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

 

 

4th Generation DESCENDANT

Sarah ( Rogers) Manning
 b. about 1760 
m. 
Melea Manning 

 


SARAH (RODGERS) MANNING4 was the daughter of of Ethelred (Dred)  and Mary (Bethea) Rogers3 . She married Melea Manning. She was second cousin  to "Devil" John Bethea4.

 
"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->   -> Sarah (Rogers) Manning4
 

1st

ENGLISH JOHN BETHEA  b. 1684 d. 1750 m. lady named Upton.

 

2nd   Bethea, John "Virginia John" (abt. 1705) m. Sarah Darby Bishop

 

3rd  Rogers, Mary (Bethea) (Stackhouse) b. 1739 m. Ethelred (Dred) Rogers (3rd) 

 

4th 

Rogers, Sarah (Manning) b. about 1760 m. Melea Manning (4th)
                        *See Home 1785 Woodlawn Home

 

5th Manning. John, Sr. b. 1783 m. Letitia Lee 

 

6th  Manning, Elisha (Eli) b. 10-17-1803 m. Rebecca Edwards 

 

7th Manning, Richard Elam b. 5-10-1830 m. Elizabeth Ann Pevey 

 

8th Manning, Quitman (Bud) b. 4-7-1859 m. Rhoda Lou Thornton 

 

9th Manning, Clara Elizabeth (Little) b. 7-25-1886 m. Francis Marion Little II

 

10th Little, Francis Marion Little, III b. 9-2-1907 m. Martha Lucille Murphy

 

11th

McGee, Clara Elizabeth (Little) b. 4-12-1947 m. Harley Darnell McGee (11)

 

 

WOODLAWN  HOME

 

 

 

 

Manning/ Bethea/ Parham Home

Melea Manning bought the land and built the house in 1790 John Manning and Kessiah Lee became the owner of it. At John's death in 1843 his son became the owner. Woodward's daughter Sarah Anne Manning Bethea became the heir and then her daughter Roberta Bethea Parham. Roberta was the mother of W. C. Parham and he purchased the interest of other heirs. W. C. Parham's wife is Flora Lou Bethea Parham

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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