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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, who was the first president of the United States.Although the title was not coined until after her death, she served as the inaugural first lady of the United States, defining the role of the president's wife and setting many precedents that future first ladies observed.
On January 6, 1759, Washington, at age 26, married Martha Dandridge Custis, the 27-year-old widow of wealthy plantation owner Daniel Parke Custis. Martha was intelligent, gracious, and experienced in managing a planter's estate, and the couple had a happy marriage. [46] They lived at Mount Vernon, where Washington cultivated tobacco and wheat. [47]
They married on January 6, 1759, [9] making Patsy, age two, and her brother John "Jacky" Parke Custis, age four, stepchildren of George Washington. [2] As the Washingtons entered into public life together, Martha Washington came to be known by her formal name, while her daughter and namesake was known as "Patsy". [7]
George and Martha Washington: 1 foot 2 inches Shayanne Gal and Samantha Lee/Business Insider George Washington met his future wife, then a wealthy widow whose maiden name was Martha Dandridge ...
Daniel Parke Custis (October 15, 1711 [1] – July 8, 1757) was an American planter and politician who was the first husband of Martha Dandridge.After his death, his widow, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington, who later became the first president of the United States.
The only son to survive childhood of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter with nearly three hundred slaves and thousands of acres of land in five Virginia counties, and the former Martha Dandridge, he was most likely born at White House, his parents' plantation on the Pamunkey River in New Kent County, Virginia.
Frances Jones Dandridge (August 6, 1710 – April 9, 1785) was the mother of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States. She was born in New Kent County, Virginia . Her father Orlando Jones and maternal grandfather Colonel Gideon Macon served on the House of Burgesses in Colonial Virginia .
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, ... His wife Martha Dandridge had four children from her first marriage to Daniel Parke Custis (1711–1757).