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Elizabeth Custis

Female 1637 - 1656  (19 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth Custis was born in 1637 in Plemonstall, Cheshire, England; died in 1656 in , Accomack, Virginia, USA; was buried in Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, USA.

    Family/Spouse: John Custis, II. John (son of John Custis and Joan Powell) was born in 1629 in , , Netherlands; died on 29 Jan 1696 in Hungars Plantation, Northampton, Virginia, USA; was buried in Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Col John Custis III  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1653 in Hungars Plantation, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Jan 1714 in Wilsonia, Northampton, Virginia, USA; was buried in Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Col John Custis III Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1653 in Hungars Plantation, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Jan 1714 in Wilsonia, Northampton, Virginia, USA; was buried in Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret Michael. Margaret was born in 1658 in , Accomack, Virginia, USA; died on 29 March 1697 in , Northampton, Virginia, USA; was buried in Cashville, Accomack, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. John Custis, IV  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Aug 1678 in Arlington, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Nov 1749 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  John Custis, IV Descendancy chart to this point (2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in Aug 1678 in Arlington, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Nov 1749 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    John Custis (August 1678–after 14 November 1749) was a member of the Governor's Council in the British colony of Virginia. Often he is designated as John Custis IV or John Custis, of Williamsburg, to distinguish him from his grandfather, father, and other relatives of the same name. The son of John Custis (ca. 1654–1714) (usually designated John Custis III or John Custis, of Wilsonia), who was also a Council member, and Margaret Michael Custis, Custis was born in Northampton County, Virginia. On 4 May 1706 he married Frances Parke, the elder daughter and heiress of Daniel Parke, governor of the Leeward Islands.

    Custis had moved to Williamsburg, Virginia by 1717. There he created a magnificent 4-acre (16,000 m2) garden and corresponded with many celebrated horticulturists and naturalists, including John Bartram, Mark Catesby, and Peter Collinson. Custis served on the governor's Council from 1727 until increasingly ill health forced him to request to be suspended in August 1749. In 1744, John Custis took the extraordinary step of petitioning the Governor and Council to set a slave child free. The petition stated the boy was "Christened John but commonly called Jack, born of the body of his Negro wench, Alice."[1]

    He died soon after completing his will on 14 November 1749. At his request, he was buried on the Eastern Shore of Virginia at the Arlington plantation. In his will Custis instructed his son, on pain of being cut off with only one shilling, to place on his marble tomb the wording that Custis had "Yet lived but Seven years which was the Space of time he kept a Batchelors [sic] House at Arlington on the Eastern Shoar [sic] of Virginia. This Inscription put on this Stone by his own positive Orders."

    His only surviving son, Daniel Parke Custis, was the first husband of Martha Washington.

    References

    Will in Prerogative Court of Canterbury Registered Wills, Searle 287, Principal Probate Registry, London, England.
    Kneebone, John T., et al., eds. Dictionary of Virginia Biography (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1998- ), 3:636-639. ISBN 0-88490-206-4.
    Zuppan, Jo. "John Custis of Williamsburg, 1678-1749," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 90 (1982): 177-197.
    Custis, John (2005) Zuppan, Josephine Little ed. The letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717-1742 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. ISBN 094561280X, 9780945612803 http://books.google.com/books?id=EkKUjMmxVS0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false
    ^ Wiencek, Henry (2004). 'An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America', p. 73. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0374529515

    "John Custis’s marriage was famously miserable."
    In an apocryphal story, he once drove a carriage bearing him and his wife Frances Parke right into the Chesapeake Bay. The following exchange is said to have taken place:

    “Where are you going, Mr. Custis?” Frances asked, with the water swirling around them.

    “To hell, madam.” Came the reply.

    “Drive on,” said Frances, “any place is better than Arlington.”

    Source: Wiencek, Henry. An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America. Farrar, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003, pg. 72.

    Family/Spouse: Frances Custis. Frances was born in 1687 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Mar 1714 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Henry Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1706 in , Northampton, Virginia, USA; died in 1751 in , Accomack, Virginia, USA.
    2. 5. Robinson Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1708 in , Accomack, Virginia, USA; died in 1764 in , Accomack, Virginia, USA.
    3. 6. Simon Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1708 in , Northampton, Virginia, USA; died in 1709 in Arlington, Northampton, Virginia, USA.
    4. 7. Adam Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1710 in , Northampton, Virginia, USA.
    5. 8. Custis Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1711 in Arlington, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died in 1712 in Arlington, Northampton, Virginia, USA.
    6. 9. Daniel Parke Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Oct 1711 in Queens Creek, James City, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Jul 1757 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; was buried in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
    7. 10. Frances (Fanny) Custis II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1713 in Arlington Plantation, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died in 1739 in Arlington Plantation, Northampton, Virginia, USA.
    8. 11. Elizabeth Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Aug 1718 in Deep Creek, Accomack, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Jul 1769 in Craddock, Accomack, Virginia, USA.
    9. 12. Ann Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Aug 1725 in MT Custis, Accomack, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Aug 1790 in Craddock, Accomack, Virginia, USA.
    10. 13. Leah Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1731 in Matomkin, Accomack, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Apr 1792 in Warwick, Upshur's Neck, Accomack, Virginia, USA.
    11. 14. Black Jack Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1733 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1751 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Henry Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1706 in , Northampton, Virginia, USA; died in 1751 in , Accomack, Virginia, USA.

  2. 5.  Robinson Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1708 in , Accomack, Virginia, USA; died in 1764 in , Accomack, Virginia, USA.

  3. 6.  Simon Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1708 in , Northampton, Virginia, USA; died in 1709 in Arlington, Northampton, Virginia, USA.

  4. 7.  Adam Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1710 in , Northampton, Virginia, USA.

  5. 8.  Custis Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1711 in Arlington, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died in 1712 in Arlington, Northampton, Virginia, USA.

  6. 9.  Daniel Parke Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 15 Oct 1711 in Queens Creek, James City, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Jul 1757 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; was buried in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.

    Daniel married Martha Dandridge in 1749. Martha (daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Orlando Jones) was born on 21 Jun 1731 in Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 22 May 1802 in Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA; was buried in Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Daniel Parke Custis, II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Nov 1751 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Feb 1754 in Eltham, New Kent, Virginia, USA; was buried in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
    2. 16. Frances Parke Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Apr 1753 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Apr 1757 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
    3. 17. John Parke Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Nov 1754 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Nov 1781 in Eltham, New Kent, Virginia, USA; was buried in Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
    4. 18. Martha Parke Custis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1756 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Jun 1773 in , , Virginia, USA; was buried in Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.

  7. 10.  Frances (Fanny) Custis II Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1713 in Arlington Plantation, Northampton, Virginia, USA; died in 1739 in Arlington Plantation, Northampton, Virginia, USA.

  8. 11.  Elizabeth Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 27 Aug 1718 in Deep Creek, Accomack, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Jul 1769 in Craddock, Accomack, Virginia, USA.

  9. 12.  Ann Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 24 Aug 1725 in MT Custis, Accomack, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Aug 1790 in Craddock, Accomack, Virginia, USA.

  10. 13.  Leah Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1731 in Matomkin, Accomack, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Apr 1792 in Warwick, Upshur's Neck, Accomack, Virginia, USA.

  11. 14.  Black Jack Custis Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Col2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1733 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1751 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.