They were married after ten days during the voyage by the ship's captain and arrived in the New World in about 1602 as husband and wife. T he three ships landed in Harbour Grace. Gilbert Pike left Peter Easton's crew when Easton became a pirate after James I came to the throne in 1603, made peace with Spain, and decreased the role of the British navy. The couple moved to the beautiful near-by Mosquito Valley because it had better housing than Harbour Grace at that time. Soon after Mosquito became a branch of John Guy's Colony at Cupids , which was founded in 1610.
Today there is an archaeological dig at the site.
T he tradition is that her first child was the first European child born in Newfoundland. Although there is no way to check to see this is true, certainly her child would be one of the first European children born in the Western Hemisphere after the Vikings . S heila became a model pioneer woman and her husband became a successful fisherman. Shelia was renowned for her leadership in the community caring for the sick and helping with the planting of crops while the men were away at sea. The Pikes moved to a fortified Carbonear Island which has never been conquered by the pirates or the French.