Mary Ann Randolph Custis

1808 - 1873  (65 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Randolph Custis  [1]
  Birth	1 Oct 1808	Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Marr Name	Mary Ann Randolph Lee
  Record ID	66018
  Death	6 Nov 1873	Alexandria, Virginia   [2, 3]
  	Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, wife of General Robert E. Lee. She was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis & Mary Ann Randolph Fitzhugh. The Lee family lived at Arlington House, which was inherited by Mary. Unfotunately, the house was seized by the Union because Mary was handicapped & unable to pay the new tax they had installed, and the home's property was turned into a burial ground (now present-day Arlington Nat'l Cemetery) for the dead soldiers. Bio by: Hermitess from VA
  Burial	Lee Chapel Museum, Arlington, Lexington City, Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I66018	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	George Washington Parke Custis,   b. 30 Apr 1781, Virginia d. 10 Oct 1857 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Lee Fitzhugh,   b. 1788, Virginia d. 1853 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1805  [1]
  Family ID	F21363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gen. Robert Edward Lee,   b. 19 Jan 1807, Stratford, Westmoreland Co, Virginia d. 12 Oct 1870, Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1831  [1]
  Children	1. George Washington Custis Lee,   b. 16 Sep 1832, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Elizabeth City Co, Virginia d. 18 Feb 1913, Annadale, Fairfax Co, Virginia (Age 80 years)   2. Mary Custis Lee,   b. 12 Jul 1835, Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia d. 22 Nov 1918, Hot Springs, Bath Co, Virginia (Age 83 years)   3. William Henry Fitzhugh 'Rooney' Lee,   b. 31 May 1837, Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia d. 15 Oct 1891, Ravensworth, Fairfax Co, Virginia (Age 54 years)   4. Anne 'Annie' Carter Lee,   b. 18 Jun 1839, Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia d. 20 Oct 1862, Warrenton, Warren Co, North Carolina (Age 23 years)   5. Eleanor Agnes 'Agrey' Lee,   b. 27 Feb 1841, Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia d. 15 Oct 1873, Lexington, Albemarle Co, Virginia (Age 32 years)   6. Capt. Robert Edward 'Rob' Lee, Jr.,   b. 27 Oct 1843, Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia d. 19 Oct 1914, Upperville, Fauquier Co, Virginia (Age 70 years)   7. Mildred Childe Lee,   b. 10 Feb 1845, Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia d. 27 Mar 1905, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F21364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1036] Arlington Foundation, Inc., Arlington Foundation, Custis Genealogy Chart, (Arlington Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 336, 16388 Courthouse Road, Eastville, VA 23347), 1036. [S2259] Findagrave.com, (https://www.findagrave.com), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7416695/mary-anna_randolph-lee, 2259. [S2485] Bernard J. Henley, Henley, Marriages & Obituaries from VA Newspapers, (Library of Virginia Web Page), 2485.