Frances Jones Dandridge
BIRTH
Apr 10, 1710
New Kent County, Virginia
DEATH
April 9, 1785
New Kent County, Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER:
Bartholomew Dandridge
(1737-1785)
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Dandridge, Frances Jones
(1710-1785)
Frances Jones Dandridge was the mother of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States. She was born in New Kent County, Virginia. Her father Orlando Jones and maternal grandfather Colonel Gideon Macon served on the House of Burgesses in Colonial Virginia. Her parents were prosperous Virginian landowners.
HOMES:
MARKER
Martha Washington Birthplace Marker
12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA
GRAVE:
MARKER
Martha Washington Birthplace Marker
12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA
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BROTHER
Col William Dandridge
(1689-1744)
SISTER
Frances Parke Custis
(1753-1757)
BROTHER
John Dandridge Jr
(1700-1756)
SISTER
Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis
(1756-1773)
BROTHER
Daniel Parke Custis II
(1751-1754)
BROTHER, SISTER
Frances Bassett Lear
(1767-1796)
HUSBAND
John Dandridge Jr
(1700-1756)
HUSBAND
Daniel Parke Custis
(1711-1757)
HUSBAND
George Washington
(1732-1799)
Martha Washington
(1731-1802)
Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis
(1756-1773)
Bartholomew Dandridge
(1737-1785)
Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett
(1739-1777)
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
Apr 9, 1785
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.