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Frances Jones Dandridge (August 6, 1710 – April 9, 1785) was the mother of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States. She was born in New Kent County, Virginia. Her father Orlando Jones and maternal grandfather Colonel Gideon Macon served on the House of Burgesses in Colonial Virginia. Her parents were prosperous Virginian ...
Martha Washington's mother died in the spring of 1785. Martha Washington’s niece, Frances Bassett, married George Washington’s nephew, George Augustine Washington, at Mount Vernon on October 15, 1785. The couple lived at Mount Vernon for most of the next decade.
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MARTHA DANDRIDGE CUSTIS WASHINGTON. Born: Chestnut Grove Plantation, New Kent County, Virginia. 1731, June 2. Father: John Dandridge (1701-1756), emigrated from England to Virginiain 1715 with older brother William. A planter, in 1730, he served as clerk of New Kent County. Mother: Frances Jones (1710-1785), born in York County, Virginia ...
Martha Washington. The creator of this 19th Century (ca. 1800-1825) portrait of Martha Washington is unknown. In 1633, the Reverend Rowland Jones immigrated from England to the colony of Virginia. He had graduated from Oxford University and in Williamsburg served as minister of Bruton Parish for fourteen years.
Benson John Lossing. Harper & Brothers, 1886 - 348 pages. This historic volume features detailed biographies of Mary Ball Washington, the first President's mother, and Martha Dandridge...
In Abrahamic religions, Mary ( Judeo-Aramaic מרים Maryām; Arabic: مريم (Maryam); Septuagint Greek Μαριαμ, Mariam, Μαρια, Maria; Syriac: Mart Maryam) was the mother of Jesus. Her story is told in the New Testament of the Bible . Mary in the Bible. Christian beliefs about Mary are based on the Bible.
