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Dorothea Spottswood Dandridge; Sister to America's First 1st Lady 1736–1799 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1736

Birth Location: Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1799

Death Location: Virginia, Virginia, USA

Father: Col. II

Mother: Frances Pres.

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of Dorothea Spottswood Dandridge; Sister to America's First 1st Lady began in 1736 in Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia, USA. Dorothea Spottswood Dandridge; Sister to America's First 1st Lady passed away in 1799 in Virginia, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Dorothea Spottswood Dandridge; Sister to America's First 1st Lady began in 1736 in Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia, USA.
  • Dorothea Spottswood Dandridge; Sister to America's First 1st Lady passed away in 1799 in Virginia, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Col. II
1700–1756
Birth Location: London, London, England
CI
Frances Pres.
1710–1785
Birth Location: St Peters, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
FP

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Dorothea Lady's Ancestors

Self
Dorothea Lady
1736–1799
Birth Place: Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Parents
Col. John Dandridge II
1700–1756
London, London, England
Frances ('Fanny' Orlando Jones \America's 1st Lady; Mo-in-law to America's 1st) Pres.
1710–1785
St Peters, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Orlando ((Legislator House of Burgess) Jones (1703 m Martha Macon; 1716 m Mary Williams) \IN WILL W&MQ ( father of mother-in-law of George) Washington!)
1681–1719
York County, Virginia, United States of America
Martha (Agnes Woodward Macon Jones \m1 Orlando) Jones
1687–1716
St Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothea Lady's Timeline

2 Records

1736
1736
Birth of Dorothea Spottswood Dandridge; Sister to America's First 1st Lady in Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia, USA
1799
1799
Age 63
Death of Dorothea Spottswood Dandridge; Sister to America's First 1st Lady in Virginia, Virginia, USA
Virginia, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1736
    Event Place: Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1799
    Event Place: Virginia, Virginia, USA
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