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She was born in New Kent County, Virginia, the daughter of John Dandridge and his wife Frances Jones.

Her first marriage was to Daniel Parke Custis, with whom she had four children, two of whom survived to adulthood, John Parke Custis (1754-1781) and Martha "Patsy" Custis.

She married George Washington on January 6, 1759, two years after the death of her first husband. Content to live a private life on Washington's Mount Vernon estate, she nevertheless followed him to the battlefield. She opposed his election as president and refused to attend his inauguration, but fulfilled her duties as the official state hostess graciously.

Martha and George Washington had no children together, but they raised Martha's grandson, George Washington Parke Custis ( April 30, 1781 - October 10, 1857) after his father, John Parke Custis, was killed (while serving as an aide to Washington) during the siege of Yorktown in 1781.

Martha Washington died at Mount Vernon, VirginiaMount Vernon is a census-designated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 28,582. It is near the Mount Vernon plantation, the home of George Washington. Geography Mount Vernon is located at 38°, and was buried on May 22, 1802 at Mount Vernon. Her remains were moved in 1831 from their original burial site a few hundred feet to a brick tomb that overlooks the Potomac RiverThe Potomac River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid- Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). The river is approximately 413 statute miles (665 km) long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles (38,000 km²). In terms.

The Custis estate was eventually confiscated from George Washington Parke Custis's son-in-law, Robert E. LeeFor the author of Inherit the Wind and other works, see Robert Edwin Lee. Robert Edward Lee ( January 19, 1807 October 12, 1870) was a commanding general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Like Hannibal and Rommel, his victories agai, during the Civil WarThe American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as "the U. the Union," " the North," or "the Yankees"; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as "the Confederat, and became Arlington National CemeteryArlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Robert E. Lee's home. It is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D. next to the present. (In 1882, after many years in the lower courts, the matter of the ownership of Arlington National Cemetery was brought before the Supreme Court of United States. The Court affirmed a Circuit Court decision that the property in question rightfully belonged to the Lee Family. The United States Congress then appropriated the sum of $150,000 for the purchase of the property from the Lee Family.)