Who was Virginia Dare?

VIRGINIA DARE (1587- ?), was the first English child born in America. Her parents were members of a group of 117 colonists who settled on Roanoke Island in 1587. Virginia Dare was the daughter of Ananias Dare and Ellinor White. She was born on August 18, and was named Virginia in what is believed to have been the first English christening ceremony in the New World.