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

5th Generation in North American
Col. James Robert Bethea 
b. Aug. 23, 1809 d. Sep. 24, 1878
 m. Mary Catherine McLeon

Col. James Robert Bethea Son of Philip Bethea and Rachel Cochrane
b. Aug. 23, 1809 d. Sep. 24, 1878 m. Mary Catherine McLeon

1) James Daniel Bethea  b. Aug.23, 1845 d. April 18, 1926 m. Flora Jan Fore 

2) David McLeod Bethea b 4-2-1853, Dillon, SC; Married 1878; d. 5-30-1920 in Albuquerque, NM. Buried Latta SC

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Buck Swamp" John Bethea->
Philip Bethea4 -> Col. James Robert Bethea5  

1st John "English John" Bethea  b. about 1684

 

2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea   b. about 1704 d. 1779

 

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

 

5th  Col. James Robert Bethea b. Aug. 23, 1809 d. Sep. 24, 1878
 m. Mary Catherine McLeon

 

 

 

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

 

 

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