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==Marriage and family==
==Marriage and family==
===First marriage===
Martha Dandridge married Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, a man twenty years her senior, on May 15, 1750. The couple lived in his father's Pumunkey River mansion, White House, where Custis managed the plantation for his father. <ref>[http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biomwash.cfm Martha Dandridge Custis Washington]</ref> They had four children: Daniel Parke Custis, Jr. (November 19, 1751 – February 19, 1754), Frances Parke Custis (April 12, 1753 – April 1, 1757), John "Jacky" Parke Custis (November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781) and Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis (1756 – June 19, 1773). Colonel Custis died on July 8, 1757.<ref>[http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=1 Martha Washington]</ref>
Martha Dandridge married Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, a man twenty years her senior, on May 15, 1750. The couple lived in his father's Pumunkey River mansion, White House, where Custis managed the plantation for his father. <ref>[http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biomwash.cfm Martha Dandridge Custis Washington]</ref> They had four children: Daniel Parke Custis, Jr. (November 19, 1751 – February 19, 1754), Frances Parke Custis (April 12, 1753 – April 1, 1757), John "Jacky" Parke Custis (November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781) and Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis (1756 – June 19, 1773). Colonel Custis died on July 8, 1757.<ref>[http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=1 Martha Washington]</ref>