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John Parke (usually called Jack or Jacky) Custis, the stepson of George Washington, is the subject of this miniature portrait by the renowned artist Charles Willson Peale. The watercolor-on-ivory image is only about one-and-a-half by one-and-a-half inches in size.
Martha Parke Custis was born on December 31, 1777 in the Blue Room at Mount Vernon. She was the second-eldest surviving daughter of John Parke Custis, son of Martha Washington and her first husband Daniel Parke Custis, and his wife Eleanor Calvert, daughter of Benedict Swingate Calvert and his wife Elizabeth Calvert.
1 de mar. de 2002 · To John Parke Custis. Philadelphia June 19th 1775. I have been called upon by the unanimous voice of the Colonies to take the command of the Continental Army—It is an honour I neither sought after, or was by any means fond of accepting, from a consciousness of my own inexperience, and inability to discharge the duties of so important a Trust.
Frances Parke Custis (1709-1744) Family tradition identifies the subject and it descended in the Custis-Lee family. It bears stylistic similarities to the Jaquelin and Brodnax family portraits dated to the 1720s. Frances Parke Custis was the daughter of John and Frances Parke Custis. She married first, William Winch, and second, Captain Thomas ...
4 de mar. de 2002 · From John Parke Custis. Mount Airy June 10th 1776. Hond Sir. Your Favor of the 4th inst. which came to Hand last Saturday, gave Me the sincerest pleasure: to hear; that my dearest Mother had gone through the Smalpox so favorably, 1 I do with the most filial Affection congratulate you both on this Happy Event, as She can now attend you to any ...
George Washington Parke Custis, „Wash“ (1781–1857) ⚭ Mary Lee Fitzhugh. Custis saß von 1778 bis 1781 im Abgeordnetenhaus von Virginia. Er diente als Flügeladjutant Washingtons während der Belagerung von Yorktown. Er soll gesagt haben, dass er nicht den Ehrgeiz seines Stiefvaters teile. Im Lager bekam er Fieber und starb in New Kent ...
Martha Parke Custis Peter. On January 6, 1759 the widow Martha Dandridge Custis married Colonel George Washington. She stood only five feet to his six feet, three and a half inches. 1 She brought two children from her first marriage, John Parke Custis [Jacky, born 1754], and Martha Parke Custis [Patcy, born 1756].
