1829 - ????
Adam Wallace Elmslie accompanied Thomas Peel to the Swan River colony in 1829 aboard the Gilmour in 'an official undertaking in his undertaking'. His 'family business had been in the West Indies but had failed', and he took his son Arthur and daughter Sarah, who returned on the Wanstead after only three months. His allotment was 4306 acres but he considered himself entitled to more and was jealous of naval officers and very disparaging of the entire enterprise.
CO201/229, p.522, cited in Alexandra Hasluck, Thomas Peel of Swan River (1965) pp.90-91; Hasluck, Thomas Peel, pp. 91-2.
1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
