click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were wed in January of 1759. Both were twenty-seven years old, and they had spent a total of fewer than three weeks together.

click image for close-up When American painter Edward Savage sketched a prototype for a print of George Washington and his family in 1789, it included Martha Custis Washington, the wealthy widow ...

Martha and George adopted John’s two youngest children, daughter Nelly and son Washy (George Washington Custis) after his widow remarried and moved West of the Allegheny. Martha said one day ...

He was the father of Daniel Custis, first husband of Martha Washington who would, of course, go on to later marry George Washington, which is why historians first took interest in Custis.

Martha Washington, painted in oil by Rembrandt Peale ... ne’er-do-well son, John Parke Custis, as well as her nieces and nephews. They had experienced loss, triumph, life outside of Virginia ...

He is perhaps best known as the first father-in-law of Martha Washington. She married future U.S. President George Washington after Custis’ son Daniel died. Historians also have been intrigued b ...

Its origins have been obscured, with the slavery question... When Martha Custis married George Washington in 1759, according to Chadwick, she was a fat and amiable widow seeking a loving companion ...