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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.
22 de dez. de 2021 · Learn about Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy Virginia planter who married Martha Dandridge in 1750 and died in 1757. He left his property to his widow, who later married George Washington and became one of the richest women in the colony.
Just a few months after their daughter Frances had died, Daniel Parke Custis suddenly became ill. Although Martha Custis summoned the best physicians money could buy, her husband died on July 8, 1757.
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.
When Col Daniel Parke Custis was born on 15 October 1711, in James City, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Custis IV, was 33 and his mother, Frances Parke, was 25. He married Martha Dandridge on 15 May 1750, in New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America.
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Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy planter, poses in 1757 for the well-known portraitist John Wollaston. 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.
Scope and Contents William Byrd writes to his brother-in-law John Custis, enclosing a will of their father-in-law Daniel Parke (dated 1710 December 7) regarding inheritance to their wives Frances and Lucy, daughters of Daniel Parke.
