Member of the House of Burgesses for Northampton County
In office 1705–1706
Serving with William Waters
Preceded by
Benjamin Nottingham
Succeeded by
Benjamin Nottingham
Member of the House of Burgesses for the College of William & Mary
In office 1718–1719
Preceded by
Peter Beverley
Succeeded by
Thomas Jones
Personal details
Born
August 1678 Arlington, Northampton County, Colony of Virginia
Died
November 22, 1749 (aged 71) Williamsburg Colony of Virginia
Spouse
Frances Parke
(m. 1706)
Children
5
Parent
John Custis III (father)
Profession
Planter, politician
Military service
Allegiance
British America (1735–1749)
Branch/service
Virginia Militia (1735–1749)
Rank
Colonel
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. A prominent member of the Custis family of Virginia, he utilized his extensive landholdings to support a career in horticulture and gardening.
Born in 1678 into a slaveholding family who resided in Northampton County, Virginia, Custis was sent to London at a young age to study the tobacco trade under Micajah Perry. He returned to his grandfather's plantation at Arlington in 1699 to familiarize himself in the management of slaves. In 1705, he was elected to the Virginia General Assembly, sitting there for a year. Custis married Frances Parke, the eldest daughter of Daniel Parke, in 1706.
In 1714, his father John died, passing control of the family estates to Custis, which included two plantations and numerous slaves. His wife died two years later, and in 1717, Custis moved to Williamsburg, Virginia. There, he revived his interest in political affairs and was again elected to the general assembly for another year. In 1727, Custis was appointed to serve on the Governor's Council of Virginia, having established himself in Williamsburg.
Custis purchased the White House plantation in 1735, arranging for his son and heir Daniel to manage it. Over the last decades of his life, Custis grew increasingly ill, and was removed from his position on the Governor's Council in August 1749. On November 14, 1749, he wrote his will and testament, dying eight days later on November 22. Custis' body was buried in the family cemetery near Cheapside, and his estate passed over to Daniel's control.
County, Virginia. Custis' father was JohnCustis III (also known as JohnCustis of Wilsonia), a prominent planter and member of the Custis family of Virginia...
and the administrator of the Custis Estate. The Washingtons raised Jacky and his younger sister Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis (1756–1773) at Mount Vernon...
years later 1873. Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee was the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis (the grandson of Martha Washington and...
with his parents John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert Custis, and his sisters Elizabeth Parke Custis, Martha Parke Custis and Nelly Custis, at Abingdon Plantation...
Washington Custis Lee (September 16, 1832 – February 18, 1913), also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. His...
attended and Custis was a vestryman. Custis's father John disapproved of the relationship but eventually relented. After a two-year courtship, Custis and Dandridge...
sister, Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis (1756–1773). Her siblings included Elizabeth Parke Custis Law (1776–1831), Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (1779–1854), and George...
of John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert Custis. Her father was the only surviving son of Daniel Parke Custis and his widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, who...
Elizabeth Parke Custis Law (née Elizabeth Parke Custis; August 21, 1776 – December 31, 1831), sometimes known as Eliza Law, was the eldest granddaughter...
Custis is a surname which may refer to: Daniel Parke Custis (1711–1757), son of JohnCustis and first husband of Martha Washington Eleanor Parke Custis...
acquired the Fort Custis site from the army in 1948 as a temporary Lashup radar site, being designated L-15 and initially called Fort Custis. It installed...
approval, and Dandridge married Custis, who was two decades her senior, on May 15, 1750.: 2 After they were married, Custis moved with her husband to his...
She was the youngest child of Martha Custis, who later became known as Martha Washington, and Daniel Parke Custis, who died one year after she was born...
John IV, who was born in August 1678. JohnCustis IV was the father of Daniel Parke Custis, Martha Dandridge Custis's first husband, Martha's Second husband...
Custis Tombs, also known as Custis cemetery at Arlington, is a historic family burial ground located near Cheapside, Northampton County, Virginia. It consists...
family of Maryland. Upon her marriage to John Parke Custis, she became the daughter-in-law of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington and the step-daughter-in-law...
Netherlands-born younger brother of merchant JohnCustis II was naturalized with his brother in 1658. Their father, Henry Custis, had emigrated to Rotterdam in the...
1710–1712. Hancock Custis was one of the younger sons of Colonel JohnCustis III and Margaret (Michael) Custis. His elder brother JohnCustis IV also served...
Peter Collinson, who had begged some of the shrub from his correspondent JohnCustis in Virginia, wrote, when his plants flowered, that "I Really Think it...
Story were expanded and additional batteries were installed at Fort JohnCustis on Cape Charles to guard the entrance to Hampton Roads Harbor. More recently...
the Pennsylvania gardener and botanist John Bartram, proposing to send him some, and remarked that JohnCustis of Virginia had a fine "collection", which...
was the mother of Mary Anna Randolph Custis, who was the wife of Robert E. Lee. In the early 1820s, Molly Custis helped form a coalition of women who...
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