Arianna_Carter
Arianna Carter[1] was born around 1770 and brought to Mount Vernon by Martha Custis, who married George Washington in 1759. Martha Custis brought her 84 slaves which she had acquired from a previous marriage with her to Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate. Arianna Carter was an enslaved maid for the estate. George and Martha had no kids together, but Washington adopted Eleanor Parke Custis and George Washington Parke Custis who went by “Wash” and “Nelly”. George Washington Parke Custis and Mary Fitzhugh married in 1804 They had 4 children, but only one of them would survive into her adult life. George Parke Custis also had other children with slaves that Martha had brought from her previous marriage. George Washington Parke Custis[1] had a child with Arianna Carter,[2] in 1803 who was named Maria Carter.[3]