Vernon, studies the domestic life, foodways ... about that far-off and exotic place to young George Washington Parke Custis, who recalled as an adult that Father Jack was an African negro ...
George Washington wore many ... 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 ...
That famous description of George ... a wealthy young widow, Martha Dandridge Custis. The two were soon married. Washington had been infatuated before, but Martha proved a perfect life partner ...