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Dare, Virginia

(1587–?88) born in Roanoke, Va. She was the first English child born in North America. Her parents were Ananias Dare and Elinor White. She disappeared along with the 117 Roanoke colonists in 1588.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.

Dare, Virginia

(b. 1587) first English child born in New World. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 131]
See: Firsts
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