. How our church came to North Carolina . WALLS OF SAINT PHILIPS CHURCH, OLD BRUNSWICK 344 J|oto ©wt Cfmrcf) Came to <&uv Country XXIX. HOW OUR CHURCH CAME TO NORTH CAROLINA By Bisliop Cheshire. Earliest Colony THE seal ofthe diocese ofNorth Carolinashows a pinnace, fly-ing the red cross ofSaint George, sailingtowards a woodedshore, while a manstanding in the prowholds out a crosstoward the land. This is taken fromJohn Whites drawing of the Arrivalof the Englishmen in Virginia in July,1584. The land which the pinnaceis approaching is Roanoke small ships lying outside the barrepre
. How our church came to North Carolina . WALLS OF SAINT PHILIPS CHURCH, OLD BRUNSWICK 344 J|oto ©wt Cfmrcf) Came to <&uv Country XXIX. HOW OUR CHURCH CAME TO NORTH CAROLINA By Bisliop Cheshire. Earliest Colony THE seal ofthe diocese ofNorth Carolinashows a pinnace, fly-ing the red cross ofSaint George, sailingtowards a woodedshore, while a manstanding in the prowholds out a crosstoward the land. This is taken fromJohn Whites drawing of the Arrivalof the Englishmen in Virginia in July,1584. The land which the pinnaceis approaching is Roanoke small ships lying outside the barrepresent the two barks of CaptainsPhilip Amadas and Arthur Barlow,servants of Sir Walter Raleigh, whotook possession of the newly-discov-ered land in the right of the Queensmost excellent Majestie. This wholeregion they named Virginia in honorof Queen Elizabeth, and in its earlyuse the name included the whole At-lantic coast held by the English. When the colony at Jamestown hadbeen successfully established, thesouthern boundary of the Provinceof Virginia was the 36° 30 paral-lel of north latitude, so that itdid not include Roanoke Island andthe adjacent coasts. By the char-ters of Charles II i
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