Senzig Family Tree » Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802)

Personal data Martha Dandridge Custis 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of Martha Dandridge Custis

(1) She is married to Daniel Parke Custis.

They got married in the year 1749 at VA, she was 17 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. Daniel Parke Custis  1751-1754
  2. John Parke Custis  1754-1781
  4. Francis Custis  1753-1757


(2) She is married to George Washington 1st pres. of USA.

They got married on January 17, 1759 at New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States, she was 27 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Martha Dandridge Custis

Martha Dandridge Custis
1731-1802

(1) 1749

Daniel Parke Custis
1751-1754

Daniel Parke Custis
1751-1754
John Parke Custis
1754-1781
Martha ("Patsy") Parke Custis
1756-1781
Francis Custis
1753-1757
(2) 1759

George Washington 1st pres. of USA
1732-1799


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Sources

  1. Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties, Dalby, John
    Birth date: 21/Jun/1731
    Birth place:
    Death date: 22/May/1802
    Death place: Minnesota
    / Ancestry.com
  2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 1329.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PJN.
    Birth date: 1731
    Birth place: VA
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  3. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com
    Residence date:
    Residence place: United States
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  4. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.
    Birth date: 1731
    Birth place: Virginia
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  5. Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp.
    Birth date: 2 June 1731
    Birth place: Chestnut Grove, New Kent, VA, USA
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  6. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 66.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LDF.
    Birth date: 1731
    Birth place: VA
    Marriage date: 1749
    Marriage place:
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Historical events

Birthday June 21, 1731

Day of marriage January 17, 1759

  • The temperature on January 17, 1759 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1759: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
    • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
    • August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
    • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
    • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Day of death May 22, 1802

  • The temperature on May 22, 1802 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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).
  • In the year 1802: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 28 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
    • April 26 » Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France.
    • May 19 » Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
    • July 22 » Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
    • September 3 » William Wordsworth composes the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802".
    • September 11 » France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.


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