Talk:John Parke Custis

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Custis children[edit]

They married when he was 20 and he died at 27. Does anyone know how they managed 7 children so quickly? Twins? Parsnip13 13:27, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Custises had one daughter probably stillborn, three daughters who lived to adulthood (born in 1776, 1777, and 1779), one set of twin daughters who died shortly after their birth in 1780, and one son (born 1781) who lived to adulthood. Jacky Custis's widow remarried and had another seven children at least. GeoWPC 14:52, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The unnamed daughter who was probably stillborn and the set of twins who died shortly after their birth in 1780 are documented in an autobiographical letter from Elizabeth Parke Custis Law (John Parke Custis's eldest surviving daughter) written on 20 April 1808 (original in the David Bailie Warden Papers at the Maryland Historical Society; printed in William D. Hoyt Jr., ed., "Self-Portrait: Eliza Custis, 1808," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 53 [1945]: 89–100). GeoWPC (talk) 20:31, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Slaves?[edit]

If Custis is dead, how did the number of slaves increase by "... his additional purchases ..."? I'll edit that line to leave that "his children inherited more than 600 slaves." but I have no original to review. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paddling bear (talk • contribs) 19:11, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ancestry[edit]

The ancestry chart is completely wrong, e.g., it now states that Martha Washington was this persons daughter.