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In 1937, the United States Mint issued a half-dollar commemorative coin that depicted Virginia Dare as the first English child born in the New World. This was also the first time that a child was depicted on United States currency.
- before August 18, 1590
Virginia Dare (born Aug. 18, 1587, Roanoke Island, Virginia colony. [now in North Carolina, U.S.]) was the first English child born in the Americas. She was given the name Virginia because she was the first Christian born in Virginia. Virginia Dare: baptism. Baptism of Virginia Dare, postcard from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Virginia Dare was the first English-born child in the Americas. She was daughter of Ananias and Eleanor Dare and the granddaughter of John White. As a member of the lost Roanoke Colony, Virginia Dare’s fate is unknown, but she has become an icon of American folklore.
Aug 18, 2016 · On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child born in the Americas to English parents. She was named in honor of the Virgin Queen of England, Elizabeth I. Her parents, Eleanor and Ananias Dare, were part of the Roanoke Colony, an early attempt by the English to establish a permanent settlement in the New World.
Once the colonists landed, they began repairing the houses already there and started building new homes. Eleanor Dare gave birth to a baby girl on August 18 and named her Virginia. Virginia Dare became the first English child born in the New World. The colonists begged Governor White to return to England for supplies.
Sep 14, 2017 · August 18, 1587. Virginia Dare, daughter of Ananias and Eleanor Dare and granddaughter of John White, was the first English child born in the New World. While very little is known about her or her parents’ life, her story is synonymous with the mythologizing of the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
Virginia Dare is well-known to have been the first-ever person of English parents to be born in the New World, and is sometimes regarded as the first American baby.
