Peter family papers, 1772-1932
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Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis, approximately 1758-1811
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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 physic...
Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1776-1831
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Elizabeth Parke Custis Law (1776-1831) was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza’s two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. Davi...
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802
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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the first First Lady of the United States. Washington is not only remembered as the nation’s first lady who set an example for her future first ladies, but also as a wife, mother, and property owner. She is an example of strength during the Revolutionary War, and as the first lady of a new nation. Born at Virginia’s Chestnut Grove Plantation located in New Kent County, Virginia on June 2, 1731, she was the eldest of eight children born to John and France...
Hardiman, Peter, active 1787-1802
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Peter Hardiman was an enslaved groom whom George Washington rented from a relative, to oversee the stable’s operations at Mount Vernon in Virginia. By 1787, Hardiman was married to Caroline Branham, a housemaid and seamstress, and they had six children. Although the state of Virginia did not recognize marriages between enslaved people, Washington did. He also was reluctant to break up families of enslaved individuals. Washington worked out a long-term contract through which he obtained permissio...
Anderson, James, 1745-1807
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James Anderson was Farm Manager at The Mount Vernon Estate. Anderson was raised on his father's farm about 40 miles north of Edinburgh, Scotland, near the village of Inverkeithing. At the age of twenty-one, Anderson began a farming apprenticeship, and at the end of the second year began to manage the estate of the farm owner's uncle. Anderson held that post for three years and then for the next nineteen owned his own farm, mills, and distillery. During this time Anderson married Helen Gordon of ...
Abingdon (Plantation : Va.)
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Abingdon (also known as the Alexander-Custis Plantation) was a plantation that the prominent Alexander, Custis, Stuart, and Hunter families owned. The plantation's site is now located in Arlington County in the U.S. state of Virginia. In 1778, John Parke Custis, the son of Daniel Parke Custis and Martha Washington and the stepson of George Washington, purchased Abingdon and its 1,000-acre estate from Robert Alexander. Abingdon is known as the birthplace of Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis Lewis ...
Costin family (Washington, DC)
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The Costin family includes members related to William Costin, who was an enslaved man owned by the Custis family through Martha Washington's line. William Costin was manumitted by Thomas Law, the husband of Elizabeth Parke Custis Law. The family lived in the District of Columbia....
Peter, Martha Parke Custis, 1777-1854
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Martha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854) was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, l...
Peter, Armistead, 1840-1902
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Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter’s sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical pra...
Peter, Agnes, 1880-1957
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Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946...
Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911
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Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon’s mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where ...
Peter, Robert, 1726-1806
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Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire squ...
Rogers, Edmund Law, 1818-1896
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Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plate...
Costin, William, 1780?-1842
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William Costin was born approximately 1780, believed to be the son of Ann Dandridge-Costin, an enslaved woman. He was a free African-American activist and scholar, who successfully challenged District of Columbia slave codes in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia that would have required free Blacks in Washington City to post a bond and submit to annual registration. His parentage is unclear; stories indicate he may have been a relation of the Custis family. He had a well-documente...
Law, Thomas, 1756-1834
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Thomas Law (1756-1834) was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation’s capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Colum...
Washington, George, 1732-1799
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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
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Lear became George Washington's private secretary in 1785 and for seven years was a member of the official family at Mount Vernon. After his first wife's death he married Frances Bassett Washington, who was Martha Washington's niece and the widow of George Washington's nephew George Augustine Washington. He later married another niece of Martha's, and served in a number of consular positions. 1762, Sept. 19 ...
Peter, George, 1779-1861
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Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his ...
Rogers, Lloyd Nicholas, approximately 1787-1860
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Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd’s Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd’s father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had...
Law, John, 1784?-1822
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John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1...
