Sentence:  He was one of the six <WSD>Eleutherians</WSD> whom Governor George Phenny had selected from among the inhabitants of the Colony as "fit persons to be recommended to His Majesty to be elected by the Public to make an Assembly, or execute other public offices under the Government." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One of the original settlers of Eleuthera, who settled prior to the American Revolution.