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- Daniel Parke Custis was thirty eight years old when he fell in love with the seventeen year old Martha Dandridge and married her on May 15, 1750. During their seven years of marriage, Martha and Daniel Custis had four children.
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Less than a year after the death of her first husband, Martha Custis would be courted by a number of men. Learn More. In her late teens, Martha Dandridge caught the eye of Daniel Parke Custis, who, though 20 years her senior, was one of the most eligible bachelors in Virginia.
Sep 22, 2016 · A late-18th century painting of George and Martha Washington with their adoptive children, George Washington Parke Custis and Nelly Custis, as well as one of their slaves. Edward...
Dec 22, 2021 · Daniel Parke Custis marries Martha Dandridge at Chestnut Grove. They will have four children.
Upon Martha Custis's marriage to George Washington in 1759, her dower share came under his control, pursuant to the common law doctrine of seisin jure uxoris. He also became guardian of her two minor children, and administrator of the Custis estate.
Martha may well have been on track to have as many children as her mother when an unforeseen tragedy intervened. Just a few months after their daughter Frances had died, Daniel Parke Custis suddenly became ill.
Apr 2, 2014 · At 18 years old, Martha wed Daniel Parke Custis, a rich plantation owner, in 1749. The couple would have four children, though only two, Jack and Patsy, lived past childhood.
