Mary Brightman
1787–1808 (age 21)
Biography
Mary Brightman was born in 1787 and died in 1808, her life encompassing the final years of the eighteenth century and the opening of the nineteenth. She was part of the Brightman family, whose members are recorded in the burial grounds of South Park Street Cemetery, suggesting a family of some prominence in Calcutta.
Mary Brightman's memory is preserved at South Park Street Cemetery, where she rests among her relatives and the community of Calcutta. Her life, though brief at twenty-one years, is honored in the historical records of this important burial place.