Virginia Dare
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Virginia Dare was the first English child to be born in an American English colony. She was born to members of the Roanoke Colony.
US postage stamp issued in 1937, the 350th anniversary of Virginia Dare's birth
Baptism of Virginia Dare, wood-engraving, 1880
The return of Governor White to the "Lost Colony"
Memorial to Virginia Dare at St Bride's Church, Fleet St, London
John White was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer. White was among those who sailed with Richard Grenville in the first attempt to colonise Roanoke Island in 1585, acting
Virginia Dare
…was born to members of the Roanoke Colony. What became of Virginia and the other colonists remains a mystery. The fact of her birth is known because John White, Virginia's grandfather and the governor of the colony, returned to England in 1587 to seek fresh supplies. When White eventually returned three years…
Watercolour by John White of Roanoke Indians
White's patron, Sir Walter Raleigh