Lease, 1767 November 5, to James Cocke.
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Custis, John Parke, 1754-1781
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John Parke Custis (November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781) was the son of Martha Washington and stepson of George Washington. Custis was the sole heir of the Custis estate. He married Eleanor Calvert, daughter of a prominent Maryland family. The couple lived at Abingdon Plantation and had seven children, four of whom would survive. As the Revolutionary War came to a close, Custis decided to join his stepfather at Yorktown, the site of Washington's most celebrated victory. Soon after Cornwallis' su...
Custis, Daniel Parke, 1711-1757
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Daniel Parke Custis was an American planter and politician who was the first husband of Martha Dandridge. After his death, Dandridge married George Washington, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the nation's first president....
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...
Cocke, James, 1740-1789.
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