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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1700 - 1756 (56 years)
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| Name |
John DANDRIDGE [1] |
| Prefix |
Col. |
| Born |
13 Jul 1700 |
Oxfordshire, England  [1] |
| Christened |
1 Oct 1708 |
New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Cemetery |
Saint Georges Episcopal Burial Ground [2] |
| Northeast corner., 905 Princess Anne Street |
| FamilySearch ID |
LTNX-K9X |
| MilitaryService |
[2] |
| Colonel |
| Name |
John DANDRIDGE [2] |
| Died |
13 Aug 1756 |
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America [1] |
| Buried |
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America [1] |
| Person ID |
I594767962 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
3 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
Francis DANDRIDGE, b. 1652, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England , d. 1720, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
Bridget DUGLE, b. 1656, Oxfordshire, England , d. 1731, Oxfordshire, England (Age 75 years) |
| Family ID |
F536729053 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Frances Orlando JONES, b. 6 Aug 1710, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 9 Apr 1785, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia (Age 74 years) |
| Married |
22 Jul 1730 |
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Martha DANDRIDGE, b. 2 Jun 1731, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 22 May 1802, Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia (Age 70 years) |
| | 2. William Alexander DANDRIDGE, b. 2 Mar 1734, Chestnut Grove Plantation, New Kent, Virginia , d. 22 Jan 1776, Virginia (Age 41 years) |
| | 3. Bartholomew DANDRIDGE, b. 25 Dec 1737, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 18 Apr 1785, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia (Age 47 years) |
| | 4. Anna Marie DANDRIDGE, b. 30 Mar 1739, , New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 17 Dec 1777, Eltham, New Kent, Virginia (Age 38 years) |
| | 5. Frances DANDRIDGE, b. 1744, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 10 Feb 1757, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 13 years) |
| | 6. Elizabeth DANDRIDGE, b. 25 May 1749, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 1800 (Age 50 years) |
| | 7. Daniel DANDRIDGE, b. 1751, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 1754, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 3 years) |
| | 8. Mary DANDRIDGE, b. 4 Apr 1756, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America , d. 25 Sep 1763, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 7 years) |
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| Last Modified |
3 Jan 2023 |
| Family ID |
F536729049 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Colonel John Dandridge of Chestnut Grove[1] (13/14 July 1700 – 31 August 1756)
Was a distinguished colonel, planter, and Clerk of the Courts of New Kent County, Virginia from 1730 to 1756.[2] Dandridge is best known as the father of the first First Lady of the United States Martha Washington, wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States.
Early life
Born on 13 July 1700 in England, Dandridge was the youngest son of John Dandridge (Oxford, Oxfordshire, April 29, 1655 - Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1731), and wife (m. St. Mary Magdalen, London, 1676) Bridget Dugdale (Oxford, Oxfordshire, c. 1656 - 1731); paternal grandson of William Dandridge (Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire, England, 30 January 1612 - Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester On Thames, England, July 1693) and wife; and great-grandson of Bartholomew Dandridge (England, c. 1580 - Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire, England, 21 September 1638) and wife (m. England, 10 May 1604) Agnes Wilder (c. 1585 - c. 1650). He immigrated to Virginia at the age of 14 in 1715.
Marriage and children
Dandridge married Frances Orlando Jones, daughter of Orlando Jones and Martha Macon Jones West, on 22 July 1730 in New Kent County, Virginia. John and Frances had eight children:
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1731– 1802)
John Dandridge (1733– 1749)
William Dandridge (1734– 1776)
Bartholomew Dandridge (1737– 1785)
Anna Marie "Fanny" Dandridge Bassett (1739– 1777)
Frances Dandridge (1744– 1757)
Elizabeth Dandridge Aylett Henley (1749– 1800)
Mary Dandridge (1756– 1763)
Career and residences
Upon their marriage in 1730, John and Frances moved to their new home on the banks of the Pamunkey River in New Kent County, Virginia, Chestnut Grove. John became Clerk of Courts in New Kent County and kept that position for the next 26 years. He was also vestryman and churchwarden for St. Peter's Church. John was a prominent planter, and a colonel in his military district.
John's older brother, William Dandridge (1689– 1743), lived on the opposite bank of the river with his wife Unity West Dandridge, daughter of Nathaniel West and wife Martha Woodard Macon, at their estate, Elsing Green, in King William County. Chestnut Grove burned down in 1926, but its former site was only four miles from the location of the current county court house for New Kent.
Along with Chestnut Grove in New Kent, John and Frances also owned a house in Williamsburg and visited there frequently.
Later life
Dandridge died on 31 August 1756 at the age of 56 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Dandridge is interred at St. George's Episcopal Church burial ground in Fredericksburg
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| Sources |
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Martha Dandridge, person ID KNZC-6QV. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for John Dandridge, person ID LTNX-K9X. (Reliability: 3).
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