Over the years, many  have tried to create theories to point us to some conclusion about the disappearance of the colonist.  We have listed and described some of the more popular ones. 

What Could Have Happened to Them?

• Went to live with Croatan Indians
  
• Killed by Indians
  
• Attacked by Indians and scattered
  
• Drought
  
• Hurricane
  
• Went to Snake Creek
  
• Went to Bertie County
  
• Taken to Spain and were jailed or killed
  
• Disease
  
• Moved father south as indicated by the Dare stones
  
• Shipwrecked in the Atlantic
  
• All but seven killed