John Parke Custis
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John Parke Custis was an American planter and politician. Custis was a son of Martha Dandridge Custis and Daniel Parke Custis, and later, the stepson of George Washington.
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1774
Martha Washington
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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, who was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, s
John Parke Custis
…John Parke Custis (November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781) was an American planter and politician. Custis was a son of Martha Dandridge Custis (later Washington) and Daniel Parke Custis, and later, the stepson of George Washington. The only son to survive childhood of Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter with…
Portrait by Rembrandt Peale c. 1796
Dandridge at age eight
Chestnut Grove plantation (1919 photograph)
Martha Dandridge Custis in 1757: engraving by John Chester Buttre after a portrait by John Wollaston