Custis, Eleanor "Nellie" Calvert (fl. 1775)
Custis, Eleanor "Nellie" Calvert (fl. 1775)
Daughter-in-law of Martha Washington. Name variations: Mrs. John Parke Custis; Nellie Custis. Born Eleanor Calvert in Mt. Airy, Maryland; fl. around 1775; m. John "Jacky" Parke Custis, in Feb 1774; children: (1st m.) Martha Parke Custis (who m. Thomas Peter); Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis (1779–1852); George Washington Parke Custis (b. 1781), and one other; (2nd m.) 16 children.
Following death of husband, kept 2 of her children, her older daughters, and sent the other 2 to live with in-laws, George and Martha Washington; later remarried and give birth to 16 more.
See also Women in World History.
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