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Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (* 31. März 1779 in Mount Airy, Maryland; † 15. Juli 1852 ), bekannt als Nelly, war die Enkelin von Martha Washington und die Stiefenkelin von George Washington .
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (March 31, 1779 – July 15, 1852), known as "Nelly", was a granddaughter of Martha Washington and a step-granddaughter of George Washington.
Eleanor Parke Custis (known as “Nelly”) was the youngest of Martha Washington’s three granddaughters. Custis was born at Abingdon, the home of her parents, John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert, on March 31, 1779, at the mid-point of the American Revolution.
Nelly was one of four children of John Parke Custis and his wife Eleanor Calvert, daughter of Benedict Calvert, the illegitimate son of the fifth Lord Baltimore. After John Parke Custis' death in 1781, his widow was remarried, to Dr. David Stuart, and took her two older children with her to Fairfax, VA. Her younger children, including Nelly ...
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, called Nelly, was George and Martha Washington's granddaughter. Nelly spent much of her youth at Mount Vernon—learn more about Nelly through some of her belongings in Mount Vernon's collection.
Eleanor Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, a stepgranddaughter of George Washington, is the subject of this 1804 portrait by the renowned American artist Gilbert Stuart. Nelly Custis Lewis gave this portrait to Lorenzo Lewis, her only surviving son, in 1836.
ELEANOR PARKE CUSTIS LEWIS (1779-1852) Eleanor (“Nelly”) Parke Custis, the third of the four children of John Parke Custis and his wife Eleanor Calvert, was most likely born in Fairfax County, Virginia.[1]
