... under Ralph Lane as colonists, Grenville returns to England......Aug. 25, 1585 Sir Francis Drake, with twenty-three ships, anchors outside of Roanoke Inlet......June 10, 1586 Drake sails for England with all the colonists, who had become very despondent, thus ending the first settlement of the English in America......June 19, 1586 Another ship of 100 tons, sent by Sir Walter Raleigh at his o...