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Dorothy May 1590 – 1620 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 March 1590

Birth Location: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 7 December 1620

Death Location: the Mayflower was anchored off Provincetown Harbor at the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts - Drowned fell overboard from the Mayflower

Father: John May

Mother: Cordelia Bowes

Spouse(s): Gov Bradford

Children(s):

Dorothy May , Mayflower Passenger was born in 1590 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Henry May and Cordelia Bowes. Dorothy May , Mayflower Passenger later married Gov William Bradford. In 1620, Dorothy May , Mayflower Passenger passed away in the Mayflower was anchored off Provincetown Harbor at the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts - Drowned fell overboard from the Mayflower.

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Parents

John May
1575 – 1617
Birth Location: Mayfield, Sussex, England
JM
Cordelia Bowes
1575 – 1627
Birth Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk, , England
CB

Spouses(s)

Gov Bradford
1590 – 1657
Birth Location: Austerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
GB

Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 March 1590
    Event Place: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 March 1590
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 Mar 1596
    Event Place: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 March 1590
    Event Place: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave™ Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1620
    Event Place: Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1620; Page Number: 167

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 December 1620
    Event Place: the Mayflower was anchored off Provincetown Harbor at the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts - Drowned fell overboard from the Mayflower
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current

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