From *Barton 1966:
"This is the story of Charles Elliott: a remarkable success story which has remained unknown for so long only because of his own modesty and dislike of publicity. He was descended from the Elliots of Liddesdale (spelling was variable in those days) who are famous in the legends and ballads of the Scottish border. His father took part in the 1715 uprising, was wounded at Preston, and was smuggled out of the country to Holland by his parents. There he married, and through his Dutch wife obtained a job with the Dutch East India Company in Java, where he lived for many years.
When his outlawry was at last reversed, he returned to Britain and settled at Maldon in Essex. In 1742 he was appointed Searcher and Tidewaiter in HM Customs at Burnham-on-Crouch, where he later also owned a mill. It was at Burnham, on July 12, 1752, that Charles Elliott was born. His father died a year later and the young Elliott is next heard of about 1770 as a lad going up to London with a shilling in his pocket."
From
*Eliott 1974 p170:
"
Charles Edward Elliot, the eldest son of Gilbert of Nethermill, was born in 1693. With his brother he took part in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, and being wounded at Preston, was smuggled out of the Kingdom by his family, who adhered to the Hanoverian dynasty. He took refuge in Holland, where he married a Dutch lady of good family, by whose influence he obtained a post in the Dutch East India Company in Java. Eventually his outlawry was reversed and he settled in Essex, first at Maldon and later at Burnham. His brother also lived in Java for many years, and his descendants migrated to California, where the family is still represented. Charles Edward has issue twelve children, of whom the first nine were born in Java and died young. He died on 1st July 1763, leaving two daughters and an only surviving son."
There is some dispute about the date of Charles' death (as there is about his son's birth).
*Barton 1966 says he died in 1753 but
*Eliott 1974 says he died on 1 July 1763.