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Arianna Carter Custis[1]

Female 1804 - 1886  (82 years)


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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
    Born 1804  Arlington Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1886  Arlington County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23154  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2021 

    Family George Washington Parke Custis,   b. 30 Apr 1781, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1857, Alexandria County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married Not married 
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F8739  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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

      Photo
      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."

    2. [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."