Which turned out to be a good thing, because when the settlers landed on Haven, they too were light-skinned.
To them history began when the first settlers landed on Plymouth Rock.
The parish also has great historic significance, as it was here that the first British settlers landed in 1625.
They were on Pancahte before the settlers landed there five hundred years ago-that's standard years.
Christchurch's first European settlers landed here in 1850 to embark on their historic trek over the hills.
The settlers landed near this spot to form a whale hunting station and agricultural settlement.
The first settlers landed on the island on February 17, 1627 at Holetown not far from the site where the church was eventually built.
According to some historians, settlers from that city landed here in 1724, and thus named this area after their hometown.
Land was bought in 1821, and the first settlers landed in what is now the capital, Monrovia, in 1822.
It was seen first from the exploratory probe and named long before any settlers landed here.