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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.
Martha Parke Custis Peter (December 31, 1777 – July 13, 1854) was a granddaughter of Martha Dandridge Washington and a step-granddaughter of George Washington.
- July 1854 (aged 76–77)
- 31 December 1777, Mount Vernon
- Thomas Peter
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.
The Life of Martha Washington. This is the story of Martha Washington, the worthiest of partners to the worthiest of men. First Marriage. John “Jacky” Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis, By Charles Volkmar After John Wollaston, 1757. Martha Dandridge married Daniel Parke Custis on May 15, 1750.
Death of Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis Martha Washington’s seventeen year old daughter, Patsy, who has been suffering for years, probably from epilepsy, has a seizure after dinner. She dies within just a few minutes, at about 5 o’clock on the evening of June 19th.
Patsy, along with her brother John Parke Custis, moved to Mount Vernon following Martha's marriage to GW in 1759, and GW was officially appointed a guardian of the two children in 1761. GW paid for music and dance lessons for Patsy. He hired John Stadler, who taught Patsy to play the spinet.
