I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Born - June 2, 1731 in Chestnut Grove, New Kent County, Virginia
Parents - John Dandridge & Frances Jones Dandridge
Married - January 6, 1759 to Colonel George Washington (first married to Daniel Parke Custis in 1750, widowed in 1757)
Children - (all from first marriage)
Daniel Custis (1751 - 1754),
Frances Custis (1753 - 1757),
John "Jacky" Custis (1754 - 1781),
Martha "Patsy" Custis (1756 - 1773)
Firsts - 1st First Lady
Post White House residence - Mount Vernon, Virginia
Died - May 22, 1802 in Mount Vernon, Virginia
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