Bethea Family

Genealogy Website

This is a history of the descendents of an Englishman who crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Great Britain to Virginia about 1700. The Bethea family expanded and grew over the last three hundred years.

The Bethea Family in North America

1700 - 2000

10th Generation in North America
 

Ann Brandon Bethea Brown10
born January 22, 1942

Ann Brandon Bethea Brown10 born January 22, 1942. Daughter of James McRae Bethea and Elizabeth Daughty (Doughtie),

Two adopted children: Wade Brown, Jr., and Elizabeth Brandon Brown.
 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea->"Devil John" Bethea 4 -> John Bethea5 -> William Walker Bethea6 -> John Franklin Bethea7 ->
 Tristram Walker Bethea8
-> James McRae Bethea9 -> Ann Brandon (Bethea) Brown 10

 

1st English John Bethea b. 1684

 

2nd John Bethea (Virginia John) 

 

3rd William Bethea (Sweatswamp) b. 1725

 

4th Devil John Bethea b. 1752 d. 1812 m. Mary Hennegan b. 1756

 

5th John Bethea b. 10-20-1787 m. Hannah Walker

 

6th

William Walker Bethea b. 12-25-1813 

William Walker Bethea b. 12-25-1813 

 

7th

 

                       

John Franklin Bethea (Dr. Frank) b. 7-2-1837  m. Hannah Jane Bethea
 

8th

Tristram Walker Bethea  b. 3-25-1872 d. 8-30-1926 m. Martha Susan McRae

9th James McRae Bethea b. 10-9-1902 d. 8-12-1972
Married Elizabeth Daughty (Doughtie)

 
10th

Ann Brandon Bethea Brown b.  01-22-1942

 



 

 

Significant Places Research Publications A Bethea Story Bethea Family English John Bethea

 

 

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