Charles Lascelles

Charles Lascelles was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 600 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-East. He was given by John Ingledew as the father of Anne Smollett (q.v.), the wife of the novelist Tobias Smollett.

1. James, son of Charles and Elizabeth Lassells, born 03/03/1713 and baptised 12/03/1713 in St Catherine, Jamaica. Ann, same parents, baptised 04/01/1722 in St Thomas-in-the-East aged 10 days.

"A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754", TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm; INGLEDEW, JOHN. "SAMUEL JOHNSON'S JAMAICAN CONNECTIONS." Caribbean Quarterly 30, no. 2 (1984): 1-17. Accessed April 9, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/40653532.

1. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

We are grateful to Andrew Bennett for his assistance with compiling this entry.