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Martha Parke Custis (1756 – June 19, 1773) was the stepdaughter of George Washington who died from an epileptic seizure at the age of 17, fifteen years before he was elected as the first president of the United States.
- Patsy Custis
- June 19, 1773 (aged 17), Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, British America
- 1756, White House Plantation, New Kent County, Virginia, British America
- Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Martha Parke Custis was Martha Washington and Daniel Parke Custis's youngest child. Known to the family as Patsy, Custis had a particularly difficult life. Patsy was only a toddler when her mother married George Washington. By the time Patsy was eleven or twelve, she experienced frequent seizures.
As a Custis heir, Martha Peter inherited a portion of the enslaved people belonging to the Custis estate. These men, women, and children were taken to Tudor Place, many separated from family members who were either freed by Washington’s will or inherited by one of Patty’s siblings.
The earliest objects found within the space are the portraits of Martha Dandridge Custis and her two children, John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Martha (Patsy) Parke Custis, the overmantel painting, and George Washington’s coat-of-arms in a cartouche.
When George Washington married the widow Martha Dandridge Custis on Jan. 6, 1759, he acquired not only a wife but also two stepchildren, four-year-old John Parke “Jacky” Custis and two-year-old Martha Parke “Patsy” Custis.
When Daniel Parke Custis died of a heart attack on July 8, 1757, age 45 and nine months, he died intestate, which meant under Virginia law that Martha inherited outright one-third of the estate, and, as sole executrix, acted in trust for the administration of the rest of the estate until the two surviving children reached their majority.
Martha Parke Custis Peter. By Wendy Kail. 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].
