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22 de dic. de 2021 · SUMMARY. Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis was an Episcopal lay leader whose efforts helped to revive Virginia’s Episcopal church early in the nineteenth century. Custis’s father, William Fitzhugh, served in the Continental Congress. Her husband, George Washington Parke Custis, was the stepgrandson of George Washington and well-known ...
Mary Lee "Molly" Fitzhugh Custis (April 22, 1788 – April 23, 1853) was an Episcopal lay leader in Alexandria County in present-day Arlington County, Virginia. She 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 sought to abolish ...
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (October 1, 1808–November 5, 1873) was the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee. She played a part in the American Civil War, and her family legacy home became the site of Arlington National Cemetery. Fast Facts: Mary Custis Lee.
Mary Lee "Molly" Fitzhugh Custis (April 22, 1788 – April 23, 1853) was an Episcopal lay leader in Alexandria County (now Arlington County, Virginia, United States). She was the mother of Mary Anna Randolph Custis who was the wife of Robert E. Lee. Early in the 1820s, Molly Custis helped form a coalition of women who hoped to eradicate slavery.
Credit: Virginia Museum of History and Culture. Original Author: Unknown. Created: Nineteenth century. Medium: Daguerreotype. Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, an Episcopal lay leader and the wife of George Washington Parke Custis, the stepgrandson of George Washington, is dressed in a checked dress and a bonnet in this hand-tinted daguerreotype.
Mary Custis Lee was the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis (1781-1857) and Mary Lee Fitzhugh (1788-1853). She was raised at Arlington House, directly across the Potomac River from the District of Columbia. In 1831, she married Lieutenant Robert E. Lee in a cer-emony held in the parlor at Arlington. During the succeeding ...
8 de jun. de 2021 · Mary Anna Randolph Custis was born on October 1, 1807. She was the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis and Mary Fitzhugh Custis. Growing up, Mary’s personal maid was her enslaved older half-sister, Maria Carter Syphax, who was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis and an enslaved woman named Ariana Carter.
