. How our church came to North Carolina . that being the Ninth Sundayafter Trinity, our Savage Manteo, by the commandment of Sir WalterRaleigh was Christened in Roanokeand called Lord thereof, and of Dasa-monguepeuk, in reward of his faithfulservice. The eighteenth, Eleanor,daughter to the Governor, and wifeto Ananias Dare, was delivered of adaughter in Roanoke, and the samewas Christened there the Sunday fol-lowing, and because this was the firstChristian born in Virginia, she wasnamed Virginia. These two bap-tisms practically settle the questionof the presence of an English priestin the colo
. How our church came to North Carolina . that being the Ninth Sundayafter Trinity, our Savage Manteo, by the commandment of Sir WalterRaleigh was Christened in Roanokeand called Lord thereof, and of Dasa-monguepeuk, in reward of his faithfulservice. The eighteenth, Eleanor,daughter to the Governor, and wifeto Ananias Dare, was delivered of adaughter in Roanoke, and the samewas Christened there the Sunday fol-lowing, and because this was the firstChristian born in Virginia, she wasnamed Virginia. These two bap-tisms practically settle the questionof the presence of an English priestin the colony. And as this was almost the firstthing we read of that ill-fated colonyat Roanoke, so it is almost the last thatwe know of them. August twenty-seventh the fleet sailed back to Eng-land, John White, the governor, goingwith it, and that is the last we knowof those whom he left behind in thatstrange and savage land. They weredoubtless slain by the Indians, as theJamestown colony, twenty years later,after diligent investigation, STONE MARKING THE SITE OFFORT RALEIGH 346 How Our Church Came to Our Country //. Permanent Settlement The permanent settlement of NorthCarolina dates from March, 1662(1661 old style). On that day GeorgeDurant purchased from an IndianChief, Kilcocanen, styling himselfKing of Yeopim, a neck of land be-tween Perquimans river and Albe-marle Sound, still known as DurantsNeck. The deed was afterwards re-corded and is the oldest land title inNorth Carolina. By the end of the century the settle-ments extended along the whole northshore of the Sound, as far west asbeyond the Chowan River, and alsoacross the Sound on the south settlers came almost wholly fromVirginia and were probably nominalChurchmen. The statement that theywere Quakers and Baptists, fleeingfrom religious intolerance in NewEngland and Virginia, has been en-tirely disproved by the publication ofcontemporary records. Wm. Edmund-son, the first Quaker preacher whovisited the sett
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