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Colonel John Custis IV (August 1678 – November 22, 1749) was an American planter, politician, government official and military officer who sat in the House of Burgesses from 1705 to 1706 and 1718 to 1719, representing respectively Northampton County and later the College of William & Mary.
22 de dic. de 2021 · John Custis was a member of the governor’s Council and a tobacco planter often referred to as John Custis, of Williamsburg, to distinguish him from his grandfather, father, and other relatives of the same name. He is best known as Martha Dandridge Custis Washington‘s first father-in-law.
Learn about the life and legacy of John Custis IV, a prominent 18th-century Williamsburg resident and gardener, through archaeological exploration of his home and garden. Discover the stories of his enslaved laborers, his scientific curiosity, and his connection to Martha Washington.
John IV was the father of Daniel Parke Custis, Martha Washington's first husband. Daniel Parke Custis was thirty eight years old when he fell in love with the seventeen year old Martha Dandridge and married her on May 15, 1750.
John Custis IV knew firsthand how hard it was to ship alcohol across the Atlantic Ocean. After receiving a particularly bad shipment he wrote to his London agent, “the wine (was) nothing near as good as that sent first… I cannot drink one drop of it.”
The Letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717-1742. This absorbing letterbook, meticulously edited and thoroughly annotated, provides remarkable insight into the life and concerns of...
John Custis IV of Williamsburg is largely remembered today because of his eccentric tombstone on Virginia's Eastern Shore and because his son's widow married George Washington.
