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What name was given to the first baby of English heritage born in the New World?

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Virginia Dare

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-Virginia Dare was given to the first baby of English heritage born in the New World.

-Virginia Dare was born in the Roanoke Colony in what is now North Carolina in August 1587, the first child of English parents born in the New World.

-Virginia Dare was the daughter of Ananias Dare and Eleanor Dare and the granddaughter of Governor John White. The name Virginia was chosen to signify that she was the first English child born in Virginia.

-She was baptized into the Church of England on August 24, 1587 and was the first child and second person in America christened into the Church of England.

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