 Today most of the town's descendants are of full or partial German descent.The first wave of English immigrants arrived to the island 1655 after conquering the Spanish, and they have historically being the dominant group.Prominent descendants from this group include former American Governor of New York David Paterson, Sandals Hotels owner Gordon Butch Stewart, United States Presidential Advisor and "mother" of the Pell Grant Lois Rice, and former United States National Security Advisor and Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice.