Posted on 06/11/2007 2:04:04 PM PDT by varina davis
Edited on 06/11/2007 2:34:32 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C. - Researchers believe they may be able to use DNA to uncover the fate of the Lost Colony, which vanished shortly after more than 100 people settled on Roanoke Island in 1587.
Using genealogy, deeds and historical narratives, researchers have compiled 168 surnames that could be connected to settlers in what is considered the first attempt by the English to colonize the New World. The team will try to trace the roots of individuals related to the colonists, to the area's 16th century American Indians or to both.
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They went to Croatoan, right?
Nope, Sun City Arizona.....
Go talk to the Lumbee tribe. They’ve always maintained that they were descendants of the Croatan Indians and the Roanoke Island colonists.
Just go visit the Lumberton area and Lumbee Indian tribe. That is where they went.
Hey, we found John Edwards’ “other America”...
How will they take cheek swabs from the ancestors?
I like the part about the colonists disappearing while their governor was away. Lots of us in New Jersey would like to try that trick.
Where did they come from?
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Same place the Banks ponies came from, I suppose ... shipwrecks.
Moab, Utah. Jimmy Hoffa and Elvis run a Convenience store and bait shop there.
Personal opinion is that they were attacked, either by one of the Amerindian tribes (such as the Roanoke), or by the Spanish. Otherwise, they could have written some sort of message explaining what they were doing—although they were delayed, the former colonists who have traveled back to Europe were supposed to come back.
Personal opinion is that they were attacked, either by one of the Amerindian tribes (such as the Roanoke), or by the Spanish. Otherwise, they could have written some sort of message explaining what they were doing—although they were delayed, the former colonists who have traveled back to Europe were supposed to come back.
I’m going to Croatoan
Croatoan here I come
I’m going to Croatoan
Croatoan here I come
It’s just ah...........................................
Another item I picked up several months ago was that there were 30 other European settlements up and down the East Coast besides Jamestown. All but 1 of them have NOT been studied even though it is believed their locations are known.
So, who were these people? In reading through the various histories of New Sweden, it was supposedly founded in 1638. Nothing ever mentions the raw wilderness, just how they began farming.
Even the Jamestown guys remark on the absence of shelter, as do those who founded Plymouth. New Amsterdam/New York is another curious colony. There seemed to already be European people in the area.
The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) must have been a tremendous incentive for folks to leave Continental Europe. Did hopeful colonies of early survivalist types land here, and if so, where?
Were they just light-skinned Amerindians?
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