Martha Washington didn’t have an easy life. Her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, died after the couple had been married for just over seven years. They had four children together, all of whom ...

Behind them stand Martha's two children from her first marriage to Daniel Parke Custis, and other guests. Washington adopted the children as his own. On her wedding day, a woman in the colonies ...

Martha Dandridge, who became Martha Washington, first married Daniel Parke Custis, the wealthiest planter in Virginia. They had four children, though two would die in infancy. Parke Custis himself ...

The property was divided up with Martha and her two children each receiving one third of the estate. She said that one day a young hero in the French and Indian War named George Washington came to ...

Archaeologists in Virginia discovered an opulent colonial era garden where slaves grew exotic plants owned by Martha Washington's first husband's family. The garden in Williamsburg belonged to ...

it’s been a joy for me.” — Mary Wiseman as Martha Washington the oldest of eight children, in New Kent County, Virginia. She married Daniel Parke Custis in 1750 and gave birth to Daniel ...