White House (plantation)
Coordinates: 37°31′30.7″N 77°4′38.2″W / 37.525194°N 77.077278°W / 37.525194; -77.077278 White House, an 18th-century plantation on the Pamunkey River near White House in New Kent County, Virginia, was the home of Martha Dandridge Custis (1731–1802) and Daniel Parke Custis (1711–1757) after they were married in 1750. They had four children, two of whom survived childhood. However, their father, 20 years older than their mother, died in 1757.
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