John Parke Custis

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John Parke Custis was a planter and member of the House of Delegates (1778–1781). After the death of his father, Daniel Parke Custis, his mother, Martha Dandridge Custis, married George Washington and moved the family to Mount Vernon. Washington became Custis's guardian and the administrator of his large inheritance. Custis was never a strong student (one of his teachers described him as "exceedingly indolent") and left King's College in New York City without earning a degree. Back in Virginia he managed his extensive landholdings and served in the House of Delegates, where during the American Revolution (1775–1783) he criticized the conduct of the war but often did not attend the assembly's sessions. Custis served with his stepfather at the siege of Yorktown (1781) and died of illness a few months later.

Early Years

Custis was born on November 27, 1754, probably at White House, the New Kent County plantation of his parents, Daniel Parke Custis and Martha Dandridge Custis. After the death of his father in 1757, he inherited more than 17,880 acres of land in the counties of Hanover, King William, New Kent, Northampton, and York; town lots in Jamestown and Williamsburg; two islands, Mockhorn and Smith, in the Chesapeake Bay; personal property and slaves worth £30,000; and liquid assets of £10,000. A convoluted estate battle, dating from 1723, with relatives in the Leeward Islands led his mother to seek assistance from John Robinson, who agreed to represent Custis and his surviving sister in the transatlantic lawsuit but was unwilling to take on management of all their property. On January 6, 1759, Custis's mother married George Washington and moved with her children to Mount Vernon, in Fairfax County. In April of that year Washington acquired limited rights to administer his stepchildren's estates and on October 21, 1761, after posting a £20,000 bond, became their guardian.

Privately tutored at Mount Vernon in classical Latin and New Testament Greek until the end of 1767, Custis (usually called Jack or Jacky) began studying in June 1768 at Jonathan Boucher's Caroline County boarding school and continued with the Anglican minister after he moved to Annapolis. Critical of Custis's early interest in the opposite sex, Boucher once exclaimed that he had never had a pupil "so exceedingly indolent, or so surprizingly voluptuous" and concluded that perhaps "Nature had intended Him for some Asiatic Prince." The schoolmaster hoped that escorting Custis on a grand tour of Europe in 1772 would improve his student's mind. Instead, Custis entered King's College (later Columbia University) late in May 1773, but partly because of the death of his sister after an epileptic seizure the following month, he left the school in September.

On February 3, 1774, after overcoming initial resistance from the Washingtons because of his youth, Custis married Eleanor Calvert at Mount Airy, her father's estate in Prince George's County, Maryland. They had six daughters, including the social leaders Elizabeth Parke Custis Law and Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis Lewis, and one son, the writer and orator George Washington Parke Custis. Until late in 1778 Custis and his family divided their time among White House, Mount Vernon, and Mount Airy. Two years after his death, his widow married David Stuart, a physician and later a member of the Convention of 1788, and had at least seven more children.

Planter and Politician

Not long after his marriage Custis began to consolidate his landholdings. In 1778 he disposed of his 1,980-acre Mount Pleasant estate in King and Queen County and began selling off land in Hanover and New Kent counties, as well as his family's town lots in Jamestown and Williamsburg. Desiring to own property in northern Fairfax County (after 1801 Alexandria County), he acquired two adjoining estates a few miles above Alexandria. One, an 1,100-acre tract his son later named Arlington, he purchased outright for £12,100. The other, a 904-acre tract called Abingdon, he mortgaged at £12 per acre with compound interest, the entire sum payable at the end of twenty-four years, an injudicious arrangement that would require him to produce £48,000 in 1802. In December 1778 Custis moved his family to Abingdon and during the summer of 1781 attempted to renegotiate the land transaction on more favorable terms. Eleven years after Custis's death, David Stuart, as guardian of Custis's minor son, reconveyed Abingdon to its former owner after paying £2,400 in rent for the time the estate had remained in Custis hands.

Custis was a conservative revolutionary and during the early days of the American Revolution criticized several Maryland counties for allowing anyone who bore arms to vote. His dissatisfaction with Virginia's ineffective conduct of the war eventually moved him to stand for election to the House of Delegates in 1778. Declaring himself "a true Friend to the Independency of America" who had "laid aside every Thought of returning to our former Masters," he was simultaneously a candidate in both Fairfax and New Kent counties. Custis was elected to represent Fairfax County but arrived late at the session that began on May 4, 1778, and was added to the Committees of Propositions and Grievances and of Religion. He was sometimes lax in attendance, and when the House reconvened in October, it ordered the sergeant at arms to take him and other absent members into custody. Custis won reelection to the assemblies of 1779 and 1780–1781 but missed assignments to important committees because of his habitual late arrival, usually the result of the press of personal business or his wife's pregnancies.

Military Service

As the only male in his family and as his mother's only surviving child, Custis faced determined opposition from his mother and stepfather and did not join the Continental army at the beginning of the Revolution. The danger to his native state and the direct threat to his property along the Pamunkey River later spurred him to action. In September 1781 as the French and American armies moved to Yorktown, Custis persuaded his stepfather to allow him to serve as a civilian aide-de-camp. Custis put his affairs in order, but shortly before he was to leave for camp he became ill with one of the occasional fevers that were a regular part of life in the Tidewater. Finally, at the end of the month, he left for Yorktown. As he rode through the countryside, he made enquiries about a number of his slaves who had absconded but was unable to locate any. Custis served with his stepfather during the siege of Yorktown but in the fetid environment of smallpox and camp fever fell ill again.

Custis was taken to Eltham, the New Kent County plantation of his uncle Burwell Bassett, and died there on November 5, 1781. Two days later he was interred near Williamsburg in the Custis family burial ground at Queen's Creek plantation, in York County. His grave marker, if he had one, was no longer standing by 1895, when the local camp of Confederate Veterans removed the surviving Custis stones to Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg.

Time Line

November 27, 1754 - John Parke Custis is born, probably at White House, in New Kent County.

July 8, 1757 - Daniel Parke Custis dies at White House of a virulent throat infection. His widow, Martha Dandrige Custis inherits the property that was her dower right and manages the large estate for the benefit of their children.

January 6, 1759 - George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis marry at a Custis house on the Pamunkey River. Custis is the widow of Daniel Parke Custis and brings to the marriage his large estate and her two children.

April 1759 - George Washington acquires limited rights to administer his stepchildren's estates.

October 21, 1761 - George Washington posts a £20,000 bond and becomes the legal guardian of his stepchildren.

June 1768 - John Parke Custis begins studying at Jonathan Boucher's Caroline County boarding school.

1772 - John Parke Custis tours Europe with his teacher, Jonathan Boucher.

May–September 1773 - John Parke Custis attends King's College (later Columbia University).

February 3, 1774 - John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert marry at Mount Airy, in Prince George's County, Maryland.

1778 - John Parke Custis sells his estate in King and Queen County and land in Hanover and New Kent counties, and lots in Jamestown and Williamsburg. He acquires land in northern Fairfax County.

May 4, 1778 - John Parke Custis begins his term in the House of Delegates, representing Fairfax County.

October 1778 - The House of Delegates orders the sergeant at arms to take John Parke Custis and other absent members into custody.

December 1778 - John Parke Custis moves his family to his newly acquired land in northern Fairfax County.

1779–1781 - John Parke Custis serves in the House of Delegates but is habitually late or absent.

September 1781 - John Parke Custis persuades George Washington to allow him to serve as a civilian aide-de-camp.

November 5, 1781 - John Parke Custis dies at Eltham, in New Kent County.

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Died of "Camp Fever" a few days after enlisting

John returned home from college to comfort his mother after Martha's daughter, also named Martha, died during an epileptic seizure.

John Parke Custis later served as an aide to Washington during the siege of Yorktown in 1781. John died during this military service, probably of typhus.

After his death, the Washingtons raised two of his children, Martha's youngest grandchildren, Eleanor Parke Custis (March 31, 1779 - July 15, 1852), and George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 - October 10, 1857).

They also provided personal and financial support to nieces, nephews and other family members in both the Dandridge and Washington families.

Children of John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert:

• Baby girl Custis, died in 1775.
• Eliza(beth) Parke Custis was born on August 21, 1776 at Mount Airy Plantation in Maryland. She married an Englishman, Thomas Law, on March 21, 1796 at her mother and stepfather's home, Hope Park Plantation, Virginia. (The marriage was not a success, and they later divorced.)
• Martha Parke aka Patty Custis was born on December 31, 1777 at Mount Vernon. On January 6, 1795, she married Thomas Peter at her mother and stepfather's home, Hope Park Plantation, Virginia.
• Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis. She remained at Mount Vernon after her mother's second marriage. She was born on March 21, 1779. She married Lawrence Lewis, George's nephew, on February 22, 1799 at Mount Vernon. She died in 1852.
• A set of twins who died, probably 1780.
• George Washington "Washy, Wash, or Tub" Parke Custis. He was born on April 30, 1781. He remained at Mount Vernon after his mother's second marriage. He was born in 1781, and died in 1857.

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John Parke Custis (27 November 1754 – 5 November 1781) was a Virginia planter and stepson of George Washington.

He was most likely born at White House, his parents' plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, and Martha Dandridge Custis. After the death of his father in 1757, he inherited almost 18,000 acres (73 km²) of land. In 1759 his mother married George Washington and moved with her children to Mount Vernon. Custis briefly attended King's College (later Columbia University) in 1773.

On 3 February 1774 Custis married Eleanor Calvert, a granddaughter of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. Of their seven children, four survived infancy:

Elizabeth Parke Custis (1776-1831), married Thomas Law

Martha Parke Custis (1777-1854), married Thomas Peter

Eleanor Parke Custis (1779-1852), married Lawrence Lewis

George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), married Mary Lee Fitzhugh.

Custis sat in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1778 until 1781. He served as a civilian aide-de-camp to Washington during the siege of Yorktown. He also bought the land we call Arlington National Cemetery. He contracted camp fever and died in New Kent County not long after Cornwallis's surrender.

John Parke Custis

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John Parke Custis (27 November 1754 – 5 November 1781) was a Virginia planter and stepson of George Washington.

He was most likely born at White House, his parents' plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, and Martha Dandridge Custis. After the death of his father in 1757, he inherited almost 18,000 acres (73 km²) of land. In 1759 his mother married George Washington and moved with her children to Mount Vernon. Custis briefly attended King's College (later Columbia University) in 1773.

On 3 February 1774 Custis married Eleanor Calvert, a granddaughter of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. Their seven children included Eleanor Parke Custis (later Lewis) and George Washington Parke Custis.

Custis sat in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1778 until 1781. He served as a civilian aide-de-camp to Washington during the siege of Yorktown. He contracted camp fever and died in New Kent County not long after Cornwallis's surrender. He was buried in York County, near Williamsburg.

References

Frank E. Grizzard Jr. George Washington: A Biographical Companion (2002), pages 67-70.

John T. Kneebone et al., eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1998- ), 3:639-640. ISBN 0-88490-206-4

Note:

! (1) "Diane's Database," by Diane Wolford Sheppard (http://wc.rootsweb.com, wolfordsheppard database, 11 May 2007). Cites: (a) "Genealogies of Virginia Families" (Genealogy.com) p.122-123. (b) "The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants," by Gary Boyd Roberts (Genealogical Pub., 2004) p.13. (c) "The Compendium of American Genealogy," Vol. VI, p. 173. (d) "Virginia Biographical Encyclopedia" (Ancestry.com). (e) "Colonial Families in the Southern States" (Ancestry.com) Vol. 2, p.166. (f) "Maryland Genealogies" (Genealogy.com) Vol. 1, p.160.

! Birth: (1a,d) s/o Daniel Parke CUSTIS/Martha DANDRIDGE. (1d) 1755. "White House," New Kent Co., VA, on the Pamunkey River.

Marriage to Eleanor CALVERT: (1d) 3 Feb 1774. Had not yet reached his 20th year at the time of his marriage, and his bride was only 16.

Death: (1) 5 Nov 1781. Eltham, New Kent Co., VA. Of camp fever contracted at the seige of Yorktown.

(1d) He was tutored by Rev. Jonathan BUCHER at Annapolis.

(1d) 1773, May: Was entered at Kings College, New York City. He remained till Dec.

(1d) 1774, Feb: George WASHINGTON protested against his proposed marriage to Eleanor CALVERT in a note written to Mr. Benedict CALVERT, stating that the young man's estate embraced about 15,000 acres of land, a good part adjoining the city of Williamsburg, between two and three hundred negroes, and eight to ten thousand pounds in bonds. His protest was unavailing; the marriage took place. WASHINGTON was readily reconciled.

(1d) Was aide to WASHINGTON during the Revolution.

(1d) While serving at Yorktown, he contracted camp fever.

(1d) Retired to "Eltham" in New Kent Co., VA, the home of his maternal uncle, Burwell BASSETT.

(1d) 1781: He was a member of the house of delegates at the time of his death.

He was most likely born at White House, his parents' plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, and Martha Dandridge Custis. After the death of his father in 1757, he inherited almost 18,000 acres (73 km²) of land. In 1759 his mother married George Washington and moved with her children to Mount Vernon. Custis briefly attended King's College (later Columbia University) in 1773.

On 3 February 1774 Custis married Eleanor Calvert, a granddaughter of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. Of their seven children, four survived infancy:

Elizabeth Parke Custis (1776-1831), married Thomas Law

Martha Parke Custis (1777-1854), married Thomas Peter

Eleanor Parke Custis (1779-1852), married Lawrence Lewis

George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), married Mary Lee Fitzhugh.

Custis sat in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1778 until 1781. He served as a civilian aide-de-camp to Washington during the siege of Yorktown. He also bought the land we call Arlington National Cemetery. He contracted camp fever and died in New Kent County not long after Cornwallis's surrender.

Birth: (1a,d) s/o Daniel Parke CUSTIS/Martha DANDRIDGE. (1d) 1755. "White House," New Kent Co., VA, on the Pamunkey River.

Marriage to Eleanor CALVERT: (1d) 3 Feb 1774. Had not yet reached his 20th year at the time of his marriage, and his bride was only 16.

Death: (1) 5 Nov 1781. Eltham, New Kent Co., VA. Of camp fever contracted at the seige of Yorktown.

(1d) He was tutored by Rev. Jonathan BUCHER at Annapolis.

(1d) 1773, May: Was entered at Kings College, New York City. He remained till Dec.

(1d) 1774, Feb: George WASHINGTON protested against his proposed marriage to Eleanor CALVERT in a note written to Mr. Benedict CALVERT, stating that the young man's estate embraced about 15,000 acres of land, a good part adjoining the city of Williamsburg, between two and three hundred negroes, and eight to ten thousand pounds in bonds. His protest was unavailing; the marriage took place. WASHINGTON was readily reconciled.

(1d) Was aide to WASHINGTON during the Revolution.

(1d) While serving at Yorktown, he contracted camp fever.

(1d) Retired to "Eltham" in New Kent Co., VA, the home of his maternal uncle, Burwell BASSETT.

(1d) 1781: He was a member of the house of delegates at the time of his death.

Died of "Camp Fever" a few days after enlisting

John returned home from college to comfort his mother after Martha's daughter, also named Martha, died during an epileptic seizure.

John Parke Custis later served as an aide to Washington during the siege of Yorktown in 1781. John died during this military service, probably of typhus.

After his death, the Washingtons raised two of his children, Martha's youngest grandchildren, Eleanor Parke Custis (March 31, 1779 - July 15, 1852), and George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 - October 10, 1857).

They also provided personal and financial support to nieces, nephews and other family members in both the Dandridge and Washington families.

John Parke Custis (27 November 1754 – 5 November 1781) was a Virginia planter and stepson of George Washington.

He was most likely born at White House, his parents' plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, and Martha Dandridge Custis. After the death of his father in 1757, he inherited almost 18,000 acres (73 km²) of land. In 1759 his mother married George Washington and moved with her children to Mount Vernon. Custis briefly attended King's College (later Columbia University) in 1773.

On 3 February 1774 Custis married Eleanor Calvert, a granddaughter of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. Of their seven children, four survived infancy:

Elizabeth Parke Custis (1776-1831), married Thomas Law

Martha Parke Custis (1777-1854), married Thomas Peter

Eleanor Parke Custis (1779-1852), married Lawrence Lewis

George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), married Mary Lee Fitzhugh.

Custis sat in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1778 until 1781. He served as a civilian aide-de-camp to Washington during the siege of Yorktown. He also bought the land we call Arlington National Cemetery. He contracted camp fever and died in New Kent County not long after Cornwallis's surrender.

John returned home from college to comfort his mother after Martha's daughter, also named Martha, died during an epileptic seizure.

John Parke Custis later served as an aide to Washington during the siege of Yorktown in 1781. John died during this military service, probably of typhus.

After his death, the Washingtons raised two of his children, Martha's youngest grandchildren, Eleanor Parke Custis (March 31, 1779 - July 15, 1852), and George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 - October 10, 1857).

They also provided personal and financial support to nieces, nephews and other family members in both the Dandridge and Washington families.

John Parke Custis (27 November 1754 – 5 November 1781) was a Virginia planter and stepson of George Washington.

He was most likely born at White House, his parents' plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, and Martha Dandridge Custis. After the death of his father in 1757, he inherited almost 18,000 acres (73 km²) of land. In 1759 his mother married George Washington and moved with her children to Mount Vernon. Custis briefly attended King's College (later Columbia University) in 1773.

On 3 February 1774 Custis married Eleanor Calvert, a granddaughter of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. Their seven children included Eleanor Parke Custis (later Lewis) and George Washington Parke Custis.

Custis sat in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1778 until 1781. He served as a civilian aide-de-camp to Washington during the siege of Yorktown. He contracted camp fever and died in New Kent County not long after Cornwallis's surrender. He was buried in York County, near Williamsburg.

! Birth: (1a,d) s/o Daniel Parke CUSTIS/Martha DANDRIDGE. (1d) 1755. "White House," New Kent Co., VA, on the Pamunkey River.

Marriage to Eleanor CALVERT: (1d) 3 Feb 1774. Had not yet reached his 20th year at the time of his marriage, and his bride was only 16.

Death: (1) 5 Nov 1781. Eltham, New Kent Co., VA. Of camp fever contracted at the seige of Yorktown.

(1d) He was tutored by Rev. Jonathan BUCHER at Annapolis.

(1d) 1773, May: Was entered at Kings College, New York City. He remained till Dec.

(1d) 1774, Feb: George WASHINGTON protested against his proposed marriage to Eleanor CALVERT in a note written to Mr. Benedict CALVERT, stating that the young man's estate embraced about 15,000 acres of land, a good part adjoining the city of Williamsburg, between two and three hundred negroes, and eight to ten thousand pounds in bonds. His protest was unavailing; the marriage took place. WASHINGTON was readily reconciled.

(1d) Was aide to WASHINGTON during the Revolution.

(1d) While serving at Yorktown, he contracted camp fever.

(1d) Retired to "Eltham" in New Kent Co., VA, the home of his maternal uncle, Burwell BASSETT.

(1d) 1781: He was a member of the house of delegates at the time of his death.

John Parke Custis later served as an aide to Washington during the siege of Yorktown in 1781. John died during this military service, probably of typhus.

After his death, the Washingtons raised two of his children, Martha's youngest grandchildren, Eleanor Parke Custis (March 31, 1779 - July 15, 1852), and George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 - October 10, 1857).

They also provided personal and financial support to nieces, nephews and other family members in both the Dandridge and Washington families.

John Parke Custis (27 November 1754 – 5 November 1781) was a Virginia planter and stepson of George Washington.

He was most likely born at White House, his parents' plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, and Martha Dandridge Custis. After the death of his father in 1757, he inherited almost 18,000 acres (73 km²) of land. In 1759 his mother married George Washington and moved with her children to Mount Vernon. Custis briefly attended King's College (later Columbia University) in 1773.

On 3 February 1774 Custis married Eleanor Calvert, a granddaughter of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. Of their seven children, four survived infancy:

Elizabeth Parke Custis (1776-1831), married Thomas Law

Martha Parke Custis (1777-1854), married Thomas Peter

Eleanor Parke Custis (1779-1852), married Lawrence Lewis

George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857), married Mary Lee Fitzhugh.

Custis sat in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1778 until 1781. He served as a civilian aide-de-camp to Washington during the siege of Yorktown. He also bought the land we call Arlington National Cemetery. He contracted camp fever and died in New Kent County not long after Cornwallis's surrender.

References

Frank E. Grizzard Jr. George Washington: A Biographical Companion (2002), pages 67-70.

John T. Kneebone et al., eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1998- ), 3:639-640. ISBN 0-88490-206-4

Note:

! (1) "Diane's Database," by Diane Wolford Sheppard (http://wc.rootsweb.com, wolfordsheppard database, 11 May 2007). Cites: (a) "Genealogies of Virginia Families" (Genealogy.com) p.122-123. (b) "The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants," by Gary Boyd Roberts (Genealogical Pub., 2004) p.13. (c) "The Compendium of American Genealogy," Vol. VI, p. 173. (d) "Virginia Biographical Encyclopedia" (Ancestry.com). (e) "Colonial Families in the Southern States" (Ancestry.com) Vol. 2, p.166. (f) "Maryland Genealogies" (Genealogy.com) Vol. 1, p.160.

! Birth: (1a,d) s/o Daniel Parke CUSTIS/Martha DANDRIDGE. (1d) 1755. "White House," New Kent Co., VA, on the Pamunkey River.

Marriage to Eleanor CALVERT: (1d) 3 Feb 1774. Had not yet reached his 20th year at the time of his marriage, and his bride was only 16.

Death: (1) 5 Nov 1781. Eltham, New Kent Co., VA. Of camp fever contracted at the seige of Yorktown.

(1d) He was tutored by Rev. Jonathan BUCHER at Annapolis.

(1d) 1773, May: Was entered at Kings College, New York City. He remained till Dec.

(1d) 1774, Feb: George WASHINGTON protested against his proposed marriage to Eleanor CALVERT in a note written to Mr. Benedict CALVERT, stating that the young man's estate embraced about 15,000 acres of land, a good part adjoining the city of Williamsburg, between two and three hundred negroes, and eight to ten thousand pounds in bonds. His protest was unavailing; the marriage took place. WASHINGTON was readily reconciled.

(1d) Was aide to WASHINGTON during the Revolution.

(1d) While serving at Yorktown, he contracted camp fever.

(1d) Retired to "Eltham" in New Kent Co., VA, the home of his maternal uncle, Burwell BASSETT.

(1d) 1781: He was a member of the house of delegates at the time of his death. -

John was Born in 1754 to Martha Dandrigman and Daniel Parke Custis 3rd Child of Daniel the other 2 died as a ifant later in 1755 her Sister Martha "Patsy" Parke Cusits was born later after his sisters birth His father Daniel dies later his mother married Geroge Washigton he adopted him and Martha he nicknamed John "Jacky" and Martha "Patsy" later his sister Martha dies aged 17 after her death John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert and had 4 children Elizabeth , Martha , Eleanor "Nelly" , George "Wash" ..Eleanor married Lawrence Lewis his mother was Betty Washigton Lewis (sister of Geroge Washington) John later got "Camp Fever" and later died during the American Revaluationery War John's children Eleanor , George they were too young so they were apoted by Geroge & Martha Washington and rasied at mount Vernon Jackys body was taken to Mt.Vernon for burial to crushed Geroge Washington George Washigton later became President (1789-1797)

Note: Join The American Revelatory War but died of "Camp Fever" not a Gun Wound

HIS SISTER MARTHA (PATSY) PARKE CUSTIS BORN IN 1755 TO DANIEL AND MARTHA (NEE: DANDIRGMAN) CUSTIS AFTER HER FATHERS DEATH HER MOTHER MARTHA MARRIED GEROGE WASHINGTON AND APOTED HER AND HER BROTHER JOHN (JACKY) THEY WERE BOTH RAISED IN MT. VERNON GEROGE ORDERED TOYS FOR JACKY AND PATSY WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG. GEROGE WASHINGTON ONCE ORDERED A DOLL FOR YOUNG PATSY BUT THE DOLL CAME LATE . Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis died at Mt. Vernon aged 17 she was the LAST daughter of Martha Washington

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