Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis
BIRTH
1756
New Kent County, Virginia
DEATH
June 19, 1773
Fairfax County, Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER:
Daniel Parke Custis
(1711-1757)
MOTHER:
Martha Washington
(1731-1802)
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Custis, Martha Parke
(1756-1773)
Martha Parke Custis was the stepdaughter of George Washington who died from an epileptic seizure at the age of 17, fifteen years before he was elected as the first president of the United States. She was the youngest child of Martha Custis, who later became known as Martha Washington, and Daniel Parke Custis, who died one year after she was born. She was called "Patsy" by her family.
BIRTHPLACE:
MARKER
Custis White House Site
11850 White House Rd, New Kent, VA
HOMES:
MUSEUM
George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121
GRAVE:
MUSEUM
George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121
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BROTHER
John Dandridge Jr
(1700-1756)
BROTHER
Daniel Parke Custis II
(1751-1754)
SISTER
Martha Washington
(1731-1802)
SISTER
Frances Parke Custis
(1753-1757)
BROTHER
Bartholomew Dandridge
(1737-1785)
BROTHER
John "Jacky" Parke Custis
(1754-1781)
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DIED:
Fairfax County, Virginia
Jun 19, 1773
The exact date and place of Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis died on Jun 19, 1773 in Fairfax County, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.