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1804 - 1886 (82 years)
1781 - 1857 (76 years)
Birth |
30 Apr 1781 |
Colonial Virginia |
Died |
10 Oct 1857 |
Alexandria County, Virginia |
Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia |
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Father |
John Parke Custis, b. 1712 |
Mother |
Martha Dandridge, b. 2 Jun 1731, New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia |
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Family 1 |
Molly, Mary Lee Fitzhugh, b. 22 Apr 1788, Chatham Manor, Virginia |
Married |
1804 |
Arlington, Virginia |
Children |
+ | 1. Mary Anna Randolph Custis, b. 1 Oct 1808, Arlington, Virginia |
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Family 2 |
Arianna Carter Custis, b. 1804, Arlington Co., Virginia [2] |
Married |
Not married |
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Name |
Arianna Carter Custis |
- Slave, d/o Arianna Carter(1776-1880) a maid of Martha Washington and G.W.P. Custis
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Born |
1804 |
Arlington Co., Virginia |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
1886 |
Arlington County, Virginia |
Buried |
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland |
Person ID |
I23154 |
My Reynolds Line |
Last Modified |
19 Jun 2021 |
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Sources |
- [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
Spouse
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Charles S Syphax
1791?1869 (m. 1825)
Siblings
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, 1808?1873
Children
William Syphax, 1825?1891
Charles Syphax, 1829?1885
Colbert Stewart Syphax, 1836?1896
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."
- [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."
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