Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Pate was born about 1739, in Virginia, British Colonial America.
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1775
Age 36
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the personal name Pate, a pet form of Patrick and in Scotland possibly also of Peter . Compare Paton and Peat .
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English pate ‘head, skull’, perhaps for a man with a bald head. Compare Head .
French (Paté): from Old French paté ‘with paws, pawed’ (from pate ‘paw’), a nickname, applied presumably to a man with large and clumsy hands and feet.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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