Elizabeth Primmett was born in Shoreditch, London in 1818 to Jonathon Elisha Primmett and Elizabeth Silso. She was livng with a young man named Diamond at the time of her arrest for theft and transported to Tasmania. Apparently young Diamond had been transported prior to her and the family story says she was arrested so she could follow him. She instead met and married Charles Best. The Best family were Tasmanian Pioneers.