Stepdaughter of George Washington and daughter of Martha Washington
For the granddaughter of Martha Washington, see Martha Parke Custis Peter.
Martha Parke Custis
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1772. This painting is kept at Mount Vernon.
Born
1756 (1756)
White House Plantation, New Kent County, Virginia, British America
Died
June 19, 1773(1773-06-19) (aged 17)
Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, British America
Resting place
Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Other names
Patsy Custis
Parents
Daniel Parke Custis (father)
Martha Dandridge (mother)
George Washington (stepfather)
Relatives
John Parke Custis (brother)
Eleanor Calvert (sister-in-law)
Elizabeth Custis Law (niece)
Martha Parke Custis Peter (niece)
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (niece)
George Washington Parke Custis (nephew)
Martha Parke Custis (1756 – June 19, 1773) was the stepdaughter of George Washington who died from an epileptic seizure at the age of 17, fifteen years before he was elected as the first president of the United States. 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. She was called "Patsy" by her family.[1]
Analysis of George Washington's diary entries describing Patsy Custis's seizures and the treatments she received have led modern medical historians to conclude that the cause of death was SUDEP, or sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.[2][3][4] Her death is considered one of the first well-documented descriptions in history of SUDEP by a witness,[2][3] who happened to be George Washington.[2][5]
^"Martha Parke Custis". Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
^ abcDoherty, Michael J. (August 1, 2004). "The sudden death of Patsy Custis, or George Washington on sudden unexplained death in epilepsy". Epilepsy & Behavior. 5 (4): 598–600. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.03.010. PMID 15256201. S2CID 21485281 – via ScienceDirect.
^ abScorza, F. A.; Cysneiros, R. M.; de Albuquerque, M.; Scattolini, M.; Arida, R. M. (January 2011). "Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: an important concern". Clinics. 66 (Suppl 1): 65–69. doi:10.1590/S1807-59322011001300008. PMC 3118439. PMID 21779724 – via Internet Archive.
^Matschke, J.; Glatzel, M; Püschel, K.; Andresen, H. (2010). "Todesfälle bei Patienten mit Epilepsie". Rechtsmedizin (in German). 20 (5): 437–446. doi:10.1007/s00194-009-0651-y. S2CID 29453157.
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