Virginia Dare
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She was the first English child born in what was then the "New" World.
While her birthdate was recorded as August 18, 1587 in the Roanoke Colony which is now known as North Carolina — her date of death remains unknown to this day.
It is said that she and the other colonists at Roanoake Island disappeared while the her grandfather, John White, who was the governor of the colony returned to England for fresh supplies in 1587 only to return 3 years later and find all colonists gone.
Virginia Dare is a key figure in American mythology and that folklore associated with the early colonization of the United States and it means different things to various individuals.
She has been immortalized in books and other literature, songs, television programming and film. Her name is associated with various products for sale on the retail market as a gimmick.
She has also been the namesake of various places in North Carolina and elsewhere in the South.