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

5th Generation in North America
John Harllee Bethea5 
 b. 9-2-1815, d. 9-7-1894  

 

 

Taken from Harllee's Kinfolks

John Harllee Bethea5 Son of Parker Bethea and Elizabeth Harllee
b. 9-2-1815, d. 9-7-1894 , Bell, FL. Married Catherine Ann Roberts. Their children are:

  1) Reddin Roberts Bethea6, b. 1-24-1844, d. 7-29-1880.
  2) Elizabeth N. Bethea6, b. 11-2-1845 d. ?
  3) Penelope Dawson Bethea6, b. 1-12-1847 d. ?
  4) Aramintha Bethea6, b. 11-17-1848 d. ?
  5) Thomas Harllee Bethea6      , b. 9-23-1852 d. ?
  6) Giles David Bethea6, b. 5-04-1854 d. ?
  7) William Parker Bethea6 , b. 9-2-1859 d. ?
  8) James John Bethea6 , b..12-2-1862  d. ? m. Martha Louisa Roberts
  9) Catherine Roberts Bethea6, b. ? d. ? m. William David Dukes
10) Mary Olivia Bethea6 , b. ? d. ?

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Buckswamp" John Bethea3->
Parker Bethea4 -> John Harllee Bethea5

 

 

 

1st John "English John" Bethea  b. about 1684
2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea   b. about 1704 d. 1779

 
3rd  "Buckswamp" John Bethea settled Buck Swamp abt. 1756
4th Parker Bethea  b. 3-17-1790, d. 12-27-1867 
5th John Harllee Bethea b. 9-2-1815, d. 9-7-1894 m. Catherine Ann Roberts.

 

 

 

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

 

 

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