Ananias Dare
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Ananias Dare was a colonist of the Roanoke Colony of 1587. He was the husband of Eleanor White, whom he married at St Bride's Church in London, and the father of Virginia Dare, the first English child
Baptism of Virginia Dare lithograph with Ananias Dare in the center (1880)
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Roanoke Colony
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The Roanoke Colony was the site of two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The first colony was established at Roanoke Island in 1585 as a
Ananias Dare
…Ananias Dare (c. 1560 – 1587, legal death) was a colonist of the Roanoke Colony of 1587. He was the husband of Eleanor White, whom he married at St Bride's Church in London, and the father of Virginia Dare, the first English child…
19th-century illustration depicting the discovery of the abandoned colony, 1590
The arrival of the Englishmen in Virginia (1590). Engraving by Theodor De Bry, from a drawing by John White.
Sir Richard Grenville
Ralph Lane's fort at Mosquetal