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Dorothy (May) Bradford
c. 1597 - 1620
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Dorothy (May) Bradford was born around 1597 at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, daughter of Henry and Katherine (_____) May of Wisbech. She married William Bradford in 1613. They traveled on Mayflower together, leaving behind their son, John, who would join them on a later ship.
Dorothy died in 1620 when she slipped off the deck of Mayflower in the Provincetown Harbor.
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