Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart | |
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 Miniature painting of Eleanor Calvert, c. 1780, by an unknown artist; possibly the Irish-American painter John Ramage | |
| Born | Eleanor Calvert 1758 |
| Died | September 28, 1811 (aged 57-58) |
| Spouse(s) | John Parke Custis David Stuart |
| Children | 23, including: Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Martha Parke Custis Peter Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis George Washington Parke Custis |
| Parent(s) | Benedict Swingate Calvert Elizabeth Calvert |
Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart (born Eleanor Calvert; 1758 – September 28, 1811) was a member of the wealthy American Calvert family of Maryland. She was the wife of politician John Parke Custis who was the son of Daniel Parke Custis and Martha Custis (later Washington), and the stepson of President George Washington. She and John had seven children. She was widowed when John Parke Custis died of disease at the end of the American Revolution at Yorktown where he served with his stepfather, George Washington. Eleanor married David Stuart, an Alexandria physician and business associate of George Washington on November 20, 1783.
As of 2024, her portrait still hangs at Mount Airy Mansion in Rosaryville State Park, Maryland.[1]
- ^ Mt Airy Mansion at Wildnet.com. Retrieved February 25, 2024.