#1 - WE ARE DESCENDED FROM THE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA DARE
Virginia Dare was the first white child born on our continent, born in 1587 in Virginia (in an area now in North Carolina). What became of her and the "lost colony" that disappeared by 1590 remains a mystery. John Smith of the Jamestown settlement conducted a search and concluded they had deceased. Her name is prominently in American myth and folklore. We can not be descended from her directly, since she died with the colony. But the family story was passed down (and passed down on other branches of the family tree) that we descend from her Dare relatives, who presumably migrated here.
Granny Louie Hamby's maternal grandfather was James B. Arendale, who fought in the confederate cavalry and is buried at Mt. Carmel near Bridgeport. His mother, Elizabeth Dare (my 3rd great grandmother) is buried with husband Joel B. Arendale in the graveyard by the school our Granny taught in, across from the entrance of Russell Cave. She is our connection with Virginia Dare.
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