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Martha Parke Custis Peter (December 31, 1777 – July 13, 1854)[1] was a granddaughter of Martha Dandridge Washington and the step-granddaughter of George Washington. Early lifeMartha Parke Custis was born on December 31, 1777[1][2] in the Blue Room at Mount Vernon.[4] She was the second-eldest surviving daughter of John Parke Custis, son of Martha Washington and her first husband Daniel Parke Custis, and his wife Eleanor Calvert, daughter of Benedict Swingate Calvert and his wife Elizabeth Calvert.[1] Martha was named for her father's late sister, Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis (1756–1773). Her siblings included Elizabeth Parke Custis Law (1776–1831), Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (1779–1854), and George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857). She was known to her family as "Patsy."[3] At first the family alternated between living at the Washingtons' plantation, Mount Vernon in Virginia, and the Calverts' plantation, Mount Airy in Maryland.[4] In 1778, John Parke Custis purchased Abingdon, a {{convert|900|acre|km2|adj=on}} plantation on the west bank of the Potomac River (now the site of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport).[4] Abingdon was conveniently located equidistant between Mount Vernon and Mount Airy.[4] Marriage and childrenMartha married Thomas Peter in 1795 at Hope Park in Fairfax County, Virginia.[1][2][4] The young bride requested from her step-grandfather George Washington a miniature of himself as a wedding gift.[4] Painted in Philadelphia between 1794 and 1795 by Walter Robertson, the miniature was a watercolor on ivory and is set in gold, and depicted Washington in his Continental Army uniform.[3] Martha and Thomas had eight children:[1][5]
Slaves and inheritancesUpon her marriage, Martha inherited 61 slaves from her late father's estate.[7] Thomas almost immediately auctioned them off to raise cash,[7] an action that may have inspired the stern rebuke against the breaking up of slave families that George Washington delivered in his will.[7] Her step-grandfather bequeathed her $8,000, 1/32 of his estate.[4] Martha Washington died in 1802, and Thomas Peter served as executor of her estate. The Peters purchased at a private sale many objects from Mount Vernon to preserve her grandparents' legacy.[4] Martha Peter inherited approximately 35 dower slaves from Mount Vernon following her grandmother's death (from grandfather Daniel Parke Custis's estate). She later inherited about 40 additional slaves following the 1811 death of her mother (from father John Parke Custis's estate).[8] Tudor PlaceHer $8,000 inheritance from George Washington was used to purchase property in Washington, D.C. in 1805.[4] The property, comprising one city block on the crest of Georgetown Heights, had an excellent view of the Potomac River. The couple commissioned Dr. William Thornton,[4] architect of the United States Capitol, to design their mansion which they named Tudor Place. Later lifeMartha Parke Custis Peter died on July 13, 1854.[1][5] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web | url=http://arlisherring.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I047647&tree=Herring | title=Martha Parke Custis | date=February 9, 2008 | accessdate=2008-02-22 | author=Arlis Herring | deadurl=no | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707163059/http://arlisherring.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I047647&tree=Herring | archivedate=July 7, 2011 | df= }} {{Custis family}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Peter, Martha Parke Custis}}2. ^1 {{cite book |title= Memoirs of Washington|last= Washington Parke Custis|first= George |authorlink= George Washington Parke Custis|author2=Mary Randolph Custis Lee |year= 1859|publisher= Englewood publishing company|page=37 |url= }} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/marriage/custis.html |title=The Papers of George Washington: Documents |year=2009 |accessdate=2008-02-28 |publisher=The Papers of George Washington |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602045030/http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/marriage/custis.html |archivedate=June 2, 2010 |df= }} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web | url=http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/articles/kail_2.html | title=The Papers of George Washington: Articles | year=2009 | accessdate=2008-02-22 | publisher=The Papers of George Washington | author=Wendy Kail | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717114221/http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/articles/kail_2.html | archivedate=July 17, 2011 | df= }} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web | url=http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=87563 | title=Martha Parke Custis | accessdate=2008-02-22 | author=Geneall | deadurl=no | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007100815/http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=87563 | archivedate=October 7, 2012 | df= }} 6. ^{{cite book|title=Washington, outside and inside: A picture and a narrative of the origin, growth, excellencies, abuses, beauties, and personages of our governing city|last=Townsend|first=George Alfred|authorlink=George Alfred Townsend|year=1874|publisher=J. Betts & Co.|page=621}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite book |title=An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America |last=Weincek |first=Henry |authorlink= |year= 2003 |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |location=New York |isbn= |pages=336–343 |url= }} 8. ^As widow of an intestate husband, Eleanor Calvert Custis (later Stuart) was granted the lifetime use of 1/3 of the assets of John Parke Custis's estate, including its slaves. Upon her death, her third of the Custis estate, including its slaves, was inherited by the couple's 4 children. 13 : 1777 births|1854 deaths|18th-century American Episcopalians|19th-century American Episcopalians|American slave owners|18th-century women|19th-century women|American socialites|Burials at Mount Vernon|Custis family of Virginia|People from Mount Vernon, Virginia|People from Washington, D.C.|Washington family |
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