Puffer Genealogy
MAY, Dorothy MAYFLOWER
1597 - 1620 (23 years)
Generation: 1
1. MAY, Dorothy MAYFLOWER was born in 1597 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England (daughter of MAY, John Henry and CARPENTER, Drusilla); died on 17 Dec 1620 in Plymouth Colony, MA. Other Events and Attributes:
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Notes:
While the Mayflower was anchored off Provincetown Harbor at the tip of Cape Cod, and while many of the Pilgrim men were out exploring and looking for a place to settle, Dorothy Bradford accidentally fell overboard, and drowned. Some theories have been postulated that she jumped overboard, but no evidence exists to support them.
Dorothy married BRADFORD, Gov. William MAYFLOWER on 10 Dec 1613 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. William (son of BRADFORD, William and HANSON, Alice) was born on 19 Mar 1590 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 19 Mar 1588/9 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; died on 9 May 1657 in Plymouth, MA; was buried in Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- BRADFORD, John was born between 1615 and 1617 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died in 1676 in Norwich, CT.
2. MAY, John Henry was born about 1571 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 19 Dec 1617. Other Events and Attributes:
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John married CARPENTER, Drusilla. Drusilla was born about 1576 in England; died before 1676. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. CARPENTER, Drusilla was born about 1576 in England; died before 1676. Other Events and Attributes:
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Children:
- 1. MAY, Dorothy MAYFLOWER was born in 1597 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 17 Dec 1620 in Plymouth Colony, MA.