Albemarle Settlements
The Albemarle Settlements were the first permanent English settlements in what is now North Carolina , founded in the Albemarle Sound and Roanoke River regions , beginning about the middle of the 17th century . 
<triplet> Albemarle Sound <subj> North Carolina <obj> located in the administrative territorial entity <triplet> Roanoke River <subj> North Carolina <obj> located in the administrative territorial entity <subj> Albemarle Sound <obj> mouth of the watercourse