From Thyphoid or similar war scene ailment. Incident occurred at Yorktown but he died weeks later.
Yes, she was. Martha Washington had four children with her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis: Daniel Parke Custis, Jr., Frances Custis, John Parke "Jacky" Custis, and Martha Parke "Patsy" Custis.
Martha was born Martha Dandridge. She became Martha Dandridge Custis when she married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, in 1750. After Daniel's death in 1757, she married George Washington on January 6, 1759. Two of her children by Custis were still living at the time : John "Jacky" Custis was 4, and Martha ("Patsy") Custis was 2.
Martha's two children were by her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis. John ("Jacky") was 4, and Martha ("Patsy") was 2 when Martha and George were married in 1759. George and Martha raised Jacky and Patsy; Patsy died at age 17 and Jacky married Eleanor Calvert, and had four children. Two of Jacky's children were raised by George and Martha.
George Washington had one stepson, John Parke Custis (known as "Jacky"), who was Martha's son by Daniel Parke Custis. John died in 1781 in the Revolutonary War, but fathered two children, who were later also raised by George and Martha.
They had no children of their own but Martha had two very young children from her previous marriage, when she and George married; Jacky (John Parke Custis) and Patsy (Martha Parke Custis). George was instrumental in raising Jacky and Patsy, and deeply cared for them.
George Washington had no (known) offspring of his own. Martha had two children with her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis who passed away leaving a young Martha and two children, John (Jacky) & Martha (Patsy), along with a very substantial estate. Several years later when Martha & George married, George raised the children as his own. Patsy died at age 17 following debilitating seizures several years earlier. Jacky died of "camp fever" (Typhus) only days after joining his stepfather in the war efforts. Jacky's wife had several children passing along the Custis surname.
The aboriginal guide known as Jacky Jacky was famous for his loyalty to Kennedy. When Kennedy was killed by hostile natives in far North Queensland, Jacky Jacky faithfully continued the journey alone to meet the ship, to carryover news of Kennedy's terrible fate.
George Washington married Martha DandridgeCustis on January 6th in 1759. They had no children together, but he greatly loved his stepchildren Jacky and Patsy Custis along with many step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Martha's maiden name was Dandridge. She then married Daniel Parke Custis, who was 20 years her senior; Custis died 7 years later.When Martha married George Washington, 2 years after her first husband died, she was known as Martha Dandridge Custis.
John Custis died in 1749.
Mary Anna Custis Lee died in 1873.