George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were wed in January of 1759. Both were twenty-seven years old, and they had spent a total of fewer than three weeks together. Junius Brutus Stears ...

Martha Dandridge was born in 1731 into a gentrified family of considerable, though not extravagant, wealth, in New Kent County, Virginia. Throughout her girlhood, and until she married George ...

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on a Virginia plantation in 1732. Her father was a wealthy planter and slave owner, prominent in Williamsburg society. At the age of 18, she married Daniel ...

Dandridge: Dandridge gets it's name from our nation's first First Lady. In fact, it's the only town in the America named after Martha Dandridge Washington, the wife of President George Washington.

A little history to lead off. On this date – May 22 – in 1802 the nation’s first first lady Martha Dandridge Custis (Washington), died at her home in Mt. Vernon at age 70.

As for the green floral damask fabric on two chairs in the home, that was inspired by a fragment of a 1750s silk gown worn by Martha Dandridge Custis, who would later marry George Washington.