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John Parke Custis (known as Jacky when younger, and Jack as he got older) was around four years old when his mother Martha married George Washington. Custis was one of the two surviving children of Martha Washington's first marriage to Daniel Parke Custis. As a result, George Washington became Jacky's legal guardian.
Born in 1781 to John Parke Custis, Martha Washington 's son from her first marriage, George Washington Parke Custis was taken in by George and Martha upon the death of his father when Custis was only six months old. Custis was raised at Mount Vernon and remained a prominent figure in Washington City and Alexandria until his death in 1857.
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.
Martha Washington, born Martha Dandridge Custis, married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on June 2nd, 1750. Daniel was a wealthy planter and businessman who owned the Custis estate. The marriage proved fruitful as they had four children together: John Parke Custis, Martha Parke Custis, Frances Parke Custis, and Daniel (who died in infancy).
Daniel Parke Custis dying intestate" (Searle, 287, Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Waters, vol. I, p. 397). The catalogue of the library of Daniel Parke Custis, from a manuscript in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society was printed in the Virginia Magazine of History, vol. 17,1909, pp. 404-12. There are three hundred thirty-two ...
Daniel Parke Custis’s untimely death on July 8, 1757 forced Martha into action. She ordered a black walnut coffin for her husband’s burial. Because Virginians did not practice embalming, burial occurred within a day or two after death. To commemorate Daniel’s final resting place, Martha later purchased an expensive marble tombstone from ...
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington. Image courtesy of FCIT. Born 1731 in New Kent County, Virginia. Eldest of eight children. Married Colonel Daniel Parke Custis 1750. Two of four children died young. Widowed suddenly at 26 in 1757. Married Colonel George Washington 1759. Died 1802.
