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

12th Generation in North America
Gregory Lewis Diaz Jr12
b 12-8-1995

 

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  William Bethea3  -> "Devil" John Bethea4 ->
Cade Bethea5 -> John Washington Bethea6 ->
Mary Ellen Bethea Medlin7 -> Carlton BETHEA MEDLIN8 -> MARY CAROLINE MEDLIN GRAY9
-> FREIDA ARLENE GRAY10 -> Nicole Gray Diaz11 -> Gregory Lewis Diaz Jr12

 

Gregory Lewis Diaz, Nicole Gray Diaz. Middle female, Kerry Danielle Boos, now Catalina Angelique Diaz. Bottom row, Gregory Lewis Diaz Jr., Mariah Elena Diaz and Michael Derek Diaz. This was taken in 1999.


Gregory Lewis Diaz Jr12 b 12-8-1995 Son of NICOLE GRAY DIAZ and Gregory Lewia Diaz.

1st John "English John" Bethea  

 
2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea . 

 
3rd  William "Sweat Swamp" Bethea .

 
4th "Devil" John Bethea  b.1752
American Revolutionary Patriot
5th Cade Bethea b. 1792 SC d. 9/12/1867
6th John Washington Bethea b. 1821 SC d. 4/6/1874 SC
7th MARY ELLEN BETHEA MEDLIN b 4-2-1862, d 2-4-1936
married FRANCIS (FRANK) MARION MEDLIN
8th CARLTON BETHEA MEDLIN b 10-19-1893, d 2-26-1924 married Mary Claudine Webster

 
9th MARY CAROLINE MEDLIN GRAY
b 12-11-1917, d 3-13-2000  Married Fred Little Gray
10th FREIDA ARLENE GRAY b 8-20-1944

 
11th NICOLE GRAY DIAZ, b 2-23-1967 Married Gregory Lewis Diaz

 

 

 

 

 
12th Gregory Lewis Diaz Jr b 12-8-1995
 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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