Complex sentence: He became the first recorded European to permanently settle in North Carolina in 1655 and often appears as Captain Nathaniel Batts in the records of Norfolk County, Virginia, where his wife owed land by her prior husband, Henry Woodhouse.
Split into simpler sentences: He became the first recorded European to permanently settle in North Carolina in 1655. He often appears as Captain Nathaniel Batts in the records of Norfolk County, Virginia, where his wife owed land by her prior husband, Henry Woodhouse.