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John Custis II emigrated from Rotterdam ca. 1650. He was the son of Henry and Johanna Custis. This is the Custis portrait most likely to have featured a man in a suit of armor (according to family tradition). Custis became a captain of the militia in 1664, a colonel in 1673, and in 1692 became commander in chief of all forces on the Eastern ...
Daniel Parke Custis fell gravely ill and passed away in July of 1757. Shortly thereafter, Martha Dandridge Custis met George Washington. The Custis Children George and Martha had no children of their own, but their family life was dominated by the Custis children. Washington served as a father figure for his two step-children, John "Jacky ...
John Custis (ca. 1733-1751) John Custis, often called Jack, was the son of John Custis IV and Alice, an enslaved woman. John Custis recognized John as his natural son. John Custis IV’s will bequeathed a “portrait of my Negro boy John” to Ann Moody, a Williamsburg tavernkeeper’s wife with whom he was romantically involved.
Artist: Charles Bridges. Date: 1735-1744. John Custis IV was the son of John Custis III and Margaret Michael Custis. He married Frances Parke and was the father of Daniel Parke Custis, Frances Parke Custis, and John Custis. There are two versions of this portrait with similar iconography but by different artists.
Maj Gen John Custis II. Born about 21 Oct 1628 in Rotterdam, Holland, Netherlands. Ancestors. Son of Henry Custis and Joan (Whittingham) Custis. Brother of Edmund Custis, Robert Custis, Anne (Custis) Yeardley, Thomas Custis and William Custis. Husband of Elizabeth (Robinson) Custis — married 1650 in , Northampton, Virginia.
According to Wikipedia, "John Custis (August 1678–after 14 November 1749) was a member of the Governor's Council in the British colony of Virginia. The son of John Custis (ca. 1654–1714), who was also a Council member, and Margaret Michael Custis, Custis was born in Northampton County, Virginia. On 4 May 1706 he married Frances Parke, the ...
Books. The Letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717-1742. This absorbing letterbook, meticulously edited and thoroughly annotated, provides remarkable insight into the life and concerns of 18th-century colonial Virginians. We see in these 144 letters an intimate view of John Custis IV (1678-1749), best known as the father-in-law of ...
