Memoirs of the mother and wife of Washington.
By: By Margaret C. Conkling.
Edition: 2d ed., rev. and enl.
Publisher: Derby, Miller, and company
Published: 1850
Place of publication: Auburn [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789; Washington, Martha (Dandridge) Custis, 1732-1802
Description: Mary Ball was born in Virginia in 1706. She married Augustin Washington, a widower with two sons, in 1730. Her oldest child, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County. The family then moved to and estate in Stafford County, Virginia, when her other two sons and three daughters were born. She died at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1789.

Martha Dandridge was born in New Kent County, Virginia, in 1732. She married Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, son of John Custis of Arlington, at the age of seventeen. They had three children. The oldest son died at a young age and his father died soon after. She married George Washington in 1759 and they made their home at Mount Vernon, Fairfox County, Virginia. She died in 1802.
Notes: A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site.