William Pate born about 1760 Sussex Co. VA, married Rebecca Hail 26 September 1783 Sussex Co. VA. William was the son of Thomas Pate born 24 August 1739 Albermarle Parish Surry Co. VA. Thomas Pate was chr'nd on 23 December 1739 at Albermarle Parish in Surry Co. VA which is now Sussex Co. VA. He died about 1821 Sussex Co. VA. Thomas married Mary Felts about 1759 VA. Thomas Pate was the son of Thomas Pate born 1705 and Mary Thomas. The children of Thomas Pate (1739 - about 1821) and Mary Felts Pate were: William (about 1760) Lydia ( 1762) Winney (1763) Elizabeth (1764) Thomas (1767) Jesse (1768 - or 1771) Sussanah "SuKy" 1770) Jordan (1773) So, far some of this is speculation and has been open to errors. This information has been collected over 50 years on this family and we have never been able to completely nail it all down. We know that Thomas Pate (1739) is the son of Thomas Pate (1705 - 1774). Thomas Pate (1705 - 1774) was the brother of Edward Pate (1742 - 1805). We are reasonably sure that Thomas Pate (1739) is the father of William Pate (about 1760 VA) and that we are almost certain that this William Pate is the father of Peterson Pate ( January 1785 Sussex Co. VA - died before 29 May 1848 Anderson Co. TX) This Peterson Pate married Rebecca Heath 5 July 1810 Putnam Co. GA. We believe that William and his son Peterson witnessed the Will of Edward Pate ( 1742 - 1805 ). We know that Peterson Pate had a son named William and a son among others named Elijah Moseley Pate. We know Elijah Pate was the father of Amanda Jane Pate, Marion Franklin Pate and Wiley Edward Pate. We know that Wiley Edward Pate had son William Monroe Pate. We know that William Monroe Pate had a daughter named Margaret A. Pate. Margaret Lindly