The infant, George Washington at Wakefield, his birthplace.
EPSEWASSON
In 1735, Augustine decided to move his family from Popes Creek to his farm about fifty miles up the Potomac.
This farm was part of the land acquired years before by John Washington, the immigrant, and Nicholas Spencer, husband of Frances Mottrom. Augustine had bought twenty-five hundred acres of it in 1726.
This property was located on Little Hunting Creek, which flowed into the Potomac. It was still called by the Indian name, Epsewasson.
Tradition says that the Washington family moved in March, as soon as "the ice cleared in the river." It was a new adventure for the children, but one of them was missing. Little thirteen-year-old Jane had passed away in January.