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John II also built a large mansion that he called Arlington. His descendants included his son John III and grandson John IV, who was born in August 1678. John IV was the father of Daniel Parke Custis, Martha Washington's first husband.
John Custis IV was born in August 1678 at Arlington in Northampton County, Virginia. Custis' father was John Custis III (also known as John Custis of Wilsonia), a prominent planter and member of the Custis family of Virginia who sat on the Governor's Council.
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5 de jul. de 2020 · John Custis (August 1678–after 14 November 1749) was a member of the Governor's Council in the British Colony of Virginia. Often he is designated as John Custis IV or John Custis, of Williamsburg, to distinguish him from his grandfather, father, and other relatives of the same name.
- Arlington, VA
- Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia
- October 15, 1678
24 de nov. de 2021 · In this pair of episodes, we take a look at the Custis family beginnings, and detail how they became the great family who played an important part in so much of Virginia’s history. LINKS TO THE PODCAST: Custis Episode Part 1 Custis Episode Part 2
22 de dic. de 2021 · ENTRY. John Custis (ca. 1629–1696) SUMMARY. John Custis was a member of the governor’s Council (1677–1692) and the founder of the Custis family in Virginia. He was raised in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, and moved to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in 1649 or 1650.
Custis Square Archaeology Project. There are few early 18th-century Williamsburg residents as colorful as John Custis IV (1678-1746). Scholars of colonial gardening know him as a bold and scientifically curious gardener who established an ornamental landscape that was unparalleled in the American colonies for its beauty and variety of plants.
Date: probably 1740-1749. John Custis, often called Jack, was the son of John Custis IV and Alice, an enslaved woman. John Custis recognized John as his natural son. John Custis IV’s will bequeathed a “portrait of my Negro boy John” to Ann Moody, a Williamsburg tavernkeeper’s wife with whom he was romantically involved.
