Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, known as Nelly, was the granddaughter of Martha Washington and the step-granddaughter of George Washington. Nelly was most likely born at Mount Airy, her maternal grandfather's estate in Prince George's County, Maryland, although local tradition holds that she was born at Abingdon. Nelly was the daughter of John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert Custis.

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  • Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, known as Nelly, was the granddaughter of Martha Washington and the step-granddaughter of George Washington. Nelly was most likely born at Mount Airy, her maternal grandfather's estate in Prince George's County, Maryland, although local tradition holds that she was born at Abingdon. Nelly was the daughter of John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert Custis. Her father was the only surviving child of Daniel Parke Custis and his widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, who married George Washington in 1759. Nelly was also the granddaughter of Benedict Swingate Calvert, son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. Following the premature death of John Parke Custis in 1781, Nelly and her brother, George Washington Parke Custis, were informally adopted by the Washingtons. During George Washington's presidency, Nelly helped entertain guests at the New York City presidential mansions, the President's House in Philadelphia, and later at Mount Vernon. The talented and beautiful young woman often accompanied her adoptive parents to social events. On February 22, 1799, Nelly Custis married George Washington's nephew, the widower Lawrence Lewis, of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Washingtons' wedding gift was 2,000 acres (8.1 km) adjacent to Mount Vernon, on which the Lewises built Woodlawn Plantation. Upon her marriage, Nelly Lewis inherited about 80 slaves from the John Parke Custis estate. The Daniel Parke Custis estate was liquidated following Martha Washington's 1802 death, and Nelly Lewis inherited about 35 "dower" slaves from Mount Vernon. Following the death of her mother in 1811, the John Parke Custis estate was liquidated, and she inherited approximately 40 additional slaves. Beginning in the mid-1830s the Lewises began dividing their time between Virginia and their surviving daughters' homes in Louisiana. About 1830 they moved to Audley plantation in Clarke County, Virginia. Nelly Custis Lewis continued to live there after her husband's death in 1839. Throughout her life, she regarded herself as a preserver of George Washington's legacy. She shared memories and mementos, entertained and corresponded with those seeking information on the first president, and verified or debunked stories. She is buried at Mount Vernon in an enclosure adjacent to George and Martha Washington's tomb.
  • Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, bekannt als Nelly, war die Enkelin von Martha Washington und die Stiefenkelin von George Washington.
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  • Frances Parke Lewis Butler 1799-1875 Lorenzo Lewis 1803-1847 Mary Eliza Lewis Conrad 1813-1839 (5 did not live to adulthood)
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  • Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, known as Nelly, was the granddaughter of Martha Washington and the step-granddaughter of George Washington. Nelly was most likely born at Mount Airy, her maternal grandfather's estate in Prince George's County, Maryland, although local tradition holds that she was born at Abingdon. Nelly was the daughter of John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert Custis.
  • Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, bekannt als Nelly, war die Enkelin von Martha Washington und die Stiefenkelin von George Washington.
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