But some, like the lost colony of Roanoke, are truly eerie. In the late 1500s, a group of colonists vanished from the islands off the east coast of what would become the U.S. Let’s explore the ...

I ask her about the link to the Roanoke settlers. “We were the Lost Colony,” she responds. “Our surnames, like ‘Berry,’ appear on the colonists’ list. We are the original melting pot.” ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The legend of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has haunted American history for centuries. In July 1587, a British colonist named John White ...

Married to Ananias Dare, Eleanor gave birth to Virginia—the first English child born in the New World—shortly after the English colonists landed on Roanoke ... of the Lost Colony’s ordeal ...