John Custis, IV

1678 - 1749  (71 years)

• Name	John Custis  [1, 2]
  Suffix	IV
  Birth	Aug 1678	Virginia, Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	9822
  Burial	1749	Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, Colonial America   [1]
  Death	14 Nov 1749	Virginia, Colonial America   [1]
  Person ID	I9822	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Frances Parke,   b. 1685   d. 14 Mar 1714 (Age 29 years)
  Children	+ 1. Daniel Parke Custis,   b. 15 Oct 1711, Queens Creek, James City, Virginia, Colonial America d. 8 Jul 1757, New Kent, Virginia, Colonial America (Age 45 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F3483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Aug 1678 - Virginia, Colonial America Burial - 1749 - Eastville, Northampton, Virginia, Colonial America Death - 14 Nov 1749 - Virginia, Colonial America  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show	3 Photos
  	The first Arlington cemetery has just two grave sites The first Arlington cemetery has just two grave sites, John Custis II (1629-1696) and his Grandson, John Custis IV (1678-1749) - Martha Dandridge Custis Washington's first father-in-law. When John Custis II died, the house went to his grandson, John Custis IV. The house was described by contemporaries as having "a handsome garden and fine…
  	John Custis, IV
  	imageJohn Custis IV (1678-1749) of Williamsburg John Custis (1678–1749) is the subject of this eighteenth-century portrait by Charles Bridges. Custis, who created a magnificent garden in Williamsburg, is depicted with a cut tulip and a book titled Of the Tulip. In 1735, Bridges, an English artist, moved to Williamsburg and subsequently received commissions to paint a number of prominent…

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S244] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 3793.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CM1.