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Chestnut Grove was an 18th-century plantation house on the Pamunkey River near New Kent Court House in New Kent County, Virginia, United States. [1] [2] Chestnut Grove is best known as the birthplace of Martha Washington, [1] [2] [3] [4] wife of George Washington, and the first First Lady of the United States. Martha Washington was born in the ...
Mar 28, 2009 · About two miles northeast stood Chestnut Grove, the plantation home of John and Frances Jones Dandridge, where Martha Dandridge, the eldest of eight children, was born on 2 June 1731. (A historical marker located in New Kent in New Kent County, Virginia.)
- Birth and Childhood at Chestnut Grove
- Marriage to Daniel Parke Custis
- George Washington
The woman who would later be known as Martha Washington was born Martha Dandridge on June 2, 1731, at Chestnut Grove Plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. She was the eldest of eight children born to John Dandridge (1700-1756), the son of an English merchant, and Frances Jones (1710-1785), whose father was a member of the Virginia House of Burge...
In her late teens, she caught the eye of Daniel Parke Custis (1711-1757), who, though twenty years her senior, was one of the most eligible bachelors in Virginia. Daniel’s father, John Custis IV, initially opposed the marriage, because the prospective bride’s family was not as wealthy as he would have liked. He finally gave his consent after meetin...
Less than a year after the death of her first husband, several men, including a militia officer less than a year younger than herself, began courting Martha Custis. Since George Washington and Martha Custis shared friends and acquaintances it is probable they met before Martha was widowed, however, there is no record of their first meeting. George ...
Jan 1, 2022 · Place of birth: Chestnut Grove, Virginia, British America. Died: May 22, 1802. Place of death: Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States. Cause of death: a severe fever. Buried at: Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S. Parents: John Dandridge and Frances Jones. Siblings: seven, including John, William, Bartholomew, and Frances
Martha Dandridge (1731-1802) was born at Chestnut Grove, a 500-acre plantation in New Kent County, Virginia, 25 miles west of Williamsburg. She was the eldest of eight children born to John and Frances Dandridge.
Martha Dandridge was born on June 2, 1731, on her parents' tobacco plantation, [2]: 9 Chestnut Grove Plantation in New Kent County the Colony of Virginia.
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The birthplace of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, Chestnut Grove was a small plantation along the Pamunkey River in New Kent County, Virginia. The two-story frame house, of middling size for a Virginia planter, had three rooms on each floor.
