Ancestry of
Martha (Dandridge) Washington

First Lady of President George Washington

Martha Dandridge

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Dandridge 
  • Mother:
  • Frances Orlando Jones   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Jun 1731 
  • Birth Location:
  • Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 May 1802 
  • Death Location:
  • Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia 
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  • First Lady of President George Washington

    Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on 02 JUN 1731 according to the Julian calendar. When the English adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, the date shifted forward 11 days so that today we observe Jefferson's birth date on 13 JUN.

• Marriages for Martha Dandridge

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  • Spouse:
  • Daniel Parke Custis
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 May 1750

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  • Spouse:
  • George Washington
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Jan 1759
  • Marriage Location:
  • New Kent Co., Virginia

• Sources for Martha Dandridge

  • ¹ The William and Mary Quarterly, 1896, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 33, 35-36.
  • ² Bryan, Helen, Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2002).
  • ³ Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., Vol. 3, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), 391-392.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 13, 154, 210.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 428, 430, 567, 663.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "George Washington", (accessed 2/20/2010).
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Martha Washington", (accessed 07/01/2013).