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

6th Generation in North American

Addie Wincie Bethea 6 
b. 3/3/1861 d.7/31/1934. m. Edwin Bird Watson 4/28/1887

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Buckswamp" John Bethea3 ->
 James Bethea4 ->  John Robert Bethea5 -> Addie Wincie Bethea Watson6
 

  Addie Wincie Bethea (6) was born 3/3/1861 and died 7/31/1934. She married Edwin Bird Watson 4/28/1887, son of James Watson and Elizabeth Jones. He was born 9/8/1857 and died 1/20/1929. Their eight children are as follows:

1) Thomas Harris Watson, b. 3/9/1888, Marion, SC; d. 11/5/1960;
   m. Eunice Mellett Cain 5/21/1914 in Wedgefield, SC, b. 8/19/1896

2) William Henry Watson, b. 10/26/1889

3) Harriet Elizabeth Watson, b. 6/21/1891; d. 1/21/1893

4) Edwin Bird Watson, Jr., b. 1/23/1893; m. Mary Elizabeth Martin
   12/23/1925; b. 1905

5) Marian Bethea Watson, b. 2/12/1894; d. 11/10/1972, Norfolk, VA; m. Rev. Jesse Frances Colston 12/20/1917, Latta, SC
   b. 5/29/1889; d. 2/7/1955

6) Mary Sue Watson, b. 8/7/1896; m. Thomas Harlan Troxell 8/15/1918; b. 8/29/1893

7) Toy Otis Yates Watson, b. 2/1/1902

8) Yates Watson

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
4th James Bethea born 6-25-1774 in Latta, SC, d. 5/8/1834 m. Margaret Cochrane b. 9/10/1782; d. 1/26/1848
5th John Robert Bethea, b. 1/5/1816 Marion Co, d. 8/20/1893; m.2/3/1842
to Harriet Belinda Bass, b.  9/30/1823, d.1/28/1885
6th Addie Wincie Bethea (6) was born 3/3/1861 and died 7/31/1934. She married Edwin Bird Watson 4/28/1887, son of James Watson and Elizabeth Jones. He was born 9/8/1857 and died 1/20/1929. Their eight children are as follows:

1) Thomas Harris Watson, b. 3/9/1888, Marion, SC; d. 11/5/1960;
   m. Eunice Mellett Cain 5/21/1914 in Wedgefield, SC, b. 8/19/1896

2) William Henry Watson, b. 10/26/1889

3) Harriet Elizabeth Watson, b. 6/21/1891; d. 1/21/1893

4) Edwin Bird Watson, Jr., b. 1/23/1893; m. Mary Elizabeth Martin
   12/23/1925; b. 1905

5) Marian Bethea Watson, b. 2/12/1894; d. 11/10/1972, Norfolk, VA; m. Rev. Jesse Frances Colston 12/20/1917, Latta, SC; b. 5/29/1889; d. 2/7/1955

6) Mary Sue Watson, b. 8/7/1896; m. Thomas Harlan Troxell 8/15/1918; b. 8/29/1893

7) Toy Otis Yates Watson, b. 2/1/1902

8) Yates Watson

 
 

 

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

 

 

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