Martha Washington
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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, who was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, s
Portrait by Rembrandt Peale c. 1796
Dandridge at age eight
Chestnut Grove plantation (1919 photograph)
Martha Dandridge Custis in 1757: engraving by John Chester Buttre after a portrait by John Wollaston
Martha Parke Custis
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Martha Parke Custis was a stepdaughter of George Washington who died from an epileptic seizure at the age of 17, fifteen years before he was elected as the first president of the United States. She wa
Martha Washington
…Virginia, U.S. Spouses Daniel Parke Custis (m. 1750; died 1757) George Washington (m. 1759; died 1799) Children 4, including John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis Parent(s) John Dandridge Frances Jones Signature Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (née Dandridge, formerly Custis; June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802…
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1772