What is Virginia Dare?
{{Infobox person | name = Virginia Dare | image = Baptism of Virginia Dare.jpeg | caption = | alt = | birth_date = {{circa}} {{birth date|1587|8|18}} | birth_place = [[Roanoke Island]], modern-day [[North Carolina]] | death_date = {{circa}} 1591<br/> (aged {{circa}} 3{{spnd}}4) | death_place = | status = [[Death|Deceased]]<br/> (her body was never discovered) | death_cause = [[Declared death in absentia|Presumed]] homicide | relatives = Ananias Dare<br/> (father)<br/> Eleanor Dare (mother) | nationality = [[British]] colonial [[Americans|American]] | known_for = First known English child to be born in the Americas. }} '''Virginia Dare''' was the daughter of [[Ananias Dare]], and the first English child born in the [[Americas]]. The [[Roanoke Colony]] and its colonists, including Virginia, disappeared sometime between 1587 and 1590. Her disappearance is unknown, but it is assumed that she was killed along with the rest of the colonists in homicide. Her body was never found. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dare, Virginia}} [[Category:1587 births]] [[Category:People from North Carolina]]