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

Levi Bethea5
b. 10-1808 
d. 1-4-1852 
m. (1) Mary Ann Bethea
(2) Mary Shackleford

Levi Bethea5 Son of William Bethea and Mary Shackleford Born 10-1808 and died 1-4-1852 . Married (1) Mary Ann Bethea. Their children :

1) Henry Lewis Bethea6, b. 8-51843, d. 3-31-1862

2) George James Bethea6,b. 1-25-1844, d. 8-12-1907

3) Sophia Bethea Smith6,b. 5-20-1837, d.12-24-1906 m. William Henry Smith

4) Hannah Jane Bethea6,b. 10-14-1840, d. 8-28-1896

5) Mary Louisa Bethea6,b. 4-5-1846, d. 8-81916

6) Charlotte Cornelia Bethea6,b. 4-17-1851, d. 7-3-1907

(2) Mary Shackleford 1867 (b. 6-17-1784 d. 4-13-1875)

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Buckswamp" John Bethea3 -> 
William Bethea4
-> Levi Bethea5

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

 

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

 

3rd  "Buckswamp" John Bethea settled Buck Swamp abt. 1756 Died 8-12-1821

4th William Bethea b. 8-18-1769 (1) marriage to Miss Crawford
 (2) marriage to Mary (Polly) Shackleford

5th Levi Bethea b. 10-1808 d. 1-4-1852 m. (1) Mary Ann Bethea (2) Mary Shackleford

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

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