1731/9/29 Vestry:

"To major Dandridge for the Copie of 2 Lists of Tythables"1735/10/5 Vestry:

"At the Petition of William Paisley an Overseer of the High Road from the Old Church to Mr. Chamberlaynes Ordinary, That he have...Major Dandridge's…

St. Peter’s Church, established in 1679 in New Kent County, Virginia, was the family church of both the Custises and Dandridges. The fathers of both Martha Dandridge and Daniel Parke Custis were vestrymen at the church, as was Custis himself…

When Daniel Parke Custis was courting Martha Dandridge, he enlisted the help of his friend John Blair to convince John Custis (Daniel’s father) that the match was appropriate. This letter contains the news that John Custis had capitulated…

[Female g]rievances debated, in six dialogues between two young ladies, concerning love and marriage. Viz. I. Proving that women, as well as men, are inclin'd to love, and equally desirous to propagate their kind. II. Shewing what love is, its sorts…

This Civil War-era photograph shows White House, the family home of Daniel Parke Custis, Martha Washington’s first husband. After their marriage at Chestnut Grove, the Dandridge family home, Daniel and Martha moved to White House, where they lived…