Betsy Ross attended Christ Church, Philadelphia, with her first husband and after his death continued in attendance until the Free Quaker Society was organized in 1793. The pew in which she sat was quite near one occupied by Gen. Washington, and is marked by a brass plate bearing these words: “In this pew worshipped Betsey Ross, who made the first flag.” All Friends who took part in the Revolution were disowned by “The Society of Friends.” After the war, they organized a society of “Free Quakers” often called “Fighting Quakers.” As the time went by, nearly all were taken back into the original “Society of Friends,” but Clarissa Wilson and John Price Wetherell, of Philadelphia, were the last of the Free Quakers. They used to attend the little meeting house at 5th and Arch streets until there were just the two of them. In the fall of 1830 they decided it was unwise to have the little meeting house heated for them, so after that Clarissa Wilson attended the Orange street meeting house, but was never again received into the original society. She did not wish to be. She died a Free Quaker. Betsy Ross, her mother, lived to be 84 years old and died in 1836. The following are from the original autographs of Betsy Ross and her husband: [Illustration: Elizabeth Claypoole John Claypoole] CHILDREN OF JOHN AND BETSY ROSS CLAYPOOLE. { Elizabeth Griscom} married James Campion { Sophia } twins “ Charles Hildebrandt Clarissa { Aquila Bolton married Sarah Ghriskey Sidney { Clarissa Sidney “ James Hanna (Wilson) { Susan “ Abram Sellers { Rachel “ Jacob Wilson Albright { James, bachelor { Edwin married Martha Hallowell { Abel “ Mary Burton Susanna { Sidney “ Cyrus Kinsey (Satterthwaite) { Mary not married { { This couple { Susan married David Newport { still living in { { 1898 at Willow { { Grove, { { Philadelphia. Rachel { Margaretta married —— Elliot (1st, Edward { Mary “ Arthur Wigert Jones; 2nd, John { Daniel not married; died at 21 yrs. of age Fletcher)