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Library of Congress. The will of George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of George Washington, grandson of Martha Washington, and father-in-law of Robert E. Lee; the will specified that the executors of his estate must emancipate his slaves within five years of his death. Custis died on October 10, 1857.
4 de jun. de 2002 · As Daniel Parke Custis’s widow, and before she married George Washington in 1759, Martha Washington lent her brother Bartholomew Dandridge £600 sterling. At the settlement of Daniel Parke Custis’s estate in 1759–1761, Dandridge’s bond for this debt was assigned to Martha Washington’s daughter, Martha Parke (Patsy) Custis.
8 de ago. de 2009 · Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857, Washington, George, 1732-1799, Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857, Washington, George, 1732-1799 Publisher Philadelphia, J.W. Bradley Collection americana Book from the collections of New York Public Library Language English
Will of George Washington Parke Custis (March 26, 1855) CONTEXT. In his will, dated March 26, 1855, George Washington Parke Custis, stepgrandson of George Washington, bequeaths his property and manumits his enslaved laborers. Author: George Washington Parke Custis Transcription Source: Decker, Karl and Angus McSween.
Fourth Actuated by the principal already mentioned, I give and bequeath to George Washington Parke Custis, the Grandson of my wife, and my Ward, and to his heirs, the tract I hold on four mile run in the vicinity of Alexandria, containing one thousd two hundred acres, more or less, & my entire Square, number twenty one, in the City of Washington.32
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Although in the early pages of the will Washington stated his opposition to slavery and his "earnest wish" to emancipate the enslaved community immediately upon his death, there were complications. Of the 317 people enslaved at Mount Vernon, 153 individuals were owned by the estate of Daniel Parke Custis, Martha Washington's first husband.
