| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. 13_1755_02 |
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Virginia |
| Case Name Short |
Dunbar v Custis |
| Case Name Long |
Charles Dunbar v Daniel Parke Custis |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [270] p.288–289 – 3 April 1755 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.15 (1 January 1754 – 31 December 1755) p.370: PC 2/104/370 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [270] p.289–290 – 30 June 1757 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.16 (1 January 1756 – 31 December 1757) p.531, 534–537, 540: PC 2/105/531, 534–537, 540 |
Colonial Courts |
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Virginia Chancery – 10 April 1754 |
Participants |
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Byam, Samuel (executor of Governor Parke) Byrd, Lucy (presumed deceased daughter of Governor Parke and mother of Wilhelmina Chamberlain) Chamberlain, Thomas (husband of Wilhelmina Chamberlain) Chamberlain, Wilhelmina (daughter of Lucy Byrd and wife of Thomas Chamberlain) Chester, Catherine (mother of Lucy Chester Dunbar Parke) Custis, Daniel Parke (son of and executor to John Custis) Custis, Frances Parke (presumed deceased daughter of Governor Parke and wife of John Custis) Custis, John (deceased husband of Frances Parke Custis) Dunbar, Charles, esquire, of Antigua (acting executor of Thomas Dunbar Parke) Long, Thomas (trustee) MacKinnen, William (executor of Thomas Dunbar Parke) Parke, Daniel (son of Thomas Dunbar Parke and Lucy Chester Dunbar Parke) Parke, Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Dunbar Parke and Lucy Chester Dunbar Parke) Parke, Governor (deceased father of Frances Parke Custis and Lucy Byrd) Parke, Julius Caesar (godson of Governor Parke) Parke, Lucy (daughter of Thomas Dunbar Parke and Lucy Chester Dunbar Parke) Parke, Lucy Chester Dunbar (widow and executor of Thomas Dunbar Parke and daughter of Catherine Chester) Parke, Thomas Dunbar (deceased husband of Lucy Chester Dunbar Parke) Perry, Micaiah (executor of Governor Parke) Perry, Richard (executor of Governor Parke) Redwood, Abraham (executor of Governor Parke) Rodney, Caesar (trustee) Sydcerf, Dr.Walter (executor of Thomas Dunbar Parke) Warner, Ashton (executor of Thomas Dunbar Parke) |
Description |
Estate dispute |
Disposition |
Reversed; the plaintiffs are allowed to amend the bill by adding the proper parties |
Notes |
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Daniel Parke Custis became the husband of Martha Dandridge, who after his death married George Washington. As reported in Fleming, Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers, p.20, Custis was the grandson of Governor Parke. This suit was brought on behalf of Gov. Parke’s illegitimate daughter Lucy in Antigua. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Dunbar v Custis) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case | Case of the appellant (Dunbar) |
ESTC: N474424 |
| Counsel | [Signed] Robert Henley; Al. Forrester |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.161–164 (Includes manuscript notes on the appellant’s case and separate pages of manuscript notes, f.169–171) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: Sir George Lee collection (Includes manuscript notes. 2 copies) (Noted in ESTC? No.) |
| Library | New York Public Library. Schwarzman Building: Rare Book Collection *KF+ 1757 (Northington, R.H. Virginia) (Includes manuscript notes) (Noted in ESTC? Yes.) |
| Respondent’s case | Case of the respondent (Custis) |
| Counsel | [Signed] C. Yorke; Cha. Pratt |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.165–168 (Includes manuscript notes on the respondent’s case and separate pages of manuscript notes, f.169–171) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: Sir George Lee collection |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |