Derek Jeter Embed This NEW. Derek Jeter signed a 1 year / $12,000,000 contract with the New York Yankees, including $12,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $12,000,000.
Betsy Ross, best known for making the first American flag, was born Elizabeth Griscom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1752. A fourth-generation American, and the great-granddaughter of a carpenter who had arrived in New Jersey in 1680 from England, Betsy was the eighth of 17 children.
1 Betsy Ross was born January 1, 1752 and died at the age of 84 on January 30, 1836. 2  Betsy had 7 children, 5 of whom lived to adulthood. 3  She had no children with John Ross, however. 4  At the age of 21, she eloped across the Delaware River to Gloucester, New Jersey, and was married at a tavern.