John White , in may 1587 he sailed more then 100 colonists as governor of a second colony that Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to found in North America .
Explanation: The title of governor of the second English colony in North America was held by John Endecott, an English magistrate and soldier, who was appointed to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628, becoming its first governor, a position he assumed for 16 years under the appointment of the English Crown.
