Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1807-10-01
Death 1873-11-05
English

Biographical notes:

Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (b. Oct. 1, 1807, Boyce, VA–d. Nov. 5, 1873, Lexington, VA) was descended from several colonial and Southern families, including the Parke Custises, Fitzhughs, Dandriges, Randolphs, Rolfes, and Gerards. She is a descendant from Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, making her a descendant of Charles II of England and Scotland and of William Fitzhugh. She was the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis, President George Washington's step-grandson and adopted son, and Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, daughter of William Fitzhugh. After her father's death, Mary edited and published his writings as "Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington" and also inherited Arlington House where she lived with her husband, Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army. Mary and Robert were married in 1831 and had three sons and four daughters together.

Links to collections

Comparison

This is only a preview comparison of Constellations. It will only exist until this window is closed.

  • Added or updated
  • Deleted or outdated

Information

Permalink:
SNAC ID:

Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Ash Lawn (Virginia : Estate)
  • Freedmen
  • Kilpatrick
  • Reconstruction
  • Secession
  • Slaves
  • United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Women
  • African Americans

Occupations:

not available for this record

Places:

  • Arlington, VA, US
  • Virginia, VA, US
  • Lexington, VA, US
  • Boyce, VA, US

SNAC Cooperative Logo

Social Networks and Archival Context

SNAC is a discovery service for persons, families, and organizations found within archival collections at cultural heritage institutions.

Sponsors

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Endowment for the Humanities

Hosts

University of Virginia Library
National Archives and Records Administration