• Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States.
  • Martha Washington was born Martha Dandridge on June 2, 1731, in New Kent County, Virginia, on the Chestnut Grove plantation.
  • When he was sworn in on April 30, 1789 in New York City, Martha Washington was not at his side. She was at the Washingtons’ home in Virginia.
  • Martha Washington - Daughter of John and Frances Dandridge, she was born June 2, 1731, on a plantation near Williamsburg.
  • By the time Martha married Colonel George Washington (a slightly younger man this time), she had owned 300 slaves, those slaves had become his to control...
  • Martha was a 26-year-old, wealthy widow with two small children when she met George Washington in March 1758.[8] They married on January 6...
  • Martha Washington was an American first lady (1789–97) and the wife of George Washington, first president of the United States.
  • Martha Washington was an affable, determined and practical woman. During her youth, she took on the management of a vast estate by herself.
  • So in one of her surviving letters, Martha Washington confided to a niece that she did not entirely enjoy her role as first of First Ladies.
  • All images of Martha Washington on this page are public domain. Martha Washington had a hard childhood and as a young woman faced many disappointments.