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Eleanor <I>White</I> Dare

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Eleanor White Dare

Birth
England
Death
unknown
Roanoke Island, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
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Was the daughter of John White, first governor of Roanoke Colony & also illistrator as appointed by Queen Elizabeth I. After marrying Ananias Dare they went with her father to America to help settle colony. While there she & husband became parents of the first white child born in America - Virginia Dare. After Virginia's birth, Mr. White went back to England for supplies & by the time he returned Roanoke colony had vanished - never to be seen or heard from again.
Was the daughter of John White, first governor of Roanoke Colony & also illistrator as appointed by Queen Elizabeth I. After marrying Ananias Dare they went with her father to America to help settle colony. While there she & husband became parents of the first white child born in America - Virginia Dare. After Virginia's birth, Mr. White went back to England for supplies & by the time he returned Roanoke colony had vanished - never to be seen or heard from again.


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