Bethea Family Genealogy
THE BETHEA
FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA
______________1700 - 200
9th Generation in North American
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RAYMOND OTIS COLSTON JR.9
b. 2/9/1953 in Tacoma Park, MD; m. Debra Kay Barger
7/20/1973
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"English"
John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2
-> "Buckswamp" John Bethea3 -> |
Raymond
Otis Colston, Jr. (9), b. 2/9/1953 in Tacoma Park, MD; m. Debra Kay Barger
7/20/1973 at Central Baptist Church in Norfolk, VA, b. 7/1/1953 in Bland
Co, VA
1) Crystal Deanne Colston (10), b. 8/16/1978 at DePaul
Hospital in Norfolk, VA
2) Ryan Thomas Colston (10), b. 3/14/1981 at DePaul
Hospital in Norfolk, VA
| 1st | John
"English John" Bethea b. about 1684
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| 2nd | John
"Virginia John" Bethea
b. about 1704 d. 1779 |
| 3rd | "Buckswamp"
John Bethea settled
Buck Swamp abt. 1756 |
| 4th | James
Bethea born 6-25-1774 in Latta, SC, d. 5/8/1834 m. Margaret Cochrane
b. 9/10/1782; d. 1/26/1848 |
| 5th | John
Robert Bethea, b. 1/5/1816 Marion Co, d. 8/20/1893; m.2/3/1842 to Harriet Belinda Bass, b. 9/30/1823, d.1/28/1885 |
| 6th | Addie
Wincie Bethea (6) was born 3/3/1861 and died 7/31/1934. She married Edwin
Bird Watson 4/28/1887, son of James Watson and Elizabeth Jones. He was
born 9/8/1857 and died 1/20/1929. They had eight children. are as follows: |
| 7th |
Marian Bethea
Watson,(7) was born 2/12/1894 and died 11/10/1972 at Lake Taylor
Nursing Home in Norfolk, VA. She married Rev. Jesse Francis Colston
12/20/1917 in Latta, SC, son of Francis Colston and Linnie Jenkins. He was
born 5/29/1889 and died 2/7/1955 at Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, NC.
Both are buried at Buckhorn Cemetery in Como, NC where he served as
pastor. They had five children. |
| 8th | Rev.
Raymond Otis Colston (8) was born 2/10/1931 in South Mills, NC. He married
Mary Dolores Smith 12/25/1951 in Clifton Forge, VA, daughter of Thurman
Smith and Lillian Javins. She was born 10/24/1932 in Clifton Forge, VA.
Rev. R. Otis Colston graduated from Campbell College in 1949, Wake Forest
College in 1952, and Southeastern Theological Seminary in 1965. They had three children. |
| 9th | Raymond
Otis Colston, Jr. (9), b. 2/9/1953 in Tacoma Park, MD; m. Debra Kay Barger
7/20/1973 at Central Baptist Church in Norfolk, VA, b. 7/1/1953 in Bland
Co, VA |