Virginia Laydon
# Virginia Laydon

Virginia Laydon (1609 - ?) was the first English child born in what would become the British colony of Virginia who survived to adulthood.

Her mother Anne Burras was one of the first two women to arrive in Jamestown, along with Mistress Lucy Forrest who employed Anne as a maidservant. In 1608, shortly after arriving at Jamestown, Anne married carpenter John Laydon. He had arrived in 1607 aboard the Susan Constant. The family is recorded among the residents of Elizabeth City Parish in 1625, including Virginia's three younger sisters.

