Posted by Trowby Brockman on July 23, 2006, 12:58 am, in reply to "Re: Thomas Law" Trowby Brockman --Previous Message--
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Hi, My children are descendants of Thomas Law and Eliza Parke Custis Law. Did you know that there is a portrait of Thomas Law at Mt Vernon, painted by Gilbert Stuart? It is on loan to Mt Vernon from my children's grandmother. My daughter Kelly was there when it was presented to Mt Vernon. You also likely know that Eliza and Thomas were divorced. The Stuart portrait of Eliza is currently on display in the National Portrait Gallery. It was in the recent Metropolitan Museum of Art show on Gilbert Stuart.
Hope this helps a bit with your research.
Barrington, IL
: We have some, not very much, information on
: Thomas Law, mostly about his wife, Eliza
: Parke Custis and her connections with Prince
: George's County residents. I may be able to
: look into the land purchase sometime next
: month, or you can contact the Maryland State
: Archives at
:
: ref@mdarchives.state.md.us
:
: and ask them about the land purchase (but it
: will be at least several months before they
: get back to you . . . .)
:
: Remind me again in about a month if you
: don't hear from me.
:
: Susan G. Pearl, Historian
: PGCHS
:
: --Previous Message--
: Seeking any information on my ancestor
: Thomas
: Law and his sons John, George and Edmund.
: Immigrated from England in 1794, moved to
: Washington, was married to Eliza Parke
: Custis in 1796. Later divorced, then bought
: 243 acres in P.G. County in 1817, calling it
: Retreat. He was president of the
: Agricultural Society of P.G. County, I
: believe that same year. Died July 31, 1824
: having lost most of his wealth. Thanks for
: any help.
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