Marriage and Children
Martha married Thomas Peter in 1795 at Hope Park in Fairfax County, Virginia. The young bride requested from her step-grandfather George Washington a miniature of himself as a wedding gift. Painted in Philadelphia between 1794 and 1795 by Walter Robertson, the miniature was a watercolor on ivory and is set in gold, and depicted Washington in his Continental Army uniform.
Martha and Thomas had eight children:
- Martha Eliza Angela Peter (20 January 1796 – 20 September 1800)
- Columbia Lafayette Peter (2 December 1797 – 3 December 1820)
- John Parke Custis Peter (14 November 1799 – 19 January 1848), married Elizabeth Jane Henderson
- George Washington Parke Custis Peter (18 November 1801 – 10 December 1877, married Jane Boyce
- America Pinckney Peter Williams (12 October 1803 – 25 April 1842), married William George Williams
- Robert Thomas Peter (7 November 1806 – 5 October 1807)
- Martha Custis Castania Peter (5 October 1808 – 5 April 1809)
- Brittania Wellington Peter Kennon (28 January 1815 – 27 January 1911), married Beverley Kennon (1830–1890)
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