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When John Parke Custis was born on 27 November 1754, in New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Col Daniel Parke Custis, was 43 and his mother, Martha Dandridge, was 23. He married Eleanor Calvert on 3 February 1774, in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters.
1 de mar. de 2002 · To John Parke Custis. Philadelphia June 19th 1775. I have been called upon by the unanimous voice of the Colonies to take the command of the Continental Army—It is an honour I neither sought after, or was by any means fond of accepting, from a consciousness of my own inexperience, and inability to discharge the duties of so important a Trust.
John Parke Custis. School: King's College. Class Year: attended 1773. War: Revolutionary War. Date of Death: October 1781. John Parke Custis, called "Jacky," stepson of George Washington, served as an aide-de-camp to General Washington during the siege of Yorktown. He died of camp fever in October 1781, just after Lord Cornwallis's surrender on ...
First Marriage and Children. In her late teens, Martha Dandridge caught the eye of Daniel Parke Custis (1711-1757), who, though 20 years her senior, was one of the most eligible bachelors in Virginia. Daniel’s father initially opposed the marriage, because the prospective bride’s family was not as wealthy as he would have liked.
Frances Parke Custis (1709-1744) Family tradition identifies the subject and it descended in the Custis-Lee family. It bears stylistic similarities to the Jaquelin and Brodnax family portraits dated to the 1720s. Frances Parke Custis was the daughter of John and Frances Parke Custis. She married first, William Winch, and second, Captain Thomas ...
George Washington Parke Custis, „Wash“ (1781–1857) ⚭ Mary Lee Fitzhugh. Custis saß von 1778 bis 1781 im Abgeordnetenhaus von Virginia. Er diente als Flügeladjutant Washingtons während der Belagerung von Yorktown. Er soll gesagt haben, dass er nicht den Ehrgeiz seines Stiefvaters teile. Im Lager bekam er Fieber und starb in New Kent ...
4 de mar. de 2002 · From John Parke Custis. Mount Airy June 10th 1776. Hond Sir. Your Favor of the 4th inst. which came to Hand last Saturday, gave Me the sincerest pleasure: to hear; that my dearest Mother had gone through the Smalpox so favorably, 1 I do with the most filial Affection congratulate you both on this Happy Event, as She can now attend you to any ...
