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Martha Parke Custis (1756 – June 19, 1773) was the stepdaughter of George Washington who died from an epileptic seizure at the age of 17, fifteen years before he was elected as the first president of the United States.
Martha Parke Custis was Martha Washington and Daniel Parke Custis's youngest child. Known to the family as Patsy, Custis had a particularly difficult life. Patsy was only a toddler when her mother married George Washington. By the time Patsy was eleven or twelve, she experienced frequent seizures.
As a Custis heir, Martha Peter inherited a portion of the enslaved people belonging to the Custis estate. These men, women, and children were taken to Tudor Place, many separated from family members who were either freed by Washington’s will or inherited by one of Patty’s siblings.
The original must have depicted Martha “Patsy” Parke Custis, the daughter of Martha Dandridge and Daniel Parke Custis who died at age 16 in 1773. The only known images of Patsy were painted by John Wollaston in 1757 and by Charles Willson Peale in 1772.
When George Washington married the widow Martha Dandridge Custis on Jan. 6, 1759, he acquired not only a wife but also two stepchildren, four-year-old John Parke “Jacky” Custis and two-year-old Martha Parke “Patsy” Custis.
Martha Parke-Custis was George Washington’s step- daughter. She suffered from seizures since childhood, and died in a seizure at age 17 years. Martha (Patsy) Custis was the fourth child of Daniel Parke Custis, who died a few months after her birth, of a heart disease, and Martha Dandrige. They had four children in 5 years,
The two youngest of his four children, Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis (age two) and George Washington Parke Custis (age six months), would be raised by George and Martha Washington at Mount Vernon. The Revolutionary War brought long separations between Martha and George Washington.
