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Martha Dandridge was born in New Kent County on June 13, 1731. At age 18 she had married a wealthy heir of the region, Daniel Parke Custis. Soon she was busy as a mother caring for the couple's four children, two of whom died in infancy. At her husband's death eight years into their marriage, Martha Custis was suddenly an eligible young heiress ...
Marriage to Daniel Parke Custis. In her late teens, she caught the eye of Daniel Parke Custis (1711-1757), who, though twenty years her senior, was one of the most eligible bachelors in Virginia. Daniel’s father, John Custis IV, initially opposed the marriage, because the prospective bride’s family was not as wealthy as he would have liked.
Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, poses in 1757 for the well-known portraitist John Wollaston. The artist also painted the other members of the Custis family: Custis's wife, Martha Dandridge Custis, and the Custis's two surviving children, John Parke (Jacky) and Martha Parke (Patsy) Custis. Daniel Parke Custis died later in 1757, probably ...
Daniel Parke Custis. American planter and politician. Upload media. Wikipedia. Date of birth. 15 October 1711. York County. Date of death. 8 July 1757.
Daniel Parke Custis 1751-/1757 Fanny Parke Custis 1753-/1757 John Parke Jacky Custis 1754-1781 Married February 3, 1774, Mount Airy, Prince George's Co., MD, to Eleanor Calvert 1758-1811 with
4. Martha married Daniel Parke Custis on May 15, 1750. In colonial Virginia, most women of Martha’s social class met their potential mates through friends and family, or at church, court day, or a ball held at a neighbor’s house. Tradition holds that Martha met her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, at their local Anglican church.
Daniel Parke Custis. Image: New York Public Library When George Washington began his courtship of the recently widowed Martha Dandridge Custis in March 1758, she served as administratrix of an estate that included 17,500 acres of land as well as more than £1,500 of liquid assets. 1 With such a dowry at only 27 years old, Martha had her pick of potential husbands.
