Martha Washington was the wife of American Founding Father, George Washinton. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1750/05/15 | Martha Dandridge marries Daniel Parke Custis | Bride | St Peter's Church, Talleysville | Talleysville | Marriage of Martha Dandridge and Daniel Parke Custis | ||
| 1759/01/06 | Rev David Mossom, Rector of St Peter's, unites Martha Custis and Colonel George Washington in marriage either at St Peter's Church or at the bride's home, White House plantation, which burned down in 1875. | Bride | St Peter's Church, Talleysville | Talleysville | Marriage of Martha Dandridge Custis and George Washington | ||
| 1779/01/06 | George and Martha Washington celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary with dinner and dancing at Elizabeth and Samuel Powel's House. | Bride | Room from the Powel House, Philadelphia | Powel House | Philadelphia, PA | Marriage of Martha Dandridge Custis and George Washington | |
| 1787/03/15 | Martha Custis visits cousin Sarah Bibb and her baby. The boy is not named yet. Martha ask Sally if she would name him after her younger brother, John Dandridge, who died as a teenager from Tuberculosis. | Life | John Dandridge Bibb's Birthday | ||||
| 1796/00/00 | Martha Washington commissions Stuart to paint a pair of portraits of her and her husband for Mount Vernon. These are now called "Athenaeum" portraits because the Boston Athenaeum acquired them after Stuart's death. | Sitter | |||||
| 1799/07/09 | Washington writes his own will providing for his wife Martha, forgiving debts owed to him by his brother Samuel's estate, educational loans given to Samuel's sons George and Lawrence, and loans to the estate of Martha's brother Bartholomew. | Life | Mount Vernon Estate, VA | Mt Vernon, VA | |||
| 1799/12/14 | George has Martha bring his two wills from his study. After reviewing, Washington selects one and Martha burns the other. | Wife | Mount Vernon Estate, VA | Mt Vernon, VA | Death of George Washington |
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