Ledger Stone 18
~ Slate ~ A complete slate dedicated to the whole family; the memorial to mother and children are listed with the ‘Remember Death’ motifs and the head of the family has been added at the base of the stone, with incised flowers.
~ Orientation ~ East/West ~ Centre position ~ 130 x 75 cms // 4’3″ x 2/6″
- James Symons 1752 – 29 September 1757
- Aged 5 years
- Son of John & Elizabeth Symons
- of West Looe
- Parish Records show
- Buried 2 October 1757 – In Woollen
- Baptised 4 January 1753
- Elizabeth Symons 1711 – 24 July 1761
- Aged 50 years
- Wife of John Symons
- Elizabeth Symons 1756 – 25 October 1761
- Aged 5 years
- Daughter of John & Elizabeth Symons
- Parish Records show
- Buried 26 October 1761
- Surname spelling – Symonds
- John Symons 1723 – 29 June 1765
- Aged 42 years
- Parish Records show
- Buried 1 July 1765
- Surname spelling – Symonds
- Aged 42 years
The Will of John Symons (1723-1765) shows he was a schoolmaster of West Looe; it was signed on 28 June 1765, one day before he died. Named are his sister; Elizabeth Maynard, widow, and his daughter-in-law; Johanna Langmaid.
There is a marriage recorded between John Symons and Elizabeth Langmaid on 5 May 1752, at Talland church; using the birth dates on the stone, John would be 29 years old and Elizabeth 41. It would also mean Elizabeth Symons (1711-1761) would have been 4 months pregnant with son James when she married; but we do know she died 3 months before her young daughter Elizabeth.
Talland Church Headstones 
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