IV-B. John Parke Custis’s Estate Account, c. November 1761

IV-B

John Parke Custis’s Estate Account, 1759–1761

[c. November 1761]

Dr
Mr John Parke Custis 1759
	Currt Mony	Sterling
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
1759 Oct.
To Balle of your Acct Currt then settled & approvd of by the Genl Court [and] 435 lib. Tobo	617. 7. 1/21

To the said 435 lib. Tobacco @ 20/ prCt	4. 7.
To James Gildart Esqr. for ⅔ of £151.0.4¾ for Negroes Cloathing2		£ 100.13. 7
To 4 pair Cotton Sheets and Beds for Overseers and Workmen	17.
1760
To Sundrys for his own use Vizt 8½ yds Irish Linnen £3.14.3[;]⅝ Cambrick 12/6[;] 1¼ yds Linnen 3/1½[;] Toys 3/9[;] Books and Marbles 3/11[;] Callico for a double Gown 20[;] 1 Yard fustian 2/. A pair of Silver Buckles 15s. A Suit of Cloaths for his Man £3.15.1½. 7½ yards ⟨illegible⟩las 12/6 and a pair of Shoes for ditto 4/.	11. 6. 2
To Joseph Valentine for Sundrys allowed him at Settlement Vizt for his own Wages £70 paid the Mill Right 10£ 15/. the Taylor £2.4.10. The Weaver £1.13.4. the Glazier 9/9 for building a Boat 25s. Mending Seines 20s. taking up ⟨Je⟩mmy 39/6. 15 Bushels of Oats to Sow 21/3. Toys 4/. an Augur 1/3. Tobo Knives 7/6. Milk pans 26/7½ horse Collars 3/6	92.11. 6 1/2
To Mrs Washington’s [share] of the Rents on the other side3	43. 2. 6
To Sundrys for his own use Vizt Shipd by Robert Cary Esqr. & Co. £23.19.7 School Books 5/. a pair of Shoes for his Man 4/6	9. 6	& 23.19. 7
To two Saines for Fishing at your Plantations		28. 5. 4
To Joseph Valentine for Sundrys allowed him at Settlement Vizt Paid Roger Tandy’s Wages £40. Benja. Piggots £8 Lewis Smith £5 for James ⟨Mercies⟩ share of Corn £8.16.10½ for David Goddens ditto £7.4. for Wm B⟨ates⟩ ditto £6 Doctr Amsons Acct £1.1.6 Doctr Jas Carters £18.13.10. Doctr Wm Carter 13s. Mr [Andrew] Franks £1.2.6. The Smiths £3.9.3¾. The Taylors 19/2. The Midwife 10/ for bringing things over the Bay 20s. for 2 pr Wool Cards 5s. for 2 horse Collars 2/6 for fixing the Seines 3/9. for a Barrel of Tar 12/6. for the Poll and Land Tax to the Sheriff of York £9.6.8½	113. . 7 3/4
To Law Charges for one half of £5 and 2/3 of £187.9. paid Mr Mercer pr Acct	127. 9. 44
April [1761]
To Balle now due to John Parke Custis besides 1/3 of 51 hhds Tobo Contra		1456.19. 5 5/125
	1026.13. 8 3/4	£1609.17.11 5/12

Contra		Cr.
1759 Oct.		Currt Money	Sterling
		s. d.	s. d.
By Balle of your Acct then settled			£1046.13.10 1/26
By an allowance on damaged Linnen		£15.11. 7 1/2
By Joseph Valentine for Sundrys accounted for as disposd of & recd by him Vizt
Pork 12036 lib.	£110. 7.9
Wheat 53½ bushls	11. 7.4 1/2
Corn 30½ Barrels	17. .
Sheep 12 & 5
Lambs	9.14.6
A Horse	21.10.
Wool 48 lib.	2. 2.
Hair	1. 7.6
For haling the Sein	3. .	176. 9. 1 1/2
Rents for 1758 of Saml Hollars £30.7.6 Jas Yates £5 Rent of a Field 30s.	£ 37. 7.6

for 1759 of John
Warrington £20
John Rispass £12
Thos Wethers £10
Geo. Chaplain £10
Peter Scott £10
Emery Hughs £8.
James Yates £5
John Ashwell £5.
Thos Wilkens £5
Abraham Cole
£4 and George
Jones £3	92.	129. 7. 6
1761 Apl
By 720 Bushels of Oats at 10d.		30.
By Joseph Valentine for Sundrys accounted for as disposd of by him Viz.
Pork 8544 lib.	£ 72.17.9 1/2
Beeves	62. 2.
⟨butter⟩ 437½ lib.	20. 9.4 1/2
⟨illegible⟩ 253 1/2
Bushels	55.19.9
⟨illegible⟩ Meal 54
Bushels	5. 8.
⟨illegible⟩ 28 lib.	.17.6.
⟨illegible⟩ 2 & 1
Lamb	1.10.
leather 2 hides 12s.
a skin 2.6. a pr of
Shoes 5s.	.19.6.
⟨illegible⟩ Chests	3. .
pd James Biggs for
Sundries he sold
on the E. Shore	£ 7.11.9 1/2	230.15. 8 1/2
Rents for 1760 ⟨illegible Jones⟩ £3 Abra. Cole £4 Peter Scott £10. Jno. ⟨Warrington⟩ [George] Chaplin £5 for Smiths Island £12	£ 54. .
for 1761 ⟨illegible⟩	£ 5. .	59. .
By one third of the ⟨Balle illegible⟩ settled		92. 6. 9 5/12	& 563. 4. 0 11/12
By one third of 51 hhds Tobo ⟨illegible⟩ for		[ ]7
By Balle now due from Jno.
Parke ⟨Custis illegible Washing⟩ton		293. 2.11 10/128
		£1026.13. 8 3/4	£1609.17.11 5/12

AD, ViLxW: Washington’s Account Book. See the source line notes in docs. IV and IV-A.

1. In the general account of the personal property in the Custis estate (doc. III-B), it was determined that each of the three heirs was entitled to property valued at £1,617.18.0 5/12 sterling and £7,618.7.11½ current money. In October–November 1759 John Parke Custis was assigned property (slaves and goods) valued at £571.4.1½ sterling and £8,235.15 current (doc. III-C–2). The latter figure is £617.7.0½ more than was due him as his one-third share, and it is carried over as a debit to this account.

2. See GW to James Gildart, 20 Sept. 1759, n.1. The other one-third would have been charged to the dower account.

3. The “other side” refers to the credit side of the account, where the total rent is £129.7.6, of which Mrs. Washington was entitled to one-third.

4. This may be part of the final settlement with John Mercer for his handling the Dunbar case. See Editorial Note, 20 April 1759–5 Nov. 1761. Mercer in his account book has this entry for June 1760 under George Washington: “Colo. [John] Robinsons order for a State. of Custis’s Case—187.9,” followed by “For Colo. Custis’s Estate” (ViHi: John Mercer’s Account Book, 64).

5. The figure £1,456.19.5 5/12 as the sterling balance due from the estate to John Parke Custis April 1761 is the amount assigned to him in the two estate accounts (docs. III-C–2, £1,617.18 sterling, and IV-A, £563.4. 11/12 sterling) less the sterling liabilities charged to him in his estate accounts (docs. III-C–2, £571.4.1½ sterling to October 1759, and IV-B, £152.18.6 sterling for October 1759 to April 1761).

6. This is the total sterling amount due John Parke Custis from the estate after the initial settlement in October 1759. It is carried over from his individual estate account printed here as doc. III-C–2.

7. The blank is a reminder that John Parke Custis will be credited with onethird of the 51 hogsheads not yet accounted for.

8. The balance of £293.2.11 10/12 current money is struck on the Contra side to show John Parke Custis in debt to the estate of this amount, which is carried forward to the Debit side of his next account. See note 1.

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Title: IV-B. John Parke Custis’s Estate Account, c. November 1761
Author: Washington, George
Date: November 1761

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Cite as: “IV-B. John Parke Custis’s Estate Account, c. November 1761,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-06-02-0164-0020. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 6, 4 September 1758 – 26 December 1760, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, pp. 270–275.]