Chestnut Grove plantation, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia

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historic site plantation

Chestnut Grove plantation in New Kent County, in the colonial Virginia era, was the birthplace and early home of Martha Washington, the future first First Lady of the United States.

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site → plantation →
architecturalStyle	colonial Virginia plantation house →
associatedWith	Custis family → Martha Washington →
birthDateOfNotableResident	Martha Dandridge (2 June 1731 O.S. / 13 June 1731 N.S.) →
birthplaceOf	Martha Dandridge (Martha Washington) →
colonialEra	British America →
country	Colony of Virginia →
destroyedBy	fire →
economicBasis	slave-based plantation agriculture → tobacco cultivation →
era	18th century →
governedUnder	House of Burgesses, Colony of Virginia →
historicalPeriod	pre-Revolutionary War Virginia →
laborSystem	enslaved Africans and African Americans →
languageOfAdministration	English →
locatedIn	New Kent County, Colony of Virginia →
locatedInHistoricalJurisdiction	Parish of St. Peter, New Kent County (historical Anglican parish) →
locatedInPresentDay	New Kent County, Virginia, United States →
locatedNear	Pamunkey River →
notableAs	birthplace of Martha Washington → childhood home of Martha Washington →
notableResident	Frances Jones Dandridge → John Dandridge → Martha Dandridge (Martha Washington) →
ownedBy	Dandridge family → John Dandridge →
partOf	plantation culture of colonial Virginia →
region	Tidewater Virginia →
residenceOf	Frances Jones Dandridge → John Dandridge → Martha Dandridge (Martha Washington) →
status	no longer standing →
structureType	frame house →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Martha Washington →	placeOfBirth