Are you a descendant of a Roanoke Island, North Carolina Lost Colonists? If you have one of these surnames you might be.

Surnames of interest for the research group.

Colonist roster of 1587
(Cittie of Raleigh aka The Lost Colony)
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Allen, Archard, Archard, Archard, Arthur, Bailie, Bennet, Berde, Berrye, Berrye, Bishop, Borden, Bridger, Bright, Brooke,
Browne, Browne, Burden, Butler, Cage, Chapman, Cheven, Colman, Colman, Cooper, Cotsmur, Dare, Darige, Dorrell,Dutton, Earnest, Ellis, English, Farre, Florrie, Gibbes, Glane, Gramme, Harris, Harris
Harvie, Harvie, Harvye, Hemmington, Hewet, Howe, Humfrey, Hynde, Johnson, Johnson, Jones, Kemme, Lasie, Lawrence, Little, Lucas, Mannering, Martyn, Merrimoth, Myllet, Mylton, Newton, Nicholes, Pattenson, Payne, Phevens, Pierce, Powell, Prat, Rufoote, Sampson, Scot, Shaberdge, Smart, Smith, Sole, Spendlove, Starte, Stevens, Stilman, Sutton, Tappan, Taverner, Taylor, Tomkins, Topan, Tydway,Viccars, Warner, Warren, Waters, White, Wildye, Wilkinson, Willes, Wood, Wotton,Wright, Wyles, Wythers
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1584 Reconnaisance voyage
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Amadas, Barlowe, Browewich, Ferdinando, Greene, Greeneuille, Greenville, Hewes, Petman, Wood
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1585-1586 - Associated with venture, not necessarily passengers on a voyage
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Arundell, Atkinson, Aubrey, Barlowe, Bertie, Boniten, Bremige, Brooke, Cavendish, Clarke, Copeltope, Cornieles, Courtnay, Drake, Edward, Fernandez, Fulforde, Gorges, Grenville, Hakluyt, Hatton, Kendall, Laurentson, Lopez, Marvin, Mohun, Preston, Raleigh, Raymond, Russell, Scrivener, Sidney, Stubbe, Stukely, Valdes, Vincent, Walsingham, White
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1585-86 Military Colonists
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Acton, Allyne, Anwike, Backhouse, Barecombe, Barnes, Beale, Beching
Biscombe, Blunt, Bookener, Borges, Brocke, Cage, Chappell, Chaundeler
Cheyne, Chipping, Churchman, Clefs, Constable, Courtenay, Daniel
Deane, Eseuen, Evans, Farthowe, Feuer, Foxe, Gannes, Gans, Garden
Gardyner, Gilbert, Glande, Gostigo, Griffyn, Hariot, Harris, Harrye, Harvye, Hesket, Holecroft, Hulme, Humfrey, Ireland, Kelle, Kendall
Ketcheman, Kettell, Lane, Large, Lasie, Latham, Linsey, Lowde, Luddington, Lyne, Man, Marshall, Maruyn, Mason, Mayne, Millard, Myll
Norris, North, Nugent, Parre, Philippes, Phillippes, Polyson,Pomarie, Poore, Potkin, Prideox, Randes, Robert, Robyns, Rogers,Rottenbury, Russell, Salter, Sare, Seklemore, Skeuelabs, Skinner, Smart, Smolkin, Snelling, Stafford,Stevenson, Swabber, Taylor, Tenche,Twyt, Vaughan, Walters, Wasse,White, Whitton, Williams, Wisse, Wright, Yong
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Grenville 15 is refering to a voyage
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Chapman, Cofer, Coffin, Stucley
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Drake's 1586 West Indian Voyage, stopped at Roanoke
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Alexander, Annes, Ardle, Baily, Barton, Bigges, Bitfield, Boazio
Burke, Careless, Carleill, Carleill, Cates, Cavendish, Cecil, Cely,
Chamberlain, Cottell, Croftes, Crosse, Dier, Drake, Drake, Duke, Erisey, Escot, Fenner, Fortescue, Frobisher, Gilman, Goring,Grant, Grenville, Hampton, Hannam, Hawkins, Hawkins, Hawkins, Henley, Herne, Jonas, Kendall, Ketill, Knollys, Longe, Marchant, Margan, Martin, Moone, Newsome, Nicholls, Ogle, Pew, Platt, Powell, Rivers, Sampson, Scroope, Sparrowe, Stanton, Starkey, Thorowgood, Tucker, Varney, Vaughan, Vincent, Waterhouse, Whyte, Willis, Wilson, Winter, Wright, Wynter
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Families of Interest
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Alligood, Archard, Armstrong, Austin, Barber, Barbour, Barrow, Beasley, Bennet,Berry, Blount, Boyd, Bragg, Bridger, Bright, Brooks, Bryant, Buck, Butler, Cahoon, Cain, Carawan, Caroon, Carron, Carrow, Chapman, Chavis, Cherry, Collins, Cooper, Cox, Crisp, Croom, Cuttler, Daniel, Darige, Dixon, Durrance, Durrant, Edwards, Elks, Ellis, Evans, Farrow, Fitspatric, Forbs, Gaylord, Gibbs, Griffin, Gurganus, Gurkin, Hardison, Harris, Harvie, Hassell, Hawkins,Hedgepath, Hill, Hodges, Hudson, Jackson, Jennette, Jerkins, Johnson, Jones, Keys, King, Lathan, Leary, Long, Lowery, Lucus, Mackey, Mann, Mayo, McCoy, Midgette, Moor, Mullins, Nicholas, Nicols, Norman, Padgett, Pain, Paramore, Patrick, Payne, Perry, Phevans, Philpatrick, Pierce, Pinkham, Pollock, Powell, Pugh, Respass, Ricks, Rollinson, Russell, Salter, Sawer, Scot, Shephard, Simmons, Smith, Sparrow,Spenser, Squires, Stevens, Stilman, Sutton, Swann, Tan, Tarkington, Tetterton, Thomas, Tom, Toms, Tuley, Turner, Viccars, Wahab, Wallis, Warren, Waters, Welch(s), White
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