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William Sayle
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<p>Captain William Sayle[<i>needs IPA</i>] (c. 1590 – 1671) was a prominent English landholder who was <a href="/facts/Governor_of_Bermuda/dj3D5keJ">Governor</a> of <a href="/facts/Bermuda/dYgp0TF4">Bermuda</a> in 1643 and again in 1658. As an Independent in religion and politics, and an adherent of <a href="/facts/Oliver_Cromwell/pyCDY3vk">Oliver Cromwell</a>, he was dissatisfied with life in Bermuda, and so founded the company of the <a href="/facts/Eleutheran_Adventurers/7FIC45aG">Eleutheran Adventurers</a> who became the first European settlers of the <a href="/facts/Bahamas/x6VKsUhj">Bahamas</a> between 1646 and 1648. He later became the first governor of <a href="/facts/Province_of_South_Carolina/gcRnqHMU">colonial South Carolina</a> from 1670 to 1671. </p>