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      • His son survived, but Daniel Parke Custis died at White House on July 8, 1757. The medicines prescribed for treating his illness suggest that he died of some sort of virulent throat infection, such as scarlet fever, a streptococcal infection, diphtheria, or quinsy.
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  2. Some historians state that he died of a heart attack, [9] [10] but other sources state that Custis died from a severe throat infection. [11] Custis is buried in the graveyard of the Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia beside two of his children, Daniel Parke Custis, Jr., and Frances Parke Custis. [12]

  3. Dec 22, 2021 · His son survived, but Daniel Parke Custis died at White House on July 8, 1757. The medicines prescribed for treating his illness suggest that he died of some sort of virulent throat infection, such as scarlet fever, a streptococcal infection, diphtheria, or quinsy.

  4. Daniel Parke Custiss untimely death on July 8, 1757 forced Martha into action. She ordered a black walnut coffin for her husband’s burial. Because Virginians did not practice embalming, burial occurred within a day or two after death.

  5. The artist also painted the other members of the Custis family: Custiss wife, Martha Dandridge Custis, and the Custiss two surviving children, John Parke (Jacky) and Martha Parke (Patsy) Custis. Daniel Parke Custis died later in 1757, probably from a throat infection.

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  6. In 1754 Daniel died, probably of malaria; Frances died in 1757. Yet in the meantime, Martha Custis had given birth to two more children who would become the center of her own life: John Parke Custis (called “Jacky”), who was born in 1754, and Martha Parke Custis (called “Patsy”), born in 1756. Death of Daniel Parke Custis

  7. Daniel Parke Custis (October 15, 1711 – July 8, 1757) was an American planter and politician who was the first husband of Martha Dandridge. After his death, his widow, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington, who later became the first president of the United States.

  8. Daniel Parke Custis died later in 1757, probably from a throat infection. His widow married George Washington in 1759.

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