John Parke Custis

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Virginia colonial figure person planter

John Parke Custis was the son of Martha Washington and stepson of George Washington, known primarily as a member of the prominent Custis-Washington family in colonial Virginia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Virginia colonial figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
planter ⓘ
associatedWith Abingdon plantation on the Potomac River ⓘ
Mount Vernon, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Mount Vernon estate
birthDate 1754-11-27 ⓘ
birthPlace New Kent County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
causeOfDeath camp fever ⓘ
typhus (probable) ⓘ
child Eleanor Parke Custis ⓘ
Elizabeth Parke Custis ⓘ
George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
Martha Parke Custis ⓘ
surface form: Martha Parke Custis Peter
countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Colony of Virginia
deathDate 1781-11-05 ⓘ
deathPlace New Kent County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: New Kent County, Virginia
educatedAt College of William & Mary ⓘ
King's College ⓘ
era American Revolutionary era ⓘ
surface form: American Revolutionary period

Colonial America ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Custis ⓘ
father George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
surface form: Daniel Parke Custis
fullName John Parke Custis self-link ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
marriageDate 1774-02-03 ⓘ
memberOfFamily Custis family ⓘ
Washington family ⓘ
militaryConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
mother Martha Washington ⓘ
surface form: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
notableEvent served as aide and liaison during the Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
notableRelative George Washington ⓘ
George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
Martha Washington ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
owned plantations in Virginia ⓘ
placeOfBurial Queen's Creek Cemetery, York County, Virginia ⓘ
positionHeld member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ
religion Anglican ⓘ
represented New Kent County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: New Kent County, Virginia
residence Abingdon plantation ⓘ
Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Arlington, Virginia area

Mount Vernon, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Mount Vernon
sibling Martha Parke Custis ⓘ
socialClass Virginia gentry ⓘ
spouse Eleanor Calvert ⓘ
stepchildOf George Washington ⓘ
stepfather George Washington ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martha Washington → child → John Parke Custis ⓘ
John Parke Custis → fullName → John Parke Custis self-link ⓘ
George Washington Parke Custis → parent → John Parke Custis ⓘ