Elizabeth Symes Cranstoun,
Antigua, British West Indies
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Sylvanus Robert Cranstoun was not named in his Uncle George's Will of 1842 suggesting he may have died prior to that date. James Edmund Cranstoun and David Anderdon Cranstoun were not mentioned in their father's will of 1865 suggesting they may have died before 1865. Having travelled to Antigua and searching for David Cranstoun, my wife had found, on the internet, the headstone of Elizabeth Symes Cranstoun. A year later when we returned to Antigua we found her headstone for oursleves at the back of the new Ebeneezer Methodist Church where it had been preserved. Headstone Of Elizabeth Symes Cranstoun CRANSTOUN, ELIZABETH Here lies the body of ELIZABETH (Wife of DAVID CRANSTOUN) who departed this life on the 31st March 1831 shortly after giving birth to a still born child This monument is erected to her memory by her affectionate husband. The name of the still born child is also on the headstone: Josiah Phelp Islington London Cranstoun
Elizabeth Symes Cranstoun is buried at the very first Ebenezer Methodist Chapel. The neat strong wooden chapel, established in 1763, was built in Tanner Street. This structure was succeeded by today's stone church in St. Mary's Street, the site on which it's located, was generously granted by the Legislature of the island.
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Elizabeth Symes was the daughter of John Symes and the first wife of David Cranstoun by whom she had:
