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Martha Parke Custis Peter (31 December 1777 – 13 July 1854)[1] was a granddaughter of Martha Dandridge Washington and the step-granddaughter of George Washington.

Martha Parke Custis was born on 31 December 1777[1][2] in the Blue Room at Mount Vernon.[3] 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 900-acre (3.6 km2) 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]

 

Martha 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]

  • Martha Eliza Angela Peter (20 January 1796 – 20 September 1800)[5]

  • Columbia Lafayette Peter (2 December 1797 – 3 December 1820)[5]

  • John Parke Custis Peter (14 November 1799 – 19 January 1848), married Elizabeth Jane Henderson[5]

  • George Washington Parke Custis Peter (18 November 1801 – 10 December 1877, married Jane Boyce[5]

  • America Pinckney Peter Williams (12 October 1803 – 25 April 1842), married William George Williams[5]

  • Robert Thomas Peter (7 November 1806 – 5 October 1807)[5]

  • Martha Custis Castania Peter (5 October 1808 – 5 April 1809)[5]

  • Brittania Wellington Peter Kennon (28 January 1815 – 27 January 1911), married Beverley Kennon[5] (1830–1890)[6]

Upon 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]

Her $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.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Martha Custis

Daniël Parke Custis
????-1757
Martha Dandridge
1731-1802
Martha Dandridge
Benedict Calvert

Martha Custis
1777-1854


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Birthday December 31, 1777

  • The temperature on December 31, 1777 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1777: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
    • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
    • June 14 » The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
    • August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
    • August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
    • September 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.

Day of death July 13, 1854

  • The temperature on July 13, 1854 was about 13.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 21 » The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.
    • March 20 » The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.
    • May 30 » The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
    • October 6 » In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
    • October 21 » Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
    • December 18 » The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes the seigneurial system.


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