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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, who was the first president of the United States.Although the title was not coined until after her death, she served as the inaugural first lady of the United States, defining the role of the president's wife and setting many precedents that future first ladies observed.
She was the fourth child of Martha Washington (née Dandridge) and Colonel Daniel Parke Custis. [2] [6] Her eldest brother Daniel Jr. had died at the age of three, before she was born, while her sister Frances died in 1757 at the age of four; both had died of unknown causes. [5] Her father died on July 8, 1757, possibly from a virulent throat ...
Eleanor bore seven children during their marriage, three of whom died in infancy: unnamed daughter (1775–1775), died shortly after birth; Elizabeth "Eliza" Parke Custis (1776–1831), married Thomas Law, an English immigrant; Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis (1777–1854), married Thomas Peter; Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis (1779–1852), married ...
George Washington died on December 14, 1799; his will directed that the 124 people he enslaved be free after his wife died. [32] Martha instead signed a deed of manumission in December 1800, [ 33 ] and the slaves were free on January 1, 1801. [ 34 ]
She was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis who was the grandson of Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington. Lee was a highly educated woman, who edited and published her father's writings after his death. Mary married Robert E. Lee in 1831 at her parents' home, Arlington House in Virginia. The couple had seven children.
Custis's grandmother, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, had been widowed in 1757, and married George Washington in January 1759. His father had grown up at Mount Vernon. Following John Parke Custis's death, Custis and his sister, Nelly, were taken in by George and Martha Washington and grew up at Mount Vernon.
Stewart discusses the fallout of her marriage to Andrew at length in "Martha," saying he repeatedly cheated on her while they were together. They were married from 1961 to 1990.
His wife Martha was known as "Lady Washington." The honorary title of First Lady was invented years later. The ward of George and Martha Washington, George Washington Parke Custis began construction on Arlington House, then in the District of Columbia in 1802. He intending it to become a memorial to George Washington, who had died in 1799.