updated February 2016
I already have a list of all of the family related documents found and viewed at the British Library Asian and African Studies Reading Room including those belonging to William.
Thanks to colonial bureaucracy, William Simmons life and estate after his death, has been particularly well documented. To simplify locating the documents found relating to William, I list them below:
| Event | Date | Series/Vol/Folio |
| British Library document references | ||
| Register of Recruits | 2 Mar 1824 | L/MIL/9/41 |
| Embarkation List for Ship "Asia" | 2 Mar (19 May) 1824 | L/MIL/9/99 |
| Muster Roll - 2nd European Regiment | 1 Jan 1826 | L/MIL/11/132 |
| Muster Roll - 2nd European Regiment | 1 Jan 1827 | L/MIL/11/133 |
| Birth / Baptism of Mary Ann Simmonds | 15 Jan 1827 | N2/10/112 |
| Muster Roll - 2nd European Regiment | 1 Jan 1828 | L/MIL/11/134 |
| Muster Roll - 2nd European Regiment | 1 Jan 1830 | L/MIL/11/137 |
| Birth / Baptism of Caroline Simmonds | 4 Nov 1830 | N2/13/126 |
| Birth / Baptism of Jane Simmonds | 6 Oct 1833 | N2/15/143 |
| Death / Burial of Jane Simmonds | 6 Sep 1834 | N2/18/17 |
| Muster Roll - Madras European Regiment | 1 Jan 1836 | L/MIL/11/142 |
| Last Will and Testament | 17 May 1835 | L/AG/34/29/244 |
| Burial / Death of William Simmonds | 19 May 1835 | N2/18/57 |
| William Simmonds service record | 1824-1835 | L/MIL/11/102 |
| Elizabeth Wheatley marriage to John Page | 8 Apr 1821 | N2/11/707 & 708 |
| Elizabeth Page Burial | 13 Nov 1835 | N2/18/84 |
| Elizabeth Page Inventory | 1839 | L/AG/34/27/290 |
| Marriage of Mary Ann Simmonds and Job Hargreaves | 30 Apr 1844 | N2/22/71 |
| Marriage of Caroline Simmonds and Stephen Pincott | 30 Dec 1845 | N2/24/393 |
| Caroline Simmonds trust administration | 26 Feb 1846 | L/AG/34/27/318 |
| Muster Roll 1st. Madras Fusiliers 1847 | 1 Jan 1847 | L/MIL/11/155 |
| Birth / Baptism of Sarah Pincott | 7 Oct 1848 | N2/27/542 |
| Birth / Baptism of Sophia Pincott | 22 Jan 1851 | N2/30/64 |
| Birth / Baptism of Ellen Hargraves | 11 Jun 1851 | N2/30/320 |
| Job Hargraves service record | 1839-1854 | L/MIL/11/103 |
| Stephen Pincott service record | 1839-1869 | L/MIL/11/104 |
London Gazette website pages View images on a tablet |
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| Estate Administration statement - page 1309 | 22 October 1836 | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19497/page/1309 |
| Estate Administration statement - page 1287 | 23 October 1837 | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19623/page/1287 |
| Estate Administration statement - page 857 | 23 October 1844 | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20454/page/857 |
| Estate Administration statement - page 871 | 23 October 1844 | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20454/page/871 |
| Estate Administration statement - page 3705 | 2 March 1846 | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20651/page/3705 |
| Elizabeth Page Estate Administration statement | 1839 | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19800/page/2548 |
| Elizabeth Page Estate Administration statement | 1847 | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/20783/page/3692 |
Records not yet viewed for future research |
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| Depot Letter Books | 1824 | L/MIL/11/9/51 |
| Captains Journal for ship Asia | 1824 | L/MAR/B/24V (check) |
| Inventory of William's estate immediately after his death | 1835 | IOR/L/AG/34/29/235 or ...236 To be identified from: index to Madras Wills 1780-1909 see Z/L/AG/34/9 (copy in OIOC Reading Room). |