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When Eleanor Lewis was born on 1 December 1799, in Virginia, United States, her father, Lawrence Lewis, was 32 and her mother, Eleanor Parke Custis, was 20. She married E. G. Butler in 1820, in Virginia, United States.
Lewis, Nelly Custis. Born March 2, 1779 (Alexandria, Virginia) Died July 15, 1852 (Shenandoah Valley, Virginia) First family member. Eleanor Parke Custis and her brother George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857; see box) were the grandchildren of Martha Washington (1732–1802; see entry in volume 2) and the step-grandchildren of the first U.S. president, George Washington (1732–1799 ...
Daniel Parke Custis (grandfather) George Washington (adopted father) George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 – October 10, 1857) was an American plantation owner, antiquarian, author, and playwright. His father John Parke Custis was a stepson of George Washington. He and his sister Eleanor grew up at Mount Vernon and in the Washington ...
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Known as "Nelly Custis," Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis was the granddaughter of Martha Washington from her first marriage, and the adopted daughter of George Washington. When Martha married General Washington in 1759 she was the widow of Daniel Parke Custis [1711-1757], and had two young children, John Parke Custis [1754-1781] and Martha Parke Custis [1755-1773].
In 1792, John Trumbull painted Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis, who was Martha Washington’s granddaughter, in Philadelphia as part of a set of miniatures in preparation for The Resignation of General Washington (1832.8). She stands to the left of Martha in the finished painting.
Daniel Parke Custis died when Jacky was three, and Martha was soon married again - to General George Washington. Washington became step-father to Jacky and his sister Patsy, and years later, after Jacky was himself killed at the Battle of Yorktown (1781), George and Martha adopted his six children (that is, Martha's grandchildren), including young George Washington Parke and Nelly Custis in 1783.
