The will did not always named the husband of their daughters. Take Thomas Pate died 1773 named his daughter as Mary Turner & Elizabeth Freeman. thanks to that I have never been able to find out who their husbands. Strange no one is researching William & Rebecca. Then they mostly married 1st cousins. What John Pate that we didn't find a marriage for is related to REbecca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Pate" <patej@nettally.com> To: <PATE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:54 AM Subject: [PATE GENEALOGY] Edward Pate-Rebecca Pate-Burrell Pate of Sussex Co VA > > Jinks: > It is clear from Northampton Co NC census data that Burrell(Burwell) S Pate was born abt 1804. The g/f of Burrell Pate, Edward Pate, specially named him in his LWT, which was written 29 Oct 1804 in Sussex Co VA. Clearly, Burrell Pate was born and named prior to 29 Oct 1804. > > The only sequence of events I can conjure up to make is fit goes like this- > 1 John Pate, a cousin of Rebecca Pate, a daughter of Edward Pate, impregnates her in late 1803 or early 1804. Imagine that! > > 2. Prior to the 12 May 1804 marriage of John Pate and Rebecca Pate, her early pregnancy is discovered. This kind of forces the issue of Rebecca's marriage, even to a close cousin. This also assumes (bad thing to do) that the Rebecca Pate who married John Pate 12 May 1804 was the daughter of Edward pate who wrote his LWT 29 Oct 1804. > > 3. Edward Pate, in his 29 Oct 1804 LWT, made his bequest to his dau, Rebecca Pate. Customarily, he would have made his bequest to his son-in-law, in "the right of" his dau. If Rebecca Pate, dau of Edward Pate and mother of Burrell Pate, was the same Rebecca Pate who married John Pate 12 May 1804, why was he, John Pate, not named in the LWT of Edward Pate? Perhaps this John Pate was deceased or perhaps Edward Pate view this John Pate as an unwelcome interloper and deliberately bypassed him when writing his will. > > 4. Rebecca Pate, dau of Edward Pate, could have borne Burrell Pate out of wed lock and the Rebecca Pate who married John Pate was a different Rebecca Pate. > > At any rate, I haven't a clue as to the parents of this John Pate. > > After looking at this again, I am comfortable with the conclusion (better than an assumption) that the Rebecca Haile who married William Pate 26 Sep 1783 in Southampton Co VA, was NOT the Rebecca Pate named in the 29 Oct 1804 LWT of Edward Pate. > > Which gets us back to Helen's original question- who were this William Pate and Rebecca Hail and what became of them? > JMP >