Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873

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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.

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referencedIn Lee, Mary Custis, 1835-1918. Papers, 1694-1917. Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Carter, Betty Lewis, 1765-1830. Washington family papers [manucript], 1773-1915. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn LeConte, Harriet Evelyn, 1844-1911. Harriet Evelyn LeConte papers, 1857-1883. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Lee family. Papers, 1824-1918. Virginia Historical Society Library
creatorOf Tucker, Eliza Lewis Carter. Letter to Mary A.R. Custis, 1828 December 18. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Montgomery Dent Corse Papers (MS065) Alexandria Library. Local History / Special Collections (Alexandria, Va.)
creatorOf Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873. Notes to Mrs. Marshall McDonald [manuscript] ca.[1860-1861]. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Cooke, Giles Buckner. Papers of Giles Buckner Cooke, 1861-1885. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Xerox copies of photographs: Mary Custis Lee, April 1858; Montgomery D. Corse and John D. Corse, bankers; Thomas S. Corse, May 26, 1985. , 1858-04 - 1985-05-26 Alexandria Library. Local History / Special Collections (Alexandria, Va.)
referencedIn Cheves family. Cheves and Wagner family papers, 1814-1919 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Custis-Lee Family Papers, 1700-circa 1928, (bulk 1770-1870) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Lee, George Bolling, 1872-1948. Papers, 1813-1924. Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Paul Green Papers, 1880-1992 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn White, Lucy Landon Carter Minor, 1849-1877. Photograph album kept by Lucy Landon Carter Minor, 1865-1875. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873. ALS, 1861 June 10 : to James B. Fry. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Record Of Applications Under The Act Of 1896. 1896 - 1897. 1896 Citizenship Application for Robert E. Lee National Archives at Fort Worth
creatorOf Lee, Mary Custis, 1808-1873. Letter, 1858 February 17. Library of Virginia
creatorOf Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867,. Lee family papers [microform] 1652 [1769-1870] 1890. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Papers of Robert E. Lee [manuscript], 1830-1870. n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Johns, Jay Winston, 1888-1974. Jay Johns Papers, 1918-1974. William & Mary Libraries
referencedIn Lee, George Bolling, 1872-1948. Papers, 1732-1870 bulk (1824-1868). Virginia Historical Society Library
creatorOf Lee, Mary Ann Curtis. ALS, 1866 June 25 : Lexington, Virginia, to Mrs. Rhodes. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of Civil War letters, 1861-1865. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Powell family. Powell family papers, 1775-1927. William & Mary Libraries
creatorOf Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, to Louisa Snowden, 1865 - 1873 Alexandria Library. Local History / Special Collections (Alexandria, Va.)
referencedIn Vernon Duke Collection, 1918-1968 Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf Lee and Marshall Family Letters, ., 1811-1870 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Brown-Ewell family papers, 1781-1984. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873. Letters, to Louisa Snowden, chiefly concerning family news [manuscript] 1866-73. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Custis-Lee Family Papers, 1700-circa 1928, (bulk 1770-1870) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Lee family. Lee family letters, 1839-1870. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Papers. United States Military Academy, USMA Library
creatorOf Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873. Typed copy of her letter to the Rev. R.R. Gruley, in Washington, D.C., regarding Gen. Robert E. Lee's resignation from the United States Army and her preparations for leaving Arlington [manuscript] 1861. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers, 1671-1936 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Cooke, Giles Buckner. Papers of Giles Buckner Cooke [manuscript], 1861-1885. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Deas, Mary Carter, 1846-1902. Letters, 1865-1873. Library of Virginia
creatorOf Cooke family. Papers, 1824-1885. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910. Edward Porter Alexander papers, 1854-1865. Library of Congress
referencedIn Custis-Lee-Mason Family Papers, 1756-1863 Library of Virginia
referencedIn Golson, Hugh Stiles. Hugh Stiles Golson collection of Stiles family papers, 1823-1862. Georgia Historical Society
referencedIn Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857. ALS : Arlington, Va., to Charles Carter Lee, Hardy County, Va., 1846 June 29. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Kirk, Page Taylor, Mrs.,. Civil War letters [manuscript] 1861-73. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Thomas J. Dodd Papers, undated, 1919-1971. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Paul A. Freund papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Lee, George Bolling, 1872-1948,. Papers : of George Bolling Lee, 1841-1868. Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Marshall, William L. Lee and Marshall family letters, 1811-1870 [microfilm manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn DeButts-Ely Collection of Lee Family Papers, 1749-1914, (bulk 1832-1872) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Papers, 1749-1939. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Cumming, Kate, 1835-1909. Papers, 1795-1909. Alabama Department of Archives and History
creatorOf Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph, 1796-1876,. Dickins and Kirk families additional papers [manuscript], 1861-1870. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Robert E. Lee family collection, 1838-1870. Museum of the Confederacy
referencedIn Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Letter to Charles S. Venable, 1866 July 6. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Butler, Edward George Washington, 1800-1888. Papers, 1821-1888. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Letter to Charles S. Venable [manuscript], 1866 July 6. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Johnston family. Papers, 1779-1891. Library of Virginia
creatorOf Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers, 1671-1936 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Hopkins, Cornelia Lee, 1780-1815. Letters : to Elizabeth Collins Lee, 1797-1866. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873. Letters. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Lee, Mary R. 880-99 <>. National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library
creatorOf Lee, Mary Ann Custis. Autograph letter signed : Fort Hamilton, to her cousin Martha Williams, [1845?] Nov. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Mastin Gentry White Robert E. Lee Collection, 87-317., 1831-ca. 1931 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Lee, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, to Louisa Snowden, 1865 - 1873 Alexandria Library. Local History / Special Collections (Alexandria, Va.)
creatorOf Cocke, Betty Burwell Page, 1841-1900,. Papers of the Cocke family [manuscript] 1846-1891. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Heth, Henry, 1825-1899. Papers of Henry Heth [manuscript], 1758-1942. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Schaefer, Jacob, 1809-1885. Jacob Schaefer and family papers, 1855-1935. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Powell Famiy Papers, 1775-1927. Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
referencedIn Adams family. Papers, 1798-1862, of the Adams family of Petersburg, Va. Virginia Historical Society Library
creatorOf Jay Johns Papers, 1918-1974. Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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associatedWith Atlas Fuel Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pa.) corporateBody
descendantOf Baltimore, Charles Calvert, Baron, 1699-1751 person
associatedWith Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893 person
associatedWith Butler, Edward George Washington, 1800-1888. person
associatedWith Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966 person
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associatedWith Cooke, Giles Buckner. person
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memberOf Custis Family family
childOf Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857. person
childOf Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857. person
associatedWith Custis-Lee-Mason families. person
childOf Custis, Mary Lee Fitzhugh, 1788-1853 person
associatedWith Deas, Mary Carter, 1846-1902. person
associatedWith de Butts, Harry Ashby, 1895- person
correspondedWith Dodd, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1907-1971 person
correspondedWith Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969 person
associatedWith Dupuy family. family
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grandchildOf Fitzhugh, William, 1741-1809 person
associatedWith Fry, James B. (James Barnet), 1827-1894, person
associatedWith Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 person
associatedWith George Washington Parke Custis person
memberOf Gerard (Family : active 1601-1801) family
associatedWith Glass, Carter, 1858-1946 person
associatedWith Godwin, Mills E. (Mills Edwin), 1914- person
associatedWith Golson, Hugh Stiles. person
associatedWith Green, Paul, 1894-1981 person
associatedWith Gruley, R. R., Rev., person
correspondedWith Halsted, N. W. person
associatedWith Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 person
associatedWith Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907- person
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associatedWith Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1821-1889 person
associatedWith Hopkins, Cornelia Lee, 1780-1815. person
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spouseOf Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 person
spouseOf Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 person
spouseOf Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. person
spouseOf Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. person
spouseOf Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. person
associatedWith Marshall family. family
associatedWith Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 person
associatedWith Marshall, W. L. (William Louis), 1846-1920 person
associatedWith Mason, Emily Virginia, person
associatedWith McDonald, Marshall, Mrs. person
associatedWith McGuire, Hunter Holmes, 1835-1900 person
associatedWith Monroe, James, 1758-1831 person
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associatedWith Moses, Ezekial. person
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associatedWith Thalhimer, Morton G. person
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associatedWith Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation. corporateBody
relativeOf Washington, George, 1732-1799 person
descendantOf Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 person
associatedWith White, Lucy Landon Carter Minor, 1849-1877. person
associatedWith White, Mastin Gentry person
associatedWith William M. (William Munford) Tuck. person
associatedWith Williams, Martha, person
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Birth 1807-10-01

Death 1873-11-05

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