Eleanor Dare

Eleanor Dare
Born
Eleanor White

c. 1568
London, England
Disappeared1587-90 (aged c. 19)
Roanoke, America
Known forMember of the Lost Roanoke Colony
SpouseAnanias Dare
ChildrenVirginia
ParentJohn White

Eleanor Dare (née White; c. 1568 disappeared between 1587 and 1590) of Westminster, London, England, was a member of the English Roanoke Colony in North America and the daughter of John White, the colony's governor. While little is known about her life, more is known about her than most of the sixteen other women who left England in 1587 as part of the Roanoke expedition.

She married Ananias Dare. It is known that she gave birth to their daughter Virginia Dare on Roanoke Island, in what is now North Carolina. The girl was the first child of English parents to be born in North America, on 18 August 1587, shortly after their arrival. Eleanor Dare, along with everyone else remaining in the "Lost Colony", disappeared during the three years before her father returned to the colony with supplies from England.