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28 de sept. de 2023 · John Parke Custis (27 November 1754 – 5 November 1781) was a Virginia planter and stepson of George Washington. He was most likely born at White House, his parents' plantation in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, and Martha Dandridge Custis.
John y Eleanor tuvieron siete hijos: hija sin nombre (1775-1775), murió poco después del nacimiento. Elizabeth (Eliza) Parke Custis (1776–1831), se casó con Thomas Law, un inmigrante inglés. Martha (Patsy) Parke Custis (1777–1854), se casó con Thomas Peter. Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis (1779–1852) (nacida en Abingdon), se casó con ...
Custis married Frances Parke, the eldest daughter of Daniel Parke, in 1706. In 1714, his father John died, passing control of the family estates to Custis, which included two plantations and numerous slaves.
She was the sister of Lucy Parke Byrd. It descended in the Custis family. The painting is damaged and overpainted. It is potentially a later copy of an earlier painting or a different family member. Dimensions: 28 x 23 in. (71.12 x 58.42 cm.) The portrait represents a woman wearing a brown wrap dress. Her left hand is raised and at her breast.
John Parke Custis received instruction for several years from Anglican clergyman Jonathan Boucher, and later enrolled at King’s College, now Columbia University. Jacky, however, did not pursue his studies, and in February 1774, he married Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert (1754–1811).
When John Parke Custis was born on 27 November 1754, in New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Col Daniel Parke Custis, was 43 and his mother, Martha Dandridge, was 23. He married Eleanor Calvert on 3 February 1774, in Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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.
