 One of Turnbull's prospective partners in the venture was Francis Levett, an English factor working in Livorno for the Levant Company.From a powerful English mercantile family with extensive trading connections, Levett hoped to use his influence in the Levant to supply Greek laborers to Turnbull's new colony.Levett then left London, where he had relocated, and settled in British East Florida, where he was granted a plantation by Governor Grant.