residence succeeded death_date death_place birth_place birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name occupation
bahamas joseph west 1675 bahamas england 1590 1º colonial governor of south carolina 15 march 1670 william sayle
 4 march 1671 william sayle explorer , colonial administrator
william sayle

captain william sayle -lrb- c. 1590 -- 1671 -rrb- was governor of bermuda in 1643 and again in 1658 .
he later became the first governor of colonial south carolina from 1670 -- 71 .
as an independent in religion and politics , and an adherent of oliver cromwell , he was dissatisfied with life in bermuda , and so founded the company of the eleutheran adventurers who became the first settlers of the bahamas .
