This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9897B451CDBF31D9F5744971 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Maybe you can find a connection here. Pat Bauer -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) --------------9897B451CDBF31D9F5744971 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Betsy1.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Betsy1.txt" Some information about Betsy Ross from several sources: Elizabeth Ross, b. Philadelphia, Jan 1, 1752, d. Jan 30, 1836, was Philadelphia seamstress and upholsterer who, according to popular legend, made the first American flag at the request of George Washington. Some details of the legend are of doubtful authenticity, but records show that she did supply flags to the Pennsylvania navy in 1777. Bibliography: Morris, Robert, "The Truth About the American Flag" (1976) ******************************** I just found a second article on Betsy Ross. It is from "Ross Family History" by J. Montgomery Seaver. Published by the American Historical-Genealogical Society, Philadelphia, PA. (1929) The George Ross might or might not be the same George Ross mentioned in the story about Betsy. Page 53: BETSY ROSS: maker of the first American Flag; b. in Philadelphia, of Samuel Griscom; m. George Ross, 1773. At the request of a committee from the Continental Congress (George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross) she undertook the sewing of the first national flag, and suggested the use of the five-pointed star in the design, instead of a six-pointed one. She received a contract to make all Government flags, and her dau., Mrs. Clarissa Wilson, continued the business until 1857. In 1905 her old home on Arch Street was restored and given to the public as the American Flag House. Page 54: George ROSS: Signer of the Declaration of Independence; b. Newcastle, DE, 1730s; son of George who left the Presbyterian Ministry for that of the Church of England and came here from Scotland to Delaware about 1703. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly and was elected to the first Congress of Philadelphia in 1774. --------------9897B451CDBF31D9F5744971--