Virginia Dare. She is widely recognized as the first English child born in the Americas, with birth date August 18, 1587, at the Roanoke Island settlement (present-day North Carolina) to Eleanor (Ellinor) Dare and Ananias Dare, and daughter of Eleanor Dare who was the granddaughter of Governor John White. This account is supported by several historical references and encyclopedic entries. Notes on context:

• The Roanoke Colony, sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, established the settlement in 1587, and Virginia Dare’s birth is often cited as the first English child born in what would become North America.

• Records about her life after the colony’s abandonment are scarce and of uncertain fate, contributing to enduring mystery around the Lost Colony.