Growing up in Marin County, Calif., Aileen Edge always knew she was a direct descendant of John Claypoole and Betsy Ross, who was formally known as Elizabeth Griscom Ross Ashburn Claypoole when ...

PHILADELPHIA -- When her mom died last summer, Aileen Edge and her husband, Dave, made the long, sad drive down from Washington state to settle affairs.

And now, Betsy’s supporters also have this: George Washington knew Betsy and her husband, John Ross, because he’d hired the couple two years earlier to do work for his home atMt. Vernon.

The nearly 200-year-old journal belonged to Ross's third spouse, John Claypoole. Born Elizabeth "Betsy" Griscom on Jan. 1, 1752 in Philadelphia, historians believe she is the first person to sew ...

Betsy Ross, to most Americans means, “Flag Maker.” We see the image, a young woman, large flag draped over her lap, ... In 1775, John Ross joined the Pennsylvania militia.

Ross, born Elizabeth Griscom in 1752, was an accomplished upholsterer and seamstress in Colonial Philadelphia. A fourth-generation Pennsylvanian, she married John Ross in 1773. He was the first of ...

While that story has been tough to corroborate, historian Miller said new evidence found just two months ago proves a connection between Betsy Ross and George Washington. “The staff at Mount Vernon ...

Ross and her flag are in headlines this week, roiled in controversy, as we celebrate America's independence. She had some controversy in her own life, too.