Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett
BIRTH
Mar 30, 1739
New Kent County, Virginia
DEATH
December 17, 1777
New Kent County, Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER:
John Dandridge Jr
(1700-1756)
MOTHER:
Frances Jones Dandridge
(1710-1785)
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Bassett, Anna Maria Dandridge
(1739-1777)
Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett was a younger sister of Martha Washington and the wife of Virginia planter Burwell Bassett. She belonged to the extended Dandridge-Washington family network and was the mother of Frances Bassett Washington Lear, who lived at Mount Vernon.
HOMES:
MARKER
Martha Washington Birthplace Marker
12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA
GRAVE:
MARKER
Eltham Marker
1860 Eltham Rd, West Point, VA
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SISTER
Elizabeth Dandridge Aylett Henley
SISTER
Burwell Bassett Sr.
(1734-1793)
BROTHER
Daniel Parke Custis II
(1751-1754)
SISTER
Martha Washington
(1731-1802)
BROTHER
Bartholomew Dandridge
(1737-1785)
SISTER
Frances Parke Custis
(1753-1757)
BROTHER
William A. Dandridge
(1734-1779)
SISTER
Elizabeth Dandridge Henley
(1749-1799)
SISTER
Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis
(1756-1773)
WIFE
Burwell Bassett Sr.
(1734-1793)
John Dandridge Jr
(1700-1756)
Frances Bassett Lear
(1767-1796)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Bruton Parish Church | 201 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
St Peters Parish Church | 8400 St Peters Ln, New Kent, VA | MUSEUM | ||
Martha Washington Birthplace Marker | 12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA | MARKER |
DIED:
New Kent County, Virginia
Dec 17, 1777
Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett was born on Mar 30, 1739 in New Kent County, Virginia. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett died on Dec 17, 1777 in New Kent County, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.