St. Peter’s Church, established in 1679 in New Kent County, Virginia, was the family church of both the Custises and Dandridges. The fathers of both Martha Dandridge and Daniel Parke Custis were vestrymen at the church, as was Custis himself…

DIED, AT Mount Vernon, on Saturday evening the 22d ult. Mrs. MARTHA WASHINGTON, widow of the late illustrious Gen. George Washington. To those amiable and christian virtues, which adorn the female character, she added dignity of manners, superiority…