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[[Image:Martha Washington.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Martha Washington as a young woman]]

[[Image:Martha Washington.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Martha Washington as a young woman]]

'''Martha Dandridge Custis Washington''' (June 2, 1731 - Mount Vernon, May 22, 1802) was the wife of [[George Washington]] and the first [[First Lady]] of the [[United States of America]].

'''Martha Dandridge Custis Washington''' (June 2, 1731 - Mount Vernon, May 22, 1802) was the wife of [[George Washington]] and the first [[First Lady]] of the [[United States of America]]. She was not known as "First Lady" though, but was often addressed as either "Lady Washington" or "our Lady Presidentess".<ref name="1790s">[http://marthawashington.us/exhibits/show/martha-washington--a-life/the-1790s/first_lady The 1790s: First Lady]</ref>

==Early life==

==Early life==

During their marriage, Jacky and Eleanor split their time between Mount Vernon and Eleanor's family's home, Mount Airy, in [[Maryland]]. They had four children before Jacky's death on November 5, 1781<ref name="family life"/> of "camp fever". Jacky had joined Washington the month before at the siege at Yorktown as a civilian aide.<ref>[http://marthawashington.us/exhibits/show/martha-washington--a-life/the-war-for-independence/patriotic_cause Patriotic cause]</ref>

During their marriage, Jacky and Eleanor split their time between Mount Vernon and Eleanor's family's home, Mount Airy, in [[Maryland]]. They had four children before Jacky's death on November 5, 1781<ref name="family life"/> of "camp fever". Jacky had joined Washington the month before at the siege at Yorktown as a civilian aide.<ref>[http://marthawashington.us/exhibits/show/martha-washington--a-life/the-war-for-independence/patriotic_cause Patriotic cause]</ref>

The two youngest of Jacky and Eleanor's children, Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis, six, and George "Wash" or "Tub" Washington Parke Custis, 3, remained at Mount Vernon after their mother's remarriage in 1783. The Washingtons raised their two grandchildren.<ref name="1790s">[http://marthawashington.us/exhibits/show/martha-washington--a-life/the-1790s The 1790s]</ref> When Washington died, he bequeathed 1200 acres to Wash, who built a home named Arlington there. Wash's daughter married General [[Robert E. Lee]], and Arlington eventually became Arlington National Cemetery after the Civil War.<ref>[http://marthawashington.us/exhibits/show/martha-washington--a-life/the-twilight-years/legacies Legacies]</ref>

The two youngest of Jacky and Eleanor's children, Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis, six, and George "Wash" or "Tub" Washington Parke Custis, 3, remained at Mount Vernon after their mother's remarriage in 1783. The Washingtons raised their two grandchildren.<ref name="1790s"/> When Washington died, he bequeathed 1200 acres to Wash, who built a home named Arlington there. Wash's daughter married General [[Robert E. Lee]], and Arlington eventually became Arlington National Cemetery after the Civil War.<ref>[http://marthawashington.us/exhibits/show/martha-washington--a-life/the-twilight-years/legacies Legacies]</ref>

==During the war==

==During the war==