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Upon first landing many of the earliest settlement bodies tended to govern themselves the same way they'd done in the old country.

The nobles "nobled", the lackeys "lackeyed", the carpenters "cut and shaped wood" even when no wood was needed, and the guys dragged off the streets for service on ships disappeared with Indian maidens, stole food, and did what they wanted.

Most of the original bodies we know about solved the problem the same way ~ they organized themselves, found a suitable leader, and figured out how to do both "group work" (hunt, build palisades) and "feed self" (prepare game, gather and plant).

The groups that failed to organize and get work done simply disappeared without a record.