Legacy of Rev. Wightman LbNA #47921
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Add Location| Owner: | N/A |
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| Plant date: | Jun 7, 2009 |
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| City: | Mystic |
| County: | New London |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Planted by: | Maire's Facets
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| Found by: | Acclivity (2) |
| Last found: | Dec 10, 2024 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jun 7, 2009 |
Wightman Cemetery, Cold Spring Road, (off of Rte 184) Mystic, CT.
Rev. Valentine Wightman organized the first Baptist church in Connecticut in 1705. The church was built here, in front of the cemetery in 1718. Rev. Wightman, his son, Timothy, and grandson John Gano Wightman all successively pastored this church for 125 years. This is quite an accomplishment since the average length of stay for a clergyman at any one church is 2 years. All three of these pastors are buried here. The land for the church was given by Mr. Stark with the provision that he and his relatives would be able to be buried here. The cemetery predates the church.
On the 200th anniversary of the founding of this church, a commemorative stone pulpit was placed here within the cemetery. Walk to this pulpit and stand behind it as if you were reading the Bible on the pulpit. The "Wightman Cemetery" stamp may be found by looking left to the stone wall on the northern side of the cemetery. Walk to this wall and turn right. Walk 30 steps, "Mr Lamphere" will be close to you. Here in the wall, behind a loose pinkish color stone is what you seek. Stamp and replace with care. There is only one log book for this series. As always, do not dismantle any wall and rehide well.
Return to the pulpit. Look behind your right shoulder to the black wrought iron fence. Walk to this fence and around the back to the stone wall. Meet "Lois". In front of her, behind a loose stone is the "Rev. Wightman" stamp. Again, please rehide well and do not dismantle any part of the wall. Hope you enjoy the stamps. These are some of my first attempts at carving and I was not going to use them, but decided they are a part of my letterboxing history and I wanted to introduce you all to this place.
Rev. Valentine Wightman organized the first Baptist church in Connecticut in 1705. The church was built here, in front of the cemetery in 1718. Rev. Wightman, his son, Timothy, and grandson John Gano Wightman all successively pastored this church for 125 years. This is quite an accomplishment since the average length of stay for a clergyman at any one church is 2 years. All three of these pastors are buried here. The land for the church was given by Mr. Stark with the provision that he and his relatives would be able to be buried here. The cemetery predates the church.
On the 200th anniversary of the founding of this church, a commemorative stone pulpit was placed here within the cemetery. Walk to this pulpit and stand behind it as if you were reading the Bible on the pulpit. The "Wightman Cemetery" stamp may be found by looking left to the stone wall on the northern side of the cemetery. Walk to this wall and turn right. Walk 30 steps, "Mr Lamphere" will be close to you. Here in the wall, behind a loose pinkish color stone is what you seek. Stamp and replace with care. There is only one log book for this series. As always, do not dismantle any wall and rehide well.
Return to the pulpit. Look behind your right shoulder to the black wrought iron fence. Walk to this fence and around the back to the stone wall. Meet "Lois". In front of her, behind a loose stone is the "Rev. Wightman" stamp. Again, please rehide well and do not dismantle any part of the wall. Hope you enjoy the stamps. These are some of my first attempts at carving and I was not going to use them, but decided they are a part of my letterboxing history and I wanted to introduce you all to this place.