John (Sea Side) (75) Custis

Abt 1742 - Bef 1808  (< 66 years)

• Name	John (Sea Side) (75) Custis  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1742	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Will - Fathers	10 Nov 1766	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	In his will William Custis named sons John, Bagwell, William and daughter Betty and a grandaughter Leah Custis.
  Will - Brothers	7 Nov 1774	Accomack Co, Virginia   [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 Co, Virginia   [5]
  	He was shown as John Custis, a Captain in the Militia.
  Reference Identifer	DAR Patriot #A029138 (Capt. in the Militia & in the Continental Line)
  Record ID	56058
  Will	18 Jan 1808	Accomack Co, Virginia   [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 Co, Virginia   [6, 7, 8]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated. George P. Bagwell, Samuel Crippen & Thomas Edmunds securities.
  Person ID	I56058	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	William (of Edward) Custis,   b. Abt 1718, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 25 Nov 1766, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 48 years)
  Mother	Tabitha (22) Bagwell,   b. Abt 1716, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 10 Nov 1766, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 50 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1740	Accomack Co, Virginia   [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	Esther Savage,   b. Abt 1748, Northampton Co, Virginia 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 Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Susanna (177) Custis,   b. Abt 1767, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1788 (Age 21 years) + 3. Henry Bagwell (178) Custis,   b. Abt 1768, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 29 Dec 1817, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 49 years) + 4. Elizabeth (182) Custis,   b. Abt 1770, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 28 Apr 1812, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 42 years) + 5. Annie (180) Custis,   b. Abt 1772, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 29 Jul 1822, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 50 years)   6. Tabitha (181) Custis,   b. Abt 1774, Accomack Co, Virginia + 7. Catharine (179) Custis,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 27 Jun 1853, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 78 years)   8. William Edmund (183) Custis,   b. Abt 1790, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 27 Dec 1813, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 23 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F19472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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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] Mihalyka, Colonial Deaths, N'hamp Co, (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, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 562 (tract N128), 572.