• 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 Washington, American first lady (1789–97), the wife of George Washington, first president of the United States.
  • As Martha Washington, she raised her son John ("Jack") and daughter Martha ("Patsy") and tended to the family estate at Mt.
  • 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...
  • As Martha Washington, she raised her son John (“Jack”) and daughter Martha (“Patsy”) and tended to the family estate at Mt.
  • 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.