Peter, Martha Parke Custis, 1777-1854

Martha Parke Custis married Thomas Peter (1769-1834) in 1795 and the couple lived on Wapping Street (later K Street) near Rock Creek in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC. In 1805, they purchased Tudor Place where they lived the remainder of their lives, raising ten children. Martha was the daughter of John Parke Custis (1754-1781), son of Martha Washington by her first husband Daniel Parke Custis. Her mother was Eleanor Calvert Custis (1758-1811), granddaughter of Charles Calvert, 5th baron Baltimore and proprietary governor of Maryland. Elizabeth Dennis Teackle knew the Peters while the Teackle's owned a home in Georgetown. Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby attended Madame Grelaud’s French School with the Peter’s daughters, Columbia Washington Peter, and America Pinkney Peter.