First Burials in Matagorda Cemetery
Benjamin Wightman
(Aug. 31, 1755 - Aug. 1, 1830)
Esther Randall Wightman
(Dec. 4, 1755 - June 20, 1830) 

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Marker Text: ​Parents of Elias R. Wightman, grantee of the Matagorda town league, from Republic of Mexico.
​      Benjamin and Esther Wightman, natives of Connecticut, lived in Wightman Town, Herkimer County, N. Y., before joining (1828) colony brought here by their son of "Little Zoe", the first sailing vessel ever to enter port of Matagorda. (1972)

Marker No: 1693

Grave Marker

Geographic: 28.701738, -95.956161

Location: Matagorda Cemetery. Matagorda Cemetery Road