<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> August 18, 1587 Roanoke Colony (present - day North Carolina) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> unknown </Td> </Tr> <P> Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587, date of death unknown) was the first English child born in a New World English overseas possession, and was named after the territory of Virginia, her birthplace . Her parents were Ananias Dare and Eleanor White (also spelled Ellinor or Elyonor). </P> <P> 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 later, the colonists were gone . </P>

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