Best Answer: In November, 1773, 21-year-old Elizabeth eloped with John Ross. They got married in New Jersey. John Ross was wounded in an explosion. Even though his wife tried to heal him back to normal, he died on January 21, 1776. Betsy married her next husband in June, 1777. Her next husband was Joseph Ashburn who was a sea captain. They had two daughters, Zillah, who died in her youth, and Elizabeth. Joseph was captured by the British and sent to a prison in England. He died in March, 1782. Betsy learned that from her friend, John Claypoole. In May, 1783, Betsy married again. Her husband was John Claypoole, the man who told her that her second husband had died. They had five daughters, Clarissa Sidney, Susannah, Rachel, Jane and Harriet, who died at nine months.