Wightman, Benjamin and Esther Randall Wighman, First Burials in Matagorda Cemetery

Matagorda

Year Marker Erected: 1972
Location: Matagorda Cemetery, Matagorda (main entrance - take first alley left about 30 yards)

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)