John Parke Custis

1754 - 1781  (26 years)

• Name	John Parke Custis  [1, 2]
  Birth	27 Nov 1754	New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	9827
  Burial	1781	Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Death	5 Nov 1781	Eltham, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I9827	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	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)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Martha Dandridge,   b. 13 Jun 1731, Chestnut Grove, New Kent, Virginia, Colonial America d. 22 May 1802, Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Family ID	F2154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Calvert,   b. 1758, Mount Airy, Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America d. 28 Sep 1811, Tudor Place, Georgetown, District of Columbia, USA (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1774  [2]
  Children	1. Custis,   b. 1775   d. 1775 (Age 0 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] + 2. Elizabeth Parke Custis,   b. 21 Aug 1776, Prince George's, Maryland, USA d. 31 Dec 1831, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] + 3. Martha Parke Custis,   b. 31 Dec 1777, Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA d. 1854, Tudor Place, Georgetown, District of Columbia, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] + 4. Eleanor Parke Custis,   b. 21 Mar 1779, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA d. 15 Jul 1852, Berryville, Clarke, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   5. Twin Daughter 1 Custis,   b. 1780   d. 1780 (Age 0 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   6. Twin Daughter 2 Custis,   b. 1780   d. 1780 (Age 0 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] + 7. George Washington Parke Custis,   b. 30 Apr 1781, Mount Airy, Frederick, Maryland, USA d. 10 Oct 1857, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F3484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Nov 1754 - New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA Burial - 1781 - Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Death - 5 Nov 1781 - Eltham, New Kent, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show	4 Photos
  	Geo & Martha Wash & grandchildren, and servant (Collection of Arligton House) John Parke Custis is the boy on the left. His sister, Martha Parke Custis is standing behind the table.
  	Custis, John Parke (Jacky) 1754-1781 #2
  	John Parke Custis by Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1774 By Charles Willson Peale - https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/media_player?mets_filename=evr11656mets.xml, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67283694
  	johnparkecustis

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S677] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 160 : 1920. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 160 : 1920