The family bible of my 4th great-grandmother, Anne Hughson Lovelace (1742-1820), is in the D.A.R. library in Natchez, Mississippi.  In the flyleaf she noted that her mother was Ann Washington (1820-1890), a cousin of President George Washington. She also wrote that she was herself born at Popes Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, in the same house in which George Washington had been born.  However, no genealogical evidence has been found documenting her relationship to George Washington’s immediate family. 

Exploring old records and genealogical research available on the Web, I can now explain Anne Hughson Lovelace’s family history in her bible: her mother was indeed a cousin of George Washington—albeit 6th Cousin, 8 times removed.