John (Sea Side) (75) Custis

Abt 1742 - Bef 1808  (< 66 years)

• Name	John (Sea Side) (75) Custis  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1742	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named in Fathers will	10 Nov 1766	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	In his will William Custis named sons John, Bagwell, William and daughter Betty and a grandaughter Leah Custis.
  Will - Named in Brothers will	7 Nov 1774	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	In his will Bagwell Custis named a goddaughter Peggy Custis, daughter of Thomas Custis Sr. (assumed to have been his uncle), sister Elizabeth Garrison, eldest brother John Custis & youngest brother William Custis.
  Rev War Veteran	1775	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	He was shown as John Custis, a Captain in the Militia.
  Reference Identifier	DAR Patriot #A029138 (Capt. in the Militia & in the Continental Line)
  Record ID	56058
  Will	18 Jan 1808	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  	To my wife what the law provides. To son Henry Custis land where I now live containing 975 acres & also the following slaves: Joshua, Brit, George son of Leah, Martha, Leah & Patience upon the condition that when son William Edmund Custis comes of lawful age all the slaves named above to him. To my granddaughter Sara Crippen my Negroe Darkey & all her children. To daughter Ann White slaves Adar, Spencer & Hebe. To my daughter Elizabeth Bundick my Negroes Amey & Sarah & all their children. To son William Edmund Custis 125 acres on Assateague Island & also 37 ½ acres on Morris Island with all my stock on Assateague Island & also all the rest of my slaves & … & he to have a home on my plantation with his brother Henry Custis as long as he remains single & Henry should pay William £50. If my daughter Leah Milburn should survive her present husband, Washington Milburn, £100. To my daughter Catharine Coleburn, should she survive her present husband, John Coleburn, £100. Spencer Barnes should have a tenement on my lands during his life. Friend Thomas Evans & sons Henry Custis & William E. Custis Extrs. Witt: Thomas Evans & Charles Wharton.
  Death	Bef 29 Feb 1808	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6, 7, 8]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated. George P. Bagwell, Samuel Crippen & Thomas Edmunds securities.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edmund Custis, (I),   b. 1568, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England d. 1620  (Age 52 years)  (4 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth (--?--),   b. Abt 1560   d. Yes, date unknown  (5 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  + 1. John (Sea Side) (75) Custis,   b. Abt 1742, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Feb 1808, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 66 years) ╚═ Esther Savage,  m. 1765 ;   Esther (559) Savage,  m. Abt 1790 ;   Margaret 'Peggy' Evans,  m. Abt 1800   2. Scarburgh (74) Custis,   b. Bef 1744, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 10 Nov 1766, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 22 years)   3. Bagwell (76) Custis,   b. Abt 1748, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Sep 1777, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 29 years) + 4. William Smith (77) Custis,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Jan 1821, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 71 years) ╚═ (--?--) (--?--),  m. Abt 1780 ;   Bridget Pennock,  m. 2 Jan 1787 ;   Margaret (50) Waters,  m. Abt 1800 + 5. Elizabeth 'Betty' (78) Custis,   b. Abt 1752, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ William Garrison,  m. Abt 1774
  Person ID	I56058	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	William (of Edward) Custis,   b. Abt 1718, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Nov 1766, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 48 years)
  Mother	Tabitha (22) Bagwell,   b. Abt 1716, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 10 Nov 1766, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 50 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1740	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	William Custis of Edw'd and Tabitha Bagwell of Henry were married between 23 Sep 1738 and 2 Oct 1744.
  Family ID	F17620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Esther Savage,   b. Abt 1748, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1765  [8, 9]
  	In 1761 John Savage released the 150 acres of land his father-in-law Berry Floyd gave him to hold until Floyd's granddaughter Esther Savage either married or became age 21 to John & Esther Custis and 2 years later they sold to Moses Kellum. This was the Major Joynes part of tract N128 which is east of Exmore and north of Willis Wharf.
  Children	+ 1. Leah (176) Custis,   b. Abt 1766, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Washington Milbourn  m. Abt 1800 + 2. Susanna (177) Custis,   b. Abt 1767, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1788 (Age 21 years) ╚═ Thomas Crippen  (Age < 26 years)  m. 3 Sep 1783;    ╚═ John Finney  (Age < 49 years)  m. Aft 28 Mar 1786 + 3. Henry Bagwell (178) Custis,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Dec 1817, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 49 years) ╚═ Elizabeth Fletcher  (Age 36 years)  m. 29 May 1810 + 4. Elizabeth (182) Custis,   b. Abt 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 28 Apr 1812, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 42 years) ╚═ Hancock Copes  (Age 30 years)  m. Abt 1790;    ╚═ John Abbott Bundick, Jr.  (Age 53 years)  m. 13 Sep 1802;    ╚═ Joseph Hannaford  (Age < 44 years)  m. Abt 1796 + 5. Annie (180) Custis,   b. Abt 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Jul 1822, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 50 years) ╚═ Arthur White  (Age < 43 years)  m. Abt 1788   6. Tabitha (181) Custis,   b. Abt 1774, Accomack County, Virginia, USA + 7. Catharine (179) Custis,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Jun 1853, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 78 years) ╚═ John Coleburn  m. Abt 1798   8. William Edmund (183) Custis,   b. Abt 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Dec 1813, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 23 years)
  Family ID	F19472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Esther (559) Savage,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1790  [8]
  Family ID	F46138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2023

  
  

  Family 3	Margaret 'Peggy' Evans,   b. Abt 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1800  [8]
  Family ID	F46186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1742 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 10 Nov 1766 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Brothers will - 7 Nov 1774 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Rev War Veteran - 1775 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 18 Jan 1808 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - Bef 29 Feb 1808 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 98 (Bagwell Family), 887. [S3025] JoAnn Hines, Hines, JoAnn - DAR Patroits of Accomack Co, VA, (Provided to MK Miles by Mary Jane Burn, 10 Mar 2018), 3025. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 229 (will of William Custis), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 306 (will of Bagwell Custis), 570. [S577] Walker & Turman, Acc Soldiers & Sailors in Rev, (Parksley, VA: A Project of the Eastern Shore Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1975 (Manuscript at the E.S.P.L.)), 577. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 152 (will of John Custis Sr., Sea Side, St. George Parish), 688. [S831] Jean M. Mihalyka, Colonial Deaths, Northampton County, Virginia, (Eastville, VA: Hickory House, 2003), p. 14, 831. [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 105 (Bagwell Family), 887. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 562 (tract N128), 572.