Chestnut Grove plantation, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
plantation
architecturalStyle colonial Virginia plantation house
associatedWith Custis family
Martha Washington
birthDateOfNotableResident Martha Washington
surface form: Martha Dandridge (2 June 1731 O.S. / 13 June 1731 N.S.)
birthplaceOf Martha Washington
surface form: Martha Dandridge (Martha Washington)
colonialEra British America
country Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Colony of Virginia
destroyedBy fire
economicBasis slave-based plantation agriculture
tobacco cultivation
era 18th century
governedUnder House of Burgesses
surface form: 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 Washington
surface form: 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 Washington
surface form: Martha Dandridge (Martha Washington)
status no longer standing
structureType frame house

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Martha Washington placeOfBirth Chestnut Grove plantation, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia