• Captain William Sayle[needs IPA] (c. 1590 – 1671) was a prominent English landholder who was Governor of Bermuda in 1643 and again in 1658. As an Independent...
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    These settlers, known as the "Eleutherian Adventurers", under Captain William Sayle gave the island its current name which derives from the feminine form...
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    Bermudians to the role, including religious Independent and Parliamentarian William Sayle) by force of arms and elected John Trimingham to replace him. Many of...
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    as far as England) under the same William Sayle who had led the Eleutheran Adventurers to the Bahamas. In 1670, Sayle became the first Colonial Governor...
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    Bahamas in the late 1640s. The small group of Puritan settlers, led by William Sayle, were expelled from Bermuda for their failure to swear allegiance to...
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    From 1675 to 1677, the Province and Chowanoc Natives fought. In 1669, William Sayle of Bermuda had taken over the command of the party of settlers gathered...
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  • centre of the former district of Central Eleuthera. Established by William Sayle and the Eleutherian Adventurers in 1648, it lays claim to being the...
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  • Look up sayle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sayle may refer to: Alexei Sayle (born 1952), English stand-up comedian, actor, author and former recording...
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    Wycliffe Society. 1845. Wycliffe, John; Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William); Sayle, Charles (1966). Tractatus de officio regis. New York [etc.] : Johnson...
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    by militias, and dissenters were pushed to settle The Bahamas under William Sayle. The rebellious royalist colonies of Bermuda, Virginia, Barbados and...
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    arrived on the islands. Known as the Eleutherian Adventurers and led by William Sayle, they migrated from Bermuda seeking greater religious freedom. These...
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    1641–1642: Capt. William Sayle 1642–1643: Capt. Josias Forster 1643–1644: Capt. William Sayle 1644–1645: The Triumvirate: Capt. William Sayle, S. Paynter,...
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    Carolina having been settled from Bermuda in 1670 by settlers under William Sayle, and with most of the 10,000 emigrants from Bermuda between settlement...
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    Constituting instrument Constitution of South Carolina Inaugural holder William Sayle Formation March 15, 1670 (355 years ago) (1670-03-15) Succession Line...
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    Bermuda's Independent Puritans were expelled, settling the Bahamas under William Sayle as the Eleutheran Adventurers. Parliament passed An Act for prohibiting...
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    Captain William Sayle, who had twice been governor of Bermuda, took the leadership of seeking a colony that would be a haven for religious freedom. Sayle and...
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    to it until Carolina Colony was settled from Bermuda in 1670 under William Sayle); however, until the American War of Independence, when rebel General...
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  • and the Carolinas (with Charleston settled from Bermuda in 1670 under William Sayle) for the next two centuries, with Bermudians playing both sides during...
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    Carolina Colony (which had subsequently been settled from Bermuda under William Sayle in 1670). The British Government originally grouped Bermuda with North...
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    expelled as the Eleutheran Adventurers, settling the Bahamas under William Sayle), Antigua and Barbados were conspicuous in their loyalty to the Crown...
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    for the Plantation of the Islands of Eleutheria", which was led by William Sayle, sailed to the Bahamas to found a colony. These early settlers were...
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    H. G. Richardson and G. O. Sayles, see the changes as much less radical. The historian Eleanor Searle describes William's invasion as "a plan that no...
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    Bermuda (Bermuda's Puritans were expelled, settling the Bahamas under William Sayle), as well as Antigua and Barbados were conspicuous in their loyalty...
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  • supporters of republicanism for various Caribbean islands. Edwin Sandys, William Sayle and George Tucker all supported the islands becoming republics, particularly...
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    Bermuda's Independent Puritans were expelled, settling the Bahamas under William Sayle as the Eleutheran Adventurers. Parliament passed An Act for prohibiting...
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  • Murray William Sayle OAM (1 January 1926 – 19 September 2010) was an Australian journalist, novelist and adventurer. A native of Sydney, Sayle moved to...
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  • the conduct of affairs as deputy for the governor, William Sayle, whose health was failing. Sayle died on 4 March 1671, whereupon West was unanimously...
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  • first government in Carolina began in Albemarle County in 1664, when William Sayle was appointed as the governor. Proprietary authority was weaker near...
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  • supporters of republicanism for various Caribbean islands. Edwin Sandys, William Sayle and George Tucker all supported the islands becoming republics, particularly...
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    Charleston and South Carolina had been founded in 1669 under Governor William Sayle). There, Rainey worked as a barber. His shop was accessed from Barber's...
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