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| Betsy Ross Interesting Facts 
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| Betsy Ross was born January 1, 1752 and died January 30, 1836 at age 84. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Eloping at the age of 21, she crossed the Delaware River at Gloucester, New Jersey, and married in a tavern. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Betsy was the eighth of seventeen children. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| She claimed to have done tailoring for George Washington. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| She has been buried in three different locations: Christ Church Cemetery, Mt. Moriah Cemetery, and presently on Arch Street in the courtyard adjacent to the Betsy Ross House. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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