Zakarias Martin Toftezen

Zakarias Martin Toftezen (September 17, 1821 – August 13, 1901) was an early pioneer in the Oregon Territory and the first Norwegian immigrant to settle in the area which would later become the State of Washington.

[1] He filed his land claim in 1851, taking 320 acres in what is now Oak Harbor.

[1] His brother Ole Christian Toftezen (1816–1884) and family arrived in the area during 1874.

[2] Toftezen died in 1901 and was buried at the Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Stanwood, Washington.

A monument was erected by the Pioneer Historical Society of the Stillaguamish Valley and the Sons of Norway of America on May 27, 1939.