Ananias Dare (c.1560 – June 27, 1597, legal death) was the husband of Elinor White (c.1563–1597) of Westminster, London, England – whom he married there in the church of St Clement Danes on June 24, 1583 – and father of Virginia Dare (1587– unknown), the first recorded child birth to Northern European parentage on the Continent of North America on August 18, 1587. ^[1] Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... Events 17 January - A court case in Guildford recorded evidence that a certain plot of land was used for playing “kreckett” (i. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... Italic textOranges and lemons! // Headline text St Clement Danes at night St Clement Danes is a church in the City of Westminster, London. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1583 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Virginia Dare (August 18, 1587 – unknown) was the first child to be born in America of English parents on Roanoke Island in the Colony of Roanoke, now in North Carolina. ... Northern Europe is a name for the northern part of the European continent. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ...

Very little is known of this person other than this one particular event, but his father-in-law, John White, was appointed the first Governor of Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke colony in the same year, 1587, and was also the first scientific illustrator appointed by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth I, to illustrate everything in particular that he observed was different or foreign to English eyes. A sketch by John White of Indians at Roanoke. ... Alternatively, Professor Walter Raleigh was a scholar and author circa 1900. ... A map of the Roanoke area, by John White Roanoke Island is an island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ... The English are a northern European ethnic group associated with England and the English language. ...

As such, John White probably had been educated as a doctor; and the name "Ananias" also does seem to indicate something of a physician's mentality – at least upon that of the father who presumably named him, but not without similarities to other funny sounding names such as Phillip Amidas, Arthur Barlowe, Richard Hakluyt and a number of the other original colonists, which indicates that Sir Walter Raleigh himself seems to have had an affinity for the "strange and peculiar." Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Richard Hakluyt (~1552 - November 23, 1616) was an English writer, famous for his Voyages which provided William Shakespeare and others with material. ...

According to the Index to Acts of Administration in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1596 – 1608, Ananias had a son by the name of John who was placed into the custody of a John Nokes of London in April of 1594 and "decreed" his son in June of 1597. Both John Nokes and a certain Robert Satchfield had originally applied to the Canterbury Court for the guardianship in 1594. This Robert Satchfield may very well be the same Robert Sackville (1561–1609), 2nd Earl of Dorset. The following is an exact quote from the abreviated entry: Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England and nominal head of the Anglican Communion. ... Child custody and guardianship are the legal terms used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and child, including e. ... The title Earl of Dorset has been created at least four times in the Peerage of England. ...

Dare, Ananias, St. Bride, Lond. To Jn. Nokes, k., dur. min. of Jn.D., s. (by Decree), (prev. Gnt. Apr 1594, p. 95), Jun 1597, p. 213

Translation ... "dur. min." means: "during minority" and is usually written: "durante minore aetate"; and basically concerns the "minor person of", and then the name. "Aetate", which means "age", is understood and can, as in this case, subtly refer to an a person's estate. Such "double talk" is typical in Latin with things alluded to having an outward meaning as well as an additional "subtle" meaning "reserved" for those of an ominous "inner circle".

So that immediately the children of the missing persons from the Colony were placed into respective guardianships, and all of them were eventually declared dead by the Prerogative or other appropriate court. Spire of St Brides Church from Fleet Street St Brides Church is a church designed by Sir Christopher Wren on Fleet Street in the City of London. ... Double Talk was an American game show seen on the ABC network in 1986. ... It has been suggested that History of the Latin language be merged into this article or section. ... The term inner circle may refer to: Inner Circle, a musical group known for the song Bad Boys, which is the theme song for the television series COPS The Inner Circle, a 1991 film about KGB officer Ivan Sanchin The Inner Circle, a 2004 album by Evergrey The Inner Circle... A map of the Roanoke area, by John White Roanoke Island is an island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. ...

The external link below indicates that Virgina Dare's parents were married in the same above Church of St Bride's, London and a carving of her bust is situated above the font of the church. However, exhaustive checking did only turn up the above-stated Church of St Clement Danes located nearby, and with an exact marriage date. Spire of St Brides Church from Fleet Street St Brides Church is a church designed by Sir Christopher Wren on Fleet Street in the City of London. ... A font can mean: A member of a typeface family; or digital font - file format that encapsulates a typeface family in a database. ... Italic textOranges and lemons! // Headline text St Clement Danes at night St Clement Danes is a church in the City of Westminster, London. ...

The name Ananias itself is of Jewish or Hebrew origins, and one of the same name was both a friend to Daniel the prophet and was cast into the "fiery furnace" by the Babylonian King Nabuchodonosor. The name is also associated with both Paul and Peter the Apostles in the Bible where one or the same had sent a Jewish messenger to Paul and another or the same was cursed to death by Peter for backing off of a monetary promise. The Ananias of Daniel is alternately referred to as Sidrach. Ananias is the Greek form of Hananiah (Hebrew for Yahweh is gracious), or Ananiah, a name occurring several times in the Old Testament and Apocrypha (Nehemiah 3:23, 1 Chronicles 15:23, Tobit 5:12. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... Daniel (Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל; transliterated as Daniyyel in Standard Hebrew and Dāniyyêl in Tiberian Hebrew) is the name of at least three people from the Hebrew Bible: A Jewish exile in Babylon, the subject of the Book of Daniel and the most well-known of the three Daniels. ... Babylonia was an ancient state in Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ... Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebudchadrezzar) II (ca. ... A 19th century picture of Paul of Tarsus Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus) or Saint Paul the Apostle (fl. ... According to tradition, Peter was crucified upside_down, as shown in this painting by Caravaggio. ... The Twelve Apostles (in Koine Greek απόστολος apostolos [1], someone sent forth/sent out, an emissary) were probably Galilean Jewish men (10 names are Aramaic, 4 names are Greek) chosen from among the disciples, who were sent forth by Jesus of Nazareth to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles... The Bible (Hebrew: תנ״ך tanakh, Greek: η Βίβλος hÄ“ biblos) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Word of God, The Word Scripture, Scripture), from Greek (τα) βίβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the name used by Jews and Christians for their (differing but overlapping) canons of sacred texts. ... The word Shadrach can refer to several things: A Hebrew boy in The Bible, also known as Hananiah, who, with his brothers Meshach and Abednego, defied Nebuchadnezzar. ...

It has been conjectured that the name Dare is possibly a misspelling of Darre or Darr or possibly even Darte, Darke or Drake, but nothing has been proven. If the name Darr is correct, then the name is of Jewish origins and Ananias Dare was probably a Jew. The name Dare is common from Devonshire, Sir Walter Raleigh's homestead, and it seems probable that this is where Ananias came from. In her book, Hilliard and Oliver (1972) Mary Edmond relates that a certain Leonard Darr (1554–1618), subject of a Nicholas Hilliard miniature painting and wealthy merchant of Tavistock, was quite possibly a close relative of Ananias. Leonard and his goldsmith relatives were mostly Jewish. Sir Francis Drake, c. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... This page is about the English county, for alternative meanings see Devon (disambiguation). ... Isaac Oliver c. ... Self-portrait, 1577. ... Some links to this page should perhaps link to miniature (illuminated manuscript). ... Location within the British Isles This article is about the town in Devon. ... A goldsmith creating a new ring A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with precious metals, usually to make jewelry. ...

In Frances Rose-Troup, John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester and the Founder of Massachusetts (1930), the author mentions a Rev John White (1575–1648) who appears to be the son of the same above-mentioned John White. There, the author also gives mention of a certain George Dier (1579–1672) and his relationship to the Rev John White. In Charles Edward Banks, The Planters of the Commonwealth (1930, 1st edition) there is an important mention of a vessel by the name of Mary & John that the same above-mentioned Rev John White sponsored from Plymouth, Devonshire, England to Dorchester on March 20, 1630. On that vessel's ship's list is both mention of a John Drake, close relation of Sir Francis Drake, as well as that of a George Dyer – the same George Dier that is mentioned in Rose-Troup. OS Grid Reference: SY690906 Lat/Lon: Population: 16,171 (2001 Census) Dwellings: 7,386 (2001 Census) Formal status: County town Administration County: Dorset Region: South West Nation: England Post Office and Telephone Post town: Dorchester Postcode: DT1 Dialling Code: 01305 Dorchester Dorchester is a market town in southern central Dorset... A sketch by John White of Indians at Roanoke. ... Smeatons tower on the Plymouth Hoe Plymouth is a city in the Westcountry of England, situated at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar in the traditional county of Devon. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ...

A relationship between George Dyer of Dorchester and Ananias Dare, therefore, appears also to be obvious given: that the name Dare had been "misspelled" by the people of Plymouth, and George never bothered or cared to change this.

More research is necessary, however.

End Notes

1. ↑  Dyonis Harvie and his wife Margery soon followed with the second birth.

External links

• St Bride's, London
• Genealogy.com Genforum webpage with exhaustive info copy this down before it eventually disappears!