Bethea Family Genealogy- 5th Generation

Bethea Family
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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 American

Philip Bethea ⁵^{born in Tennessee and
moved west to Illinois.}

Philip Bethea⁵ Son of Goodman Bethea and Mary Council
1. John Washington Bethea (b. Born in TN. d. 1-28-1885 Keokuk Co. IA buried at Bedwell Cemetery , Rose Hill , IA)
m. Margaret Jane Steward (b. 3-10-1829 d. 1-1-1908

2. William Wilson Bethea (b. 1812 in Marion Co, S. Carolina, d. 1893 in Palmyra, Illinois) was married to Emily Green Ferguson (b. 1820 in Indiana, d. 1893 in Palmyra, IL). Solomon (b. 1852 in Palmyra, d. 1909, Dixon, Illinois) was married to Katherine Campbell Shaw (b. 1855 in Cass County, Illinois, d. 1893 in Dixon, Illinois)

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea³->
Goodman Bethea⁴->Philip Bethea⁵

*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*	Goodman Bethea b- oct 1759 S.C. m- Mary Council - 2 children poss more. He served as a Lieutenant in Revolutionary War, he's also on the 1790 census. Brother to "Devil" John Bethea.
*5th*	*Philip Bethea*