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There is a lot of misinformation about this couple, principally caused by the lack of certainty in identifying Sarah, but also the fact there were a number of Conquest Wyatt's in the general timeframe of mid-1600s to mid-1800s.
I will first note some misinformation, then state some problems in identifying both of them. In various places on the Internet, I have found these dates for Conquest Wyatt (and I believe all identifying Sallie Pate as his wife): 1645-1720, 1652-1708, and 1655-1748. However, one place shows his wife's name as Martha Gaines. If any of these were sourced, I failed to see it. You don't see much on Sallie, but one place had her dates as 1652-1750, and married 1669.
Here are sourced facts as best as I can determine (which doesn't necessarily mean they are accurate).
Conquest Wyatt
He was a grand-nephew of Sir Francis Wyatt, governor of Virginia 1621-7 and 1639-41. Sir Francis is given credit for organizing the first legislative body in the American colonies and producing the first written constitution.
In the book "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1625", it is written that he was "a minor in 1672", being "son and heir of Edward Wyatt, deceased, of Gloucester County, Virginia". He was the High Sheriff and Justice of the county 1705-1707. "The name of his wife is unknown."
In the "Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia", he served on the vestry and as church warden from 1684 to 1708.
So the dates of 1652-1708 seem to fit him best.
He had a son named Conquest Wyatt 1672-1745, who also served on the vestry of Petsworth Parish 1723-1760. This Conquest in one place is shown with two wives, Martha Gaines and Nancy Saure, and in another place only Nancy Sayres. He in turn named a son Conquest 1735-1815, and several of his brothers and/or cousins named sons Conquest as well. (None of these dates are proven to my knowledge except for the vestry.)
Sarah/Sallie Pate
In the Register of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, there is a listing in 1679 for a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Peate. This is assumed to be Thomas and Elizabeth Pate, since they had five other children registered in this parish from 1677 to 1689. However, this daughter's name is illegible.
Col. Thomas Pate
Thomas Pate, the presumed father of Sallie Pate, was born in England c. 1650, emigrated to Colonial Virginia in 1672, and inherited a 2100-acre tobacco plantation in Gloucester County. He died in Yorktown in 1703.
He held a number of civil and military positions in Gloucester County, representing the county in the House of Burgesses in 1684. He was a church warden and vestryman of the Petsworth Parish Church in Gloucester for at least seven years, 1677-1684 (his son John from 1698-1708). Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, died in Col. Pate's home in 1676.
Questions/Problems
Was Sarah the daughter of Thomas Pate d. 1703? That depends on whether she is the daughter whose name is illegible in the register, and whether the parents were actually Pate rather than Peate as shown. Thomas Pate was a prominent person in Gloucester County, and his was the only Pate family in the parishes of Petsworth and Abingdon during that time period.
Which Sarah Pate married which Conquest Wyatt? If Conquest of 1652-1708 actually married a Sarah Pate, it would not have been the daughter of Thomas Pate. Internet genealogies show her as born in 1652 (her father Thomas was born c. 1650) and married to Conquest in 1669 (ten years before she was born in 1679).
If a Sallie Pate actually married a Conquest Wyatt, the birthdates match up much better for a marriage to Conquest Jr. 1672-1745. But the genealogies show a different set of wives for him.
Conclusion
The results of this research are inconclusive, at the best. I see two possibilities (or maybe two improbabilities).
One, a Sarah/Sallie Pate, other than a daughter of Thomas Pate, married the original Conquest. But that raises big questions: who was she and where did she come from?
Two, if Thomas actually had a daughter named Sarah and she actually married a Conquest Wyatt, then it would almost have to be Conquest Jr., but that means his presumed wives are incorrect.
I would certainly apprecfiate it if anyone in this forum could sort out all the Conquest's and where Sallie might fit in. I would also be grateful for any information at all about Sallie.
Footnotes
The Pate DNA Project, through its Pate Genealogical Convocation, has placed a memorial marker for Col. Thomas Pate in the beautiful and historic cemetery of Grace Episcopal Church (the original York Parish Church) in Yorktown. This marker was placed in September 2008, next to the gravestone for George Read, greatgreat-grandfather of George Washington.
I have also prepared a timeline for the life of Col. Thomas Pate, which I believe is the most complete and comprehensive study of his history and accomplishments ever compiled. I will send a copy of it by email attachment (PDF), to anyone who sends me an email requesting it.
The Pate DNA Project is currently searching for direct descendants of Col. Thomas Pate. If you have any contact with possible members of this family line, please have them get in touch with me.
A. J. Pate
Group Administrator
Pate DNA Project
Link: www.familytreedna.com/public/pate-dna-project
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