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John May 1575 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1575

Birth Location: Mayfield, Sussex, England

Death Date: 19 Dec 1617

Death Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: John Meye)

Mother: Elizabeth Bradford

Spouse(s): Cordelia Bowes

Children(s): John May, Stephen May

1575 marked the beginning of John May's life in Mayfield, Sussex, England, to parents John May (Maye, Mayo, Mailleaux, Meye) and Elizabeth Bradford. Eventually, John May married Cordelia Bowes, and they welcomed John May and Stephen May. John May passed in 1617 at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Parents

John Meye)
1545 – 1598
Birth Location: Shaftesbury, West Orchard, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
JM
Elizabeth Bradford
1544 – 1585
Birth Location: Dorset, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Cordelia Bowes
1575 – 1627
Birth Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
CB

Children(s)

John May
1590 – 1670
Birth Location: Mayfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Stephen May
Birth Location: –
SM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 24 Mar 1575
    Event Place: Mayfield, Sussex, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: Abt. 1580
    Event Place: Shouldham Abbey, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1586
    Event Place: York, St.Michael Le Belfrey, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 28 Feb 1586
    Event Place: York, St.Michael Le Belfrey, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1590
    Event Place: East Riding, Yorkshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 13 Sep 1591
    Event Place: Purton, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: York, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 Dec 1617
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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