Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis, approximately 1758-1811

nor Calvert Custis Stuart was a prominent member of the wealthy Calvert family of Maryland and, through marriage, a member of the Custis family. Eleanor married John Parke Custis, son of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington and stepson of George Washington. John Custis purchased the Abingdon plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia. Eleanor and John had seven children. In 1781, John died of "camp fever" following the Siege of Yorktown.

In 1783, Eleanor married Dr. David Stuart, an Alexandria physician and business associate of George Washington. Eleanor and David had sixteen children together. Eleanor died on September 28, 1811 at Tudor Place in Washington, DC.