Betsy Ross

:For the lieutenant governor of New York, see Betsy McCaughey Ross.

Early years

She was born Elizabeth ("Betsy") Griscom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was the eighth-born out of the seventeen children of Samuel and Rebecca Griscom who were both members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (her father was a master builder). Betsy attended Friends schools where she learned reading, writing and a trade (probably sewing). This would have helped her in an apprenticeship as an upholsterer which in that period performed all types of sewing jobs, not just finishing furniture.

Related Topics:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Religious Society of Friends - Upholsterer

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~