Virginia Dare

Virginia Dare

male, 422 years old
short-lived colony, American child, Eleanor Dare, Roanoke Colony, Ananias Dare, eleanor…NorthCarolinacolonial, American colonial, from North Carolina
Virginia Dare (born August 18 1587) was the first child born in the Americas to English parents, Eleanor (or Ellinor/Elyonor) and Ananias Dare. She...

John White

male, deceased (1593)
Eleanor Dare, NorthCarolinacolonial, English colonist in America, sir walter raleigh, sir francis drake, English colonization of the Americas…American colonial
John White (c.1540 - c.1606), flourishing 1585-1590, the Virginian pioneer and English colonist in America, sailed with Richard Grenville in 1585,...

Edmund Fanning

male, deceased (1818)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, parr, Loyalist in the American Revolution, NorthCarolinacolonial, Phineas Fanning, Southold…North Carolina militia, colonial administrator
Edmund Fanning (April 24, 1739 - February 28, 1818) first gained fame for his role in the War of the Regulation, but later had a distinguished...
William Few

William Few

male, deceased (1828)
Georgia militiamen in the American Revolution, NorthCarolinacolonial, signer of the United States Constitution, abolitionist, poor, revolutionary war
William Few, Jr. (June 8, 1748-July 16, 1828) was an American politician and a Founding Father of the United States. Few represented the U.S. state...
Hugh Williamson

Hugh Williamson

male, deceased (1819)
NorthCarolinacolonial, Utrecht University alumni, signer of the United States Constitution, constitutional convention, american revolution, American politician…from North Carolina
Hugh Williamson (December 5, 1735-May 22, 1819) was an American politician. He is best known for representing North Carolina at the Constitutional...

Nathaniel Batts

male, deceased (1679)
American, Business Person, American colonial, NorthCarolinacolonial
Nathaniel Batts (1620-1679) was a fur trader. He became the first recorded European to permanently settle in North Carolina in 1655.

William Drummond

male, deceased (1676)
Scottish, immigrant to the United States, Lords Proprietor, Scottish-American, American colonial, Bacon's Rebellion…Governor of North Carolina, Province of Carolina, colonial Governor, NorthCarolinacolonial
William Drummond (died 1676) was the first colonial governor of Albemarle Sound settlement in the Province of Carolina and a participant in Bacon's...
Christopher Gist

Christopher Gist

male, deceased (1759)
NorthCarolinacolonial, Maryland colonial, Kingdom of Great Britain, death by smallpox, Ohio Country, Yadkin River
Christopher Gist (1706 - 1759) was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States, credited for...
Theophilus Weeks

Theophilus Weeks

male, deceased (1772)
NorthCarolinacolonial, French and Indian War, jan, American colonial, from North Carolina
Theophilus Weeks (1708 - Jan, 1772), was a soldier in the French and Indian War, and he was the founder of the town of Swansboro, North Carolina....