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Martha married plantation owner, Daniel Parke Custis in 1849, at the age of 18. He was 38. Martha and her husband had four children, two of whom died during infancy. Custis died in 1757, leaving Martha a widow at twenty-six with two young children, a son, Jacky,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and a daughter, Patsy. (today part of that plantation is Arlington National Cemetery).
Martha Washington During the American Revolution
The newlyweds, along with Martha's two children, moved to George's home, Mount Vernon, in Virginia. The early years of George and Martha's marriage were happy. In keeping up with her privilaged upbringing, Martha threw lavish parties,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], dressed in the finest of clothes and made sure Jacky and Patsy wanted for nothing. However, several seasons of bad crops, combined with lavish spending put the couple in debt. Worse yet, in 1774 Patsy Custis died at the age of 17, from epileptic seizures.
Jacky Custis joined the militia as an aide to his step-father. However, he died unexpectedly of illness in November, 1781. He left behind his widow and their six children. The two youngest children, little Nelly, and George Washington Parke Custis were sent to stay with Martha at Mount Vernon. Martha, who had lost all four of her own children, delighted in her grandchildren. Even after Nelly Calvert Custis remarried, the children remained at Mount Vernon with their grandmother.
Martha Meets George Washington
Martha Washington Becomes First Lady
Matha was introduced to Colonel George Washington a cotillion (dance) in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is said that Martha immediately fell in love with the tall, strapping young man. While it is often assumed that Martha was a great deal older than George Washington when they married,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], she only a few months older than him. George Washington had his heart set on a neighbor girl, Miss Sally Fairfax. However, Sally married another man and George decided that the pretty, charming and rich widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, would make a fine wife. They were married on January 6, 1759.
The eldest daughter of John and Frances Dandridge, Martha (called Patsy by friends and family) was born on June 2, 1731. Martha grew up on a sprawling Virginia plantation, Chestnut Grove, located just outside of Williamsburg Like other aristocratic girls of the 18th century, Martha learned how to sew, embroider, garden, and all the other necessities of running a large home. Along with basics of homemaking, Martha was also educated in arithmetic, reading and writing.
There was not much time for Martha to mourn her daughters death. Rumblings of revolution could be heard throughout the 13 colonies. Colonists were tired of the high taxes without representation imposed on them from Great Britain. Following her husbands lead, Martha soon supported the early calls for independence. George Washington recognized that the fledgling independence movement would need strong support and organization. In 1775 he traveled north to Massachusetts, where he helped organize a militia. Martha traveled to spend Christmas with him. Her son Jacky, now a grown man, accompanied his mother, bringing his new wife, Eleanor "Nelly" Calvert with him. Martha remained in Massachusetts through June before returning home to Mount Vernon. But she returned to Massachusetts once again in March,1777, to nurse George through a bought of illness at Morristown.
George Washington returned to Mount Vernon on Christmas Eve, 1783, following the end of the Revolutionary War. Following the end of the Revolution, the fledgling republic suffered a major economic depression, leading to a farmer's rebellion in Massachusetts. The uprising, called Shays Rebellion, spurred revolutionary leaders, like George Washington, to attend the Philadelphia Convention,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], where a new constitution was drafted, strengthening the power of the central government. And to help lead the government, in April, 1789, George Washington was elected the president of the United States of Americ
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