Charles (enslaved by John Custis II)

Abt 1669 - Aft 1719  (51 years)

• Name	Charles (enslaved by John Custis II)
  Birth	Abt 1669
  	Charles was named in John Custis II's 1691 with a wife Kate and two children. Assuming the children born around 1690 & 1688, and Charles born around 1669.
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named as enslaved	28 Mar 1691	Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  	John Custis II will
  	John Custis II 1691 will To wife Tabitha • Kate • Charles • Jeremy • child Rose • child Jenny • Jack • Jenny (Gabriel's dau.) • Betty • Ned • Maria • & her boy Simon • Tom Bell • Long Tom • Gabriel • Indian Jone To grandson John Custis IV • Jefery • Bess • boy Peter • Mall • Tucke • Sarah • Namey • young Daniel • Sandy • Gustiea • Bab • Tom • Sarah
  Deed of Gift - Named	8 Jul 1696	Northampton Co, Virginia   [2]
  	Tabitha Custis distributes humans to minors Thos & Tabitha Custis. The children were her great grandchildren, and the great nephew/niece of her deceased husband John Custis II.
  	Tabitha Scarborough Brown Smart Custis, widow of John Custis II. To great grandson Thomas Custis: • Charles, Negro man • Kate his wife, Negro woman • Jack & Jeremy, Negro men • Rose daughter of Kate To great granddaughter Tabitha Custis: • Tom Bell, Negro man • Maria, Negro woman • Simon & Marilla, Negro children (Simon named as Maria's in John Custis II's 1691 will) • Jacob "child of the Negro woman Maria" • Jenny "child of the Negro woman KATE"
  Will - Named as enslaved	3 Oct 1719	Accomack County, Virginia   [3]
  	3 Oct 1719 Thomas Custis will To wife Anne Isaac Negro man Venns Negro woman, and her future increase To son John George Banam mulatto man & wife, Sumter and her future increase Creecy, and her future increase Robin, boy To son Edmond Ned Negro man Jack Rose, and her future increase To son Thos Whittington Yamnan Negro man Jerime Negro man Hannah girl, and her future increase To daughter Tabitha Daniel mulatto man Charles man Pink girl (died) To daughter Sarah Pompey boy Kate woman Kate girl To daughter Elizabeth Cuffy & Sarah his wife Negroes, and her future increase if unborn child Tucker Negro man Jacob boy Charles boy
  Will - Named as enslaved	3 Oct 1719	Accomack County, Virginia   [3]
  	Charles & Kate's family was destroyed in the 1719 will as Thomas Custis separated them as his property. Charles went to Thomas' daughter Tabitha Custis Kate went to daughter Sarah Rose went to son Edmond
  Reference Identifier	Negro
  Death	Aft 1719	Northampton Co, Virginia   [4]
  	Charles was alive to be inherited as property in 1719. His family was split and distributed among Thomas Custis' family. • Man Charles and girl Pink were willed to Thomas Custis daughter Tabitha. • Woman Kate was willed to Thomas Custis daughter Sarah, along with boy Pompey and girl Kate. (Kate's 'increase' not mentioned. She was past child-bearing age) • Man Ned, man Jack and woman Rose and her increase willed to Thomas Custis son Edmund.
  Association	Gen. John Custis, II (Built Arlington) (Councillor) (Relationship: Enslaved by)
  Person ID	I127291	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family	Kate (enslaved by John Custis II),   b. Abt 1669   d. Aft 1721, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1688	Northampton Co, Virginia
  Children	1. Rose (enslaved by John Custis II),   b. Abt 1688, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 1747, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age 58 years)   2. Jenny (enslaved by John Custis II),   b. Abt 1690, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 1719, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age 28 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F46129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S419] N'hamp Co Orders, Wills, 1689-98, page 355 (John Custis II. Mar 28, 1691 Will), 419. [S420] N'hamp Co Deeds & Wills, 1692-1707, page 98 (Tabitha Custis deed of gift. 28 Sep 1696), 420. [S3370] Accomack Co, VA, Wills, Deeds & c., 1715-29, part 2 (original), page 136. (Thomas Custis will. 3 Oct 1719), 3370. [S104] Accomack Co, VA, Wills, Deeds & c., 1715-29, part 2 (typed), page 136. (Thomas Custis will. 3 Oct 1719), 104.