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
 Debra Bethea Lodge

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea3  ->"Devil John" Bethea 4 -> John Bethea5 -> William Walker Bethea6 -> John Franklin Bethea7 -> John Franklin Bethea Jr.8 -> Charlie Andrew Bethea9 -> Debra (Bethea) 10
1st English John Bethea b. 1684

 
2nd John Bethea (Virginia John) 

 
3rd William Bethea (Sweat Swamp) 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 m. Mary Bethea b.8-27-1835

 
7th

 

                       

John Franklin Bethea (Dr. Frank) b. 7-2-1837  m. Hannah Jane Bethea b.12-3-1846 daughter of Dr. Alfred Walker(5th)
Bethea and Flora Jane Bethea (Marlboro 6th)

 
8th




John Franklin Bethea Jr. b. 2-10-1876 m. Eugenie Margaret Smith b. 7-1-1879

 
9th  


Charlie and Gertrude(Watkins) Bethea, 1982

Charlie Andrew Bethea b. 7-4-1916 m. Gertrude Clara Ethlyn Watkins b. 4-8-1917

 
10th   

Children of Charlie and Gertrude Bethea
Top Row, Left To Right: Charles, Virginia, John
Second Row, Left To Right: Betty , Joyce & Debbie

 

Debra Bethea Lodge 
11th


Grandchildren of Charlie and Gertrude Bethea
 (1 is absent, also includes 1 step and 1 adopted)


 

 

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

 

 

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