birth_place nationality article_title name occupation
bristol , england british william colston
 william colston newfoundland settler and deputy governor of colony
william colston

william colston -lrb- fl .
1610 -- 1612 -rrb- was an englishman and one of the first settlers in the colony at cuper 's cove , newfoundland and labrador , canada .
he was almost certainly a native of bristol , england , and travelled to newfoundland in 1610 as one of the first settlers in a scheme for the plantation of newfoundland .
they settled at cuper 's cove and the colony was governed by john guy , another bristol man .
some authorities claim that colston was guy 's brother-in-law , though this is uncertain .
john guy appointed colston as deputy governor during his absence from the colony between august 1611 and june 1612 , and colston kept the required journal of weather and what the settlers were doing throughout the winter , though this journal has not survived .
after guy returned from england , with 16 women settlers , cattle and a chaplain , he is reported to have sent colston home to england for a holiday .
back in bristol , colston told john slany , treasurer of the london and bristol company who sponsored the cuper 's cove colony , of the vast riches to be had in newfoundland .
other authorities claim that he remained longer in cuper 's cove , and that colston recorded the first birth of an english child in the settlement on 27 march 1613 , when nicholas guy and his wife had a baby boy .
prowse claims that guy abandoned newfoundland in 1613 , and left colston in charge of the colony .
