click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were wed in January of 1759. Both were twenty-seven years old, and they had spent a total of fewer than three weeks together.

Marriage to Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759 immediately transformed Washington into one of Virginia's wealthiest men. Washington's reputation for bravery preceded him when he arrived at the First ...

1789 - 1797: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1731-1802), wife of George Washington 1797 - 1801: Abigail Smith Adams (1744 - 1818), wife of John Adams 1801 - 1809: Martha Jefferson Randolph ...

In 1759 he married Martha Dandridge Custis, a young widow with two children and a great deal of wealth. When Washington was elected president — first in 1789 and again in 1792 — his family ...