In 1975 the remains of her and her husband were removed from Philadelphia's Mount Moriah Cemetery, and re-interred at the Betsy Ross House.
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Spouses:
John Claypoole (1752 - 1817)*
John Ross (1752 - 1776)*
Children:
Sarah Ross Newman (1775 - 1853)*
Clarissa Sidney Claypoole Wilson (1785 - 1864)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Betsy Ross | | | Burial:
Betsy Ross House
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 904 |
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