Records of New Kent County, Virginia

Records of New Kent County, Virginia. Collected and Published by the Martha Washington Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

D.C. Daughters of the American Revolution

eng

Martha Dandridge Custis

Malcolm Hart Harris

M.H. Harris

1977

book

eng

Martha Dandridge Custis

Pages: 155 p., {8} leaves of plates
Physical description: 155 p., {8} leaves of plates : ill., 24 cm
Note: Includes index
Subject: Court records--Virginia
Subject: Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Subject: Virginia--Social life and customs--To 1775
Subject: Virginia--Genealogy

Elmer Thomas Crowson

Southern Historical Press

1981

book

eng

Martha Washington's grandchildren

Patricia Brady

University of South Carolina Press

1991

book

eng

"George Washington in Williamsburg"

Pages: 3 p. (text)
Physical description: 3 p. (text)
Summary: Gives history of Custis House. Reports on Washington family trips to Williamsburg. Gives references
Note: Material located in RESEARCH QUERY FILE. Please ask Reference staff for assistance
Subject: Washington, George, 1732-1799
Subject: Custis family--Homes and haunts
Subject: Custis Square (Williamsburg, Va.)

Mary R.M. Goodwin

paper

eng

Account of Martha Washington's share of the Custis estate

Estate of Daniel Parke Custis

This inventory was compiled from appraisals made of the estate of Daniel Parke Custis in 1757 and 1758, after his death in 1757. The appraisals were apparently compiled by John Mercer, who was the attorney for the estate. George Washington transcribed the compilation into his account book soon after his marriage to Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759. This heavily water-damaged page is the beginning of a list of slaves owned by the Custis estate, with their estimated values. Besides its historical value, the image illustrates the important work performed by archivists and other scholars in preserving and reconstructing historical documents.

George Washington

Washington & Lee University

eng

John Wollaston, portrait of Martha Dandridge Custis, oil on canvas

Portraits

Englishman John Wollaston painted many of the leading figures of the American upper class in his time in America between 1749 and 1767, including Martha Dandridge Custis, her husband Daniel Parke Custis, and their children. Wollaston had a tendency to paint similar faces on all his subjects, but this portrait is still significant as the first known image of the future Martha Washington. It provides an important contrast with the typical image of Martha in the public mind as a plump, elderly matron (image courtesy of Lee Chapel and Museum, Washington & Lee University).

John Wollaston

1757

Lee Chapel and Museum, Washington & Lee University

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John Wollaston, Jacky and Patsy Custis, 1757

Portraits

Well known portraitist John Wollaston painted the entire Custis family in 1757. This dual portrait is of Daniel and Martha Custis's two chidlren, John Parke (Jacky) and Martha Parke (Patsy) Custis.

John Wollaston

1757

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John Wollaston, Daniel Parke Custis, oil on canvas, 1757

Portraits

In 1757, the Custis family commissioned the well-known portrait painter, John Wollaston, to execute portraits of the entire family: Martha Dandridge Custis, her husband Daniel Parke Custis, and their two children, Martha Parke Custis and Daniel Parke Custis, who were pictured together. Daniel Parke Custis died later in 1757 from what is believed to have been a throat infection (image courtesy of Lee Chapel & Museum, Washington & Lee University).

John Wollaston

1757

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Letter, from Marth Dandridge Custis to Robert Cary & Company, August 20, 1757

Martha Washington as feme sole

In this letter, Martha Dandridge Custis informs Robert Cary & Company, a London agent for the sale of Custis tobacco and the purchase of English consumer goods, of the death of her husband Daniel Parke Custis. Taking on her new role as head of household, the young widow Custis gives detailed instructions to the agent for the handling and sale of various consignments of tobacco (image courtesy of Virginia Historical Society).

Martha Washington

1757-08-20

eng