Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. › Children

  2. Martha Custis’s first child was a son, named Daniel Parke Custis, born on November 19, 1751, followed in April 1753 by a daughter, Frances Parke Custis.

  3. During their seven years of marriage, Martha and Daniel Custis had four children. Daniel Parke Custis II and Frances Parke Custis II both died very young, while John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis both survived their father. Daniel Parke Custis fell gravely ill and passed away in July of 1757.

  4. He was one of two children of John Custis IV (1678–1749), a powerful member of Virginia's Governor's Council, and Frances Parke Custis. The Custis family was one of the wealthiest and most socially prominent of Virginia. [2]

  5. Dec 22, 2021 · They had four children, all given the middle name Parke in order to preserve their eligibility to inherit as descendants of his great-grandfather, Daniel Parke, a member of the Council who had died in 1679. Custis’s first son and first daughter died early in childhood.

  6. George Washington did not have any biological children of his own, although he adopted the two children of Martha Custis at the time of his marriage to her. Martha Custis had previously been married to Daniel Parke Custis before his untimely death. Together, Martha and Daniel had four children.

  7. Martha’s first child was a son, named Daniel Parke Custis, born on November 19, 1751, followed in April 1753 by a daughter, Frances Parke Custis. Although the first names were traditional family names, the children’s great-grandfather had imposed a strict condition on inheritance: only children bearing the name “Parke” as part of their ...

  8. People also ask

  9. Sep 22, 2016 · After careful research, Miller Matema found that she was a descendant of Caroline Branham, one of Washington’s slaves and the mother of one of Parke Custischildren.

  1. People also search for