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DANDRIGE, Martha[1]

Female 1731 - 1802  (70 years)Deceased   Has 12 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name DANDRIGE, Martha 
    Birth 2 Jun 1731  New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 22 May 1802  Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • First Lady of the United States. Martha Washington was born on a plantation near Williamsburg, Virginia. Typical for a girl in that day and age, her education was negligible except in domestic and social skills. She was a wealthy widow and mother of two when she married Colonel George Washington who had fought in the Indian wars and was active in Virginia politics. She had four children from her previous marriage but only two survived into adulthood. Martha followed George from camp to camp during the Revolutionary war weathering harsh winters and danger. She spearheaded relief efforts for soldiers, giving them soup, medicine and clothes. When her husband assumed his new duties as President of the United States, she assumed the task of hostess at the President's Houses in the temporary capitals of New York and Philadelphia entertaining in a formal style striving for acceptance as an equal to the established governments of Europe. After two terms, George said farewell to public life and returned to Mount Vernon. After the death of her husband, Martha sealed their Mt Vernon bedroom, his death chamber, as well as his study, never to enter again. She moved to a small attic room where she could look on her husband's grave. Martha assured a final privacy by burning all the intimate letters written during their courtship and time spent apart during her husbands many absences while serving a new immerging nation. After becoming gravely ill and lingering for seventeen days, she seemed aware of her fate and requested the last sacraments from her minister. Dressed in a special white gown for the occasion, she was able to address her assembled grandchildren and relatives. Her funeral took place three days later at Mount Vernon. Her former daughter-in-law, Eleanor Stuart, acted as hostess at the funeral. Her service was modest attended only by family members, friends, and neighbors. She was interred beside her husband George. The crypt intended as George and Martha Washington's tomb two floors below the Rotunda of the Capitol Building in Washington remains unused to this day. It can be viewed but merely houses the Lincoln catafalque, the structure on which Lincoln's coffin rested at the Rotunda as well as many other famous Americans upon their deaths.

      Bio by: Donald Greyfield [2]
    • First Lady of the United States. Martha Washington was born on a plantation near Williamsburg, Virginia. Typical for a girl in that day and age, her education was negligible except in domestic and social skills. She was a wealthy widow and mother of two when she married Colonel George Washington who had fought in the Indian wars and was active in Virginia politics. She had four children from her previous marriage but only two survived into adulthood. Martha followed George from camp to camp during the Revolutionary war weathering harsh winters and danger. She spearheaded relief efforts for soldiers, giving them soup, medicine and clothes. When her husband assumed his new duties as President of the United States, she assumed the task of hostess at the President's Houses in the temporary capitals of New York and Philadelphia entertaining in a formal style striving for acceptance as an equal to the established governments of Europe. After two terms, George said farewell to public life and returned to Mount Vernon. After the death of her husband, Martha sealed their Mt Vernon bedroom, his death chamber, as well as his study, never to enter again. She moved to a small attic room where she could look on her husband's grave. Martha assured a final privacy by burning all the intimate letters written during their courtship and time spent apart during her husband's many absences while serving a new immerging nation. After becoming gravely ill and lingering for seventeen days, she seemed aware of her fate and requested the last sacraments from her minister. Dressed in a special white gown for the occasion, she was able to address her assembled grandchildren and relatives. Her funeral took place three days later at Mount Vernon. Her former daughter-in-law, Eleanor Stuart, acted as hostess at the funeral. Her service was modest attended only by family members, friends, and neighbors. She was interred beside her husband George. The crypt intended as George and Martha Washington's tomb two floors below the Rotunda of the Capitol Building in Washington remains unused to this day. It can be viewed but merely houses the Lincoln catafalque, the structure on which Lincoln's coffin rested at the Rotunda as well as many other famous Americans upon their deaths.

      Bio by: Donald Greyfield [2]
    Age 70 years 
    Burial 22 May 1802  Mount Vernon Estate, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    • Inscription
      Within this Enclosure
      Rest
      the remains of
      Genl. GEORGE WASHINGTON.

      I am the resurrection
      and the life, saith the Lord,
      he that believeth in me, though
      he were dead, yet shall he live;
      and whosoever liveth and
      believeth in me shall never die
      St. John, XI.25.26

      WASHINGTON [2]
    Person ID P2471  Dutton Ancestry
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2025 

    Father DANDRIDGE, Col John Jr
              b. Abt 14 Jul 1700, City of London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 31 Aug 1756, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother JONES, Frances
              b. 6 Aug 1710, New Kent County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Apr 1785, New Kent County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Children
     1. DANDRIGE, Martha
              b. 2 Jun 1731, New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 May 1802, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     
    Family ID F6423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WASHINGTON, President George
              b. 22 Feb 1732, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Dec 1799, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [1
    Marriage 6 Jan 1759  New Kent County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age at Marriage She : 27 years and 7 months old - He : 26 years and 11 months old. 
    Family ID F6424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2025 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Jun 1731 - New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Jan 1759 - New Kent County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 May 1802 - Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 22 May 1802 - Mount Vernon Estate, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend Address Cemetery Farm Town Parish City County/Shire State/Province Country Region Not Set

  • Notes 
    • My 5th cousin 9 times removed [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S141] Familysearch.org.

    2. [S50] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S50] Findagrave.com.
      Maintained by: Find a Grave
      Added: 25 Apr 1998
      Find a Grave Memorial #2382

    4. [S50] Findagrave.com.
      Maintained by: Find a Grave
      Added: Apr 25, 1998
      Find a Grave Memorial #2382



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