John Dandridge Jr
BIRTH
Jul 14, 1700
Oxfordshire, England
DEATH
August 31, 1756
Fredericksburg, Virginia
FAMILY
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Dandridge, John Jr
(1700-1756)
Col. John Dandridge of Chestnut Grove (14 July 1700 – 31 August 1756) was a colonel, planter, politician, and Clerk of New Kent County, Virginia from 1730 to 1756. He may be best known as the father of Bartholomew Dandridge and the first First Lady of the United States Martha Dandridge Washington. His grandson John Dandridge also served in the Virginia General Assembly.
HOMES:
MARKER
Martha Washington Birthplace Marker
12003 New Kent Highway, New Kent, VA
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BROTHER
Col William Dandridge
(1689-1744)
BROTHER
Daniel Parke Custis II
(1751-1754)
SISTER
Frances Parke Custis
(1753-1757)
WIFE
Frances Jones Dandridge
(1710-1785)
Elizabeth Dandridge Aylett Henley
Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett
(1739-1777)
Martha Washington
(1731-1802)
Elizabeth Dandridge Henley
(1749-1799)
Bartholomew Dandridge
(1737-1785)
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:
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Aug 31, 1756
John Dandridge Jr was born on Jul 14, 1700 in Oxfordshire, England. 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.
The available biographical record identifies John Dandridge Jr with work or public activity as a planter, statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. John Dandridge Jr died on Aug 31, 1756 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.