Bethea Family Genealogy- 5th Generation

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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 America

Elisha Cochrane Bethea Sr. K2265
b. 2-28-1807 d. 4-5-1886 m. Martha Ann Walter

Elisha Cochrane Bethea SR.(5) K2265 Son of "Catfish" Philip Bethea and Rachel Cochrane b. 2-28-1807 d. 4-5-1886 m. Martha Ann Walter

1) Philip Walter Bethea (6) b. 11-5-1828 d. 5-23-1915 m. Anna Margaret Smith
2) John Jeremiah Bethea (6), b. 2-20-1830, d. 9-15-1906
3) Robert Bethea ,Rev. (6) b. 12-10-1831 d: 12-05-1913 Summit, Miss. m. Mary Legette (1852)
4) Elisha C. Bethea Jr. (6), b. 6-8-1837, d. 8-20-1929
5) Wilhelmina Rachel Bethea (6), b. 4-29-1841, d. 11-4-1917
6) Augusta Bethea (6) , b. 6-4-1846, d. 8-20-1914
7) Julius Nevel Bethea (6), b. 12-17-1847, d. 8-3-1929
8) Alice Bethea Bethea (6), b. 12-17-1847, d. 8-3-1929
9) Elizabeth Ann Bethea (6), b. ? , d. ?
10) James Bethea (6), b. ?, d. ?

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Buck Swamp" John Bethea³->
"Catfish" Philip Bethea⁴ -> Elisha Bethea⁵

*1st*	*John "English John" Bethea b. about 1684 died sometime after 1750. Married the Widow lady Upton*
2nd	*John "Virginia John" Bethea b. about 1704 d. 1779 married Sarah Darby Bishop*
*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 settled Cat Fish Place (near Latta), SC*
*5th*	*Elisha Cochrane Bethea K2265 b. 2-28-1807 d. 4-5-1886 m. Martha Ann Walter*