Bethea Family Genealogy

THE BETHEA FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA
______________1700 - 2000's________________

8th Generation in North America

Edith Williams Copella(8)
 (1906-1977)
married Charles T. Copella

 

Edith Williams Copella(8) (1906-1977). Daughter of Nannie Wannamaker Bethea Williams and Josiah Williams. She married Charles T. Copella (1903-1979)

1) Helen Copella(9) (1931-1958) never married and had no children
2) Nancy Copella Maisch(9) (1933- ) married Donald Maisch and adopted a boy David, and a daughter, Donna. Now living in Boston, MA
3) Patricia Ann Copella Boulden(9) (1934- ) married William Boulden in 1956. Living in Pendleton, NY
4) Charles Copella Murry(9) (1936-1980) (1936-1980) married Joan Murphy

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Buck Swamp" John Bethea3  ->
"Catfish" Philip Bethea4 -> Elisha Bethea5 -> Philip W. Bethea6 -> Nannie Wannamaker Bethea Williams7->
 Edith Williams Copella8

 

1st John "English John" Bethea  b. about 1684 died sometime after 1750. Married the Widow lady Upton
2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea   b. about 1704 d. 1779 married Sarah Darby Bishop
3rd 

"Buck Swamp" John Bethea b. abt. 1740 d. 7-12-1821 m. Absala Parker
4th Philip Bethea b. April 25,1781 d. Nov. 22, 1875 m. Rachel Cochrane settled Cat Fish Place (near Latta), SC 
5th  Elisha Cochrane Bethea K2265 b. 2-28-1807 d. 4-5-1886 m. Martha Ann Walter
6th

Philip Walter Bethea b. 11-5-1828 d. 5-23-1915 m. Anna Margaret Smith
7th Nannie Wannamaker Bethea Williams married Josiah Williams in the 1890s

 
8th Edith Williams Copella ,(1906-1977),married Charles T. Copella

 


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