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The Washingtons raised Jacky and his younger sister Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis (1756–1773) at Mount Vernon. When his sister died of a seizure in 1773, aged 17 years, Custis became the sole heir of the Custis estate. [3][1]
His two older siblings, a boy named Daniel and a girl named Frances, both died in early childhood, but his younger sister Martha (known as “Patsy”) survived.
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Birth Date: 1754Birth Place: White House, Fairfax, VirginiaBirth Date: 27 Nov 1754.Birth Place: White House Plantation, New Kent, VirginiaHusband: Daniel Parke CustisWife: Martha DandridgeMarriage Date: 15 MAY 1750Marriage Place: "Chestnut Grove", New Kent Co., Va.Husband: John Parke CustisWife: Eleanor CalvertMarriage Date: 3 FEB 1774Cause of Death: "Camp Fever" caught at Yorktown.Date of Death: 5 NOV 1781.Place of Death: Yorktown, VAPlace of Death: Eltham Plantation, Yorktown, New Kent, Virginia.- Male
- November 27, 1754
- Eleanor (Calvert) Stuart
- November 5, 1781
Her father, John Parke Custis (1754-1781), was Martha Washington’s son from her first marriage to Daniel Parke Custis, and her mother was Eleanor Calvert Custis (1758-1811), the granddaughter of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore and Proprietary Governor of Maryland.
Dec 22, 2021 · They had six daughters, including the social leaders Elizabeth Parke Custis Law and Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis Lewis, and one son, the writer and orator George Washington Parke Custis. Until late in 1778 Custis and his family divided their time among White House, Mount Vernon, and Mount Airy.
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