How Many People Died on the Mayflower?

Out of the original group of 102 passengers and approximately 30 crew members on the Mayflower, five died on the ship. Another 44 died before reaching Plymouth.

William Butten died on Nov. 6, 1620, and is recorded as the only fatality during the voyage from England. He was a young indentured servant to Samuel Fuller.

Four people died on the Mayflower while it was anchored off of Cape Cod. Edward Thompson, a servant of William White, died on Dec. 4, 1620. Jasper More, a 7-year-old boy who was a servant of John Carver, died on Dec. 6, 1620. Dorothy Bradford, the 23-year-old wife of William Bradford, technically did not die on the Mayflower itself; she fell off and drowned on Dec. 7, 1620. James Chilton died at the age of 64 on Dec. 8, 1620.

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