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

 6th Generation in North American
James John Bethea 6
b.12-2-1862 
Married Martha Louisa Roberts.

 

James John Bethea 6
Son of John Harllee Bethea &  Catherine Ann Roberts.
Born b.12-2-1862 Married Martha Louisa Roberts. 


    1)
Minnie Bethea7, b. 10-10-1886 d. 11-01-1907
     m. RayTowles
  2)
William Henry Bethea7, b. 10-18-1889 d.07-11-1947
     m. Nettie Graham , Ruby Dekle
  3)
Jesse Enoch Bethea7 , b. 2-2-1892 d. 04-29-1924
     m. Maude Graham
  4)
Cora Louise  Bethea7, b.08-26-1894 d. 05-30-1971, 
     m. Harvey Akins 
  5)
George William Bethea7 , b.2-17-1897 d. 06-05-1969
       m. Myrtle Irene Lee
  6)
George John Bethea7, b. 11-25-1899 , d. 11-25-1899
  7)
Laura Pethene Bethea7, b.11-28-1900 d. 04-18-1961 
  8)
Opal Onnie Bethea7, b.10-12-1903 d. ? 07-06-1986 
     m. Jessie James Knowles
  9)
Eula Ann Bethea7 , b. 09-09-1906 d. 04-1988
     m. William Huey Wilder
 10) Lois Gwendolin Bethea, b. 04-29-1909, d. 12-23-1961
     m. Joel L. Stevens
 11)
Loundis Bryan Bethea7 , b. 8-13-1911. d. 04-16-1968
      m. Melba Lorena Jackson
 

 

English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Buckswamp" John Bethea3->
Parker Bethea4 -> John Harllee Bethea5 -> James John Bethea6

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.

6th James John Bethea  b.12-2-1862 d. ? Married Martha Louisa Roberts.

 

 

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

 

 

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