Frances Jones Dandridge
(1710-1785)
BIRTH
August 6, 1710
PLACE
New Kent County, Virginia
NAME
Frances Jones
DEATH
April 9, 1785
PLACE
New Kent County, Virginia
FAMILY
MOTHER
Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett
(1739-1777)
BROTHER
Colonel William Dandridge
(1689-1744)
BROTHER
John Dandridge Jr.
(1700-1756)
SISTER
Frances Bassett Washington Lear
(1767-1796)
HUSBAND
John Dandridge Jr.
(1700-1756)
CHILDREN
Martha Washington
(1731-1802)
CHILDREN
Bartholomew Dandridge
(1737-1785)
HOMES
Martha Washington Birthplace Marker
VA - Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
NICKNAMES
Fanny
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
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MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Frances Jones Dandridge (1710–1785) was Martha Washington’s mother in Virginia’s planter society. She married John Dandridge in 1730 and lived at Chestnut Grove in New Kent County, where their eight children were born. The household’s farming and domestic work depended on enslaved labor. Widowed in 1756, Frances saw Martha marry George Washington and become part of the Revolutionary leadership’s family circle. She died before Martha became first lady.
EARLY LIFE
Frances Jones Dandridge was born on Apr 10, 1710 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 Frances Jones Dandridge 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. Frances Jones Dandridge died on Apr 9, 1785 in New Kent County, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Frances Jones Dandridge was Martha Washington’s mother in Virginia’s planter society. Widowed in 1756, Frances saw Martha marry George Washington and become part of the Revolutionary leadership’s family circle. Frances Jones Dandridge died on Apr 9, 1785 in New Kent County, Virginia. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
Martha Washington Birthplace Marker
12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA
GRAVE
MUSEUM
Colonial Williamsburg
101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185
CHURCH
Bruton Parish Church
201 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185
CHURCH
St Peters Parish Church
8400 St Peters Ln, New Kent, VA
MARKER
Martha Washington Birthplace Marker
12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
Frances Jones Dandridge, Martha Washington’s mother. The Martha Washington biographies concern her daughter and family. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Family and collective biographies, primary writings, references and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. Martha Washington: An American Life — Patricia Brady. [Related biography of her daughter] Find on Amazon
2. Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty — Helen Bryan. [Related biography of her daughter] Find on Amazon
3. The Washingtons: A Family History, Volume 1: Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch — Justin Glenn. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
4. Some Prominent Virginia Families — Louise Pecquet du Bellet. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
5. Old New Kent County: Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places, Volume II — Malcolm Hart Harris. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
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