Hancock Custis was a member of the
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been established ...
, the elected lower house of the colonial
Virginia General Assembly
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from
Accomack County, Virginia
Accomack County is a United States county located in the eastern edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Together, Accomack and Northampton counties make up the Eastern Shore of Virginia, which in turn is part of the Delmarva Peninsula, bordered ...
in 1710–1712.
Family
Hancock Custis was one of the younger sons of Colonel
John Custis III and Margaret (Michael) Custis.
[Harrison, William Welsh]
'Harrison, Waples and allied families: being the Ancestry of George Leib Harrison of Philadelphia and of his wife Sarah Ann Waples'
Philadelphia: Private printing by Edward Steen & Co., Inc., 1910. . Retrieved March 1, 2013. pp. 97–98. His elder brother
John Custis IV also served in the House of Burgesses and the
Virginia Governor's Council
The Governor's Council (also known as the "Council of State" or simply "the Council") was the upper house of the colonial legislature (the House of Burgesses was the other house) in the Colony of Virginia from 1607 until the American Revolution i ...
.
Hancock Custis's brother, Major
John Custis
Colonel John Custis IV (August 1678 – November 22, 1749) was an American planter, politician, government official and military officer who sat in the House of Burgesses from 1705 to 1706 and 1718 to 1719, representing the electoral constitue ...
, was the father of
Daniel Parke Custis
Daniel Parke Custis (October 15, 1711 – July 8, 1757) was an American planter and politician who was the first husband of Martha Dandridge. After his death, Dandridge married George Washington, who later became the first president of the Unite ...
, first husband of
Martha Washington
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 21, 1731 — May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington served as the inaugural ...
.
Major John Custis named one of his sons "Hancock."
Hancock Custis's will, which was proved May 7, 1728, mentions his wife Mary.
[Nottingham, Stratton]
'Wills and Administrations: Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800'
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Originally published 1931. . Retrieved March 1, 2013. p. 93. Hancock and Mary Custis's children were sons John, Southey, Levin and Theophilus and daughter Leah, who married Levin Gale.
Farm
Hancock Custis inherited a farm at King's Creek from his uncle, Adam Michael.
House of Burgesses
Accomac County voters elected Hancock Custis as one of their representatives in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1710, but he did not win another term.
Death
Hancock Custis died between the date of his signing the last codicil to his will, August 17, 1727, and a date before his will was proved on May 7, 1728.
[Harrison, 1910, p. 98.]
Notes
References
* Harrison, William Welsh
'Harrison, Waples and allied families: being the Ancestry of George Leib Harrison of Philadelphia and of his wife Sarah Ann Waples' Philadelphia: Private printing by Edward Steen & Co., Inc., 1910. . Retrieved March 1, 2013.
* Nottingham, Stratton
'Wills and Administrations: Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Originally published 1931. . Retrieved March 1, 2013.
*
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed
'Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography' Volume 1. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. . Retrieved February 16, 2013.
* Wise, Jennings Cropper
'Col. John Wise of England and Virginia (1617-1695); his ancestors and descendants' Richmond, VA: Bell Books and Stationery Co., 1918. . Retrieved March 2, 2013.
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People from Accomack County, Virginia
House of Burgesses members
Custis family of Virginia
1720s deaths
Year of birth missing
Year of death uncertain