George Somers Tempest". During their time on the islands, the crew and passengers built a church and houses, the start of the Bermuda colony. Somers and Sir Thomas Gates oversaw the construction of two small ships, the "Deliverance" and the "Patience." They were built from local timber (Bermuda Cedar) and the salvaged spars and rigging of the wrecked "Sea Venture." In May 1610 the ships set sail for Jamestown, with the surviving 142 castaways on board taking food from the island. When they reached the settlement, they found it nearly destroyed by the famine and disease of what has been called the
Wilson Somers 9/11." They are also the parents of Tyler Somers, a member of the musical duo Jenny & Tyler; Wilson Somers Wilson Gault Somers is a jazz and vocal music instructor, composer and performer in the Delaware Valley. Somers is perhaps best known for his soundtrack for "Edward Loper: Prophet of Color", a documentary about the artist Edward L. Loper, Sr. which won an Emmy award in 2000 in the Mid-Atlantic chapter. Somers has been an instructor at the Tatnall School for several years, mainly instructing vocal music, and has led a group which performed for Pope John Paul II. He