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

Elizabeth (Bethea) Walter 5
b.5-16-1781

Married Jeremiah Walter

Elizabeth (Bethea) Walter 5 (b. Oct. 1752) Daughter of  "Devil John" Bethea  and Mary Henegan b.5-16-1781 d. ? Married Jeremiah Walter. At least one known son.

1) Moore Leonard Walter (6) b. 1803 d. 1873
2) Martha Ann Walter  (6)  b. 8-30-1810 d. 10-18-1891
3) William Wallace Walter (6) b. 10-26-1815 d. 10-16-1849
4) Margaret Jane Walter (6) b. 7-3-1826 d. 4-18-1862
5) Tristram Lorenzo Dow Walter (6) b. ? d. ?
6) Jane Walter (6) b. ? d. ?

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea->"Devil John" Bethea 4 -> Elizabeth (Bethea) Walter5


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

 

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

 

3rd  William "Sweat Swamp" Bethea  b. 1726,  d. about  1784

 

4th Bethea, John  "Devil John" (b. Oct. 1752) m. Mary Henegan (4th)  

 
5th Elizabeth (Bethea) Walter Married Jeremiah Walter
 

 

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