George Washington Parke Custis^{[1, 2]}

1781 - 1857  (76 years)

• Name	George Washington Parke Custis
  Born	30 Apr 1781	Colonial Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Oct 1857	Alexandria County, Virginia
  Buried	Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia   [3]
  Person ID	I23149	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	John Parke Custis,   b. 1712,   d. 1781, Virginia  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Martha Dandridge,   b. 2 Jun 1731, New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia ,   d. 22 May 1802, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F8737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Molly, Mary Lee Fitzhugh,   b. 22 Apr 1788, Chatham Manor, Virginia ,   d. 23 Apr 1853, Arlington County, Virginia  (Age 65 years)
  Married	1804	Arlington, Virginia
  Children	+ 1. Mary Anna Randolph Custis,   b. 1 Oct 1808, Arlington, Virginia ,   d. 5 Nov 1873, Lexington, Virginia  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F8736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Arianna Carter Custis,   b. 1804, Arlington Co., Virginia ,   d. 1886, Arlington County, Virginia  (Age 82 years)
  Married	Not married
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F8739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  G. W. P. Custis p23149GWPCustis.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		George Washington Parke Custis-Obit The Baltimore Sun Oct 13, 1857
  		George Washington Parke Custis-Funeral Services The Baltimore Sun Oct 14, 1857
  		Mary Lee Custis-Obit New York Daily Herald Apr 26, 1853

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Obituary, https://www.reynoldspatova.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=18539. Daughter's Obit names Father George Washington P. Custis, s/o John Parke Custis, a son of Mrs. Washington by her first husband, and an aid--de-camp to General Washington at the seige of Yorktown. [S100] Internet Source, https://www.nps.gov/arho/learn/historyculture/george-custis.htm. George Washington Parke Custis George Washington Parke Custis stands at the left next to his adopted father, George Washington. National Gallery of Art Born in 1781, George Washington Parke Custis was the grandson of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington through her first marriage. After his natural father, John Parke Custis, died in 1781, G.W.P. Custis went to live at Mount Vernon where George and Martha Washington raised him as their own son. During his childhood, Custis became very attached to his stepfather, George Washington. In 1802, Custis started the construction of Arlington House on land that he had inherited from his natural father. When completed in 1818, he intended the house to serve as not only a home but also a memorial to his stepfather, George Washington. In 1804, Custis married Mary Lee Fitzhugh. The two had four children, but only one, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, survived. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2281/george-washington_parke-custis. George Washington Parke Custis BIRTH: 30 Apr 1781 Maryland DEATH: 10 Oct 1857 (aged 76) Virginia BURIAL: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81502491/maria-carter-syphax. Maria Carter Custis Syphax Birth 1804, Arlington County, Virginia Death 1886 (aged 81?82), Arlington, Virginia Burial: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland Maria Carter Syphax, grew up a slave in Arlington, Virginia, the illegitimate daughter of George Washington Parke Custis and his housekeeper. In 1826 Custis?a wealthy landowner who was Martha Washington's grandson admitted paternity and freed Maria.Maria Syphax was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis and Arianna Carter(1776-1880) a maid of Martha Washington. George Washington Parke Custis, and he was lord of the Arlington estate of 1,110 acres.It is stated, however, that Custis recognized Maria as his child and gave her a piece of property on the Arlington estate. This piece of land constituted 15 acres off the northwest corner of the Arlington estate and "her white cottage was surrounded by tall trees and pleasant stretches of grassland and the place was beautiful as well as homelike."