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Hace 3 días · John Custis was the father of Daniel Parke Custis, Martha Washington’s first husband. We have now excavated a total five of these seals (including the complete seal in the image above), in addition to 5 others stamped with "I Custis” from across Mount Vernon.
Hace 4 días · It’s hard to know for sure if the whole Peter family was there when he arrived, but if they were, greeting him were Martha, her husband Thomas Peter (1769-1834), and their children John Parke Custis Peter (1799-1848), George Washington Parke Custis Peter (1801-1877), America (1803-1843), and Britannia (1815-1911).
Hace 2 días · In 1802, George Washington Parke Custis, son of John Parke Custis, had begun construction of a new mansion on the property called Arlington House. Two of the enslaved people in Mr. Custis's house were named Charles Syphax and Maria Carter.
Hace 2 días · In 1802, George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of George Washington's wife Martha through her first marriage, began building Arlington House at the present-day Arlington National Cemetery on land that he inherited from John Parke Custis, his natural father, following his death.
- United States
- Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
- May 13, 1864; 159 years ago
- National
25 de abr. de 2024 · George Washington is widely known to have had no biological children of his own. Less well known is his role in raising several of the children and grandchildren of Martha Washington’s marriage to her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis. In this informal conversation with Manuscript Division curator Julie Miller and archivist Kate Madison, Cassandra Good, …
24 de abr. de 2024 · Overwhelmed with emotion, the three men embraced each other and left the tomb to receive gifts from George Washington Parke Custis, Washington's step-grandson. Custis gave Lafayette a gold ring that contained a lock of George Washington's hair, along with a Masonic sash and medal that formerly belonged to his step-grandfather.
Hace 2 días · Martha Dandridge Custis, a 1757 portrait by John Wollaston On January 6, 1759, Washington, at age 26, married Martha Dandridge Custis , the 27-year-old widow of wealthy plantation owner Daniel Parke Custis .
