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| Virginia Dare |
Every day is special, that's why there is still something special in the history of America. Birthday is for people who make today's day special, and this is it in 1587, the primary child with English parents was born within the Americas. The baby, named Virginia Dare, was born on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina.
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| Virginia Dare |
Unfortunately, the very day that Virginia Dare would've turned three, her grandfather John White, who was the governor of the Roanoke Island colony, returned from a much-delayed supply trip to England—and found the whole colony gone. There had been 115 English colonists when he left—and now there have been none.
No living people. No bodies or skeletons, either, thank goodness! the homes and fortifications had been dismantled, so it appeared that the people had taken their time about leaving. There was no sign of violence.
These colonists were tough. They were wont to weather and war and disease thwarting their plans and changing their lives. Before he had left, White had told the colonists that, if they decided to maneuver or were forced to go away , they ought to carve their destination on a wall, tree, or post. If that they had left by force, they were to carve a cross next to the name. So White searched for a carving, and he found the word “Croatoan” carved into the post. There was no cross.
There was an island named Croatoan about 50 miles away.
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| Virginia Dare |
Because of inclemency , and since he was on somebody else's ship, John White couldn't attend Croatoan and see if English colonists were there. Instead he returned to England and reported to others what he had found.
It was years before English depart to look for the Lost Colony. it's going to be that the people died at sea; it's going to be that the majority survived by intermarrying with Indians. There are many hypotheses (guesses) but not tons of evidence to point out us what happened to Virginia Dare and therefore the other members of the Lost Colony.
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